Reading 1 By Huang Liping Unit 3 Aids today

What can you associate the logo of Aids with? A ids L ove and care

About Aids What does the red ribbon mean? Red ribbon is related to AIDS. It means that we should give AIDS patients love and care, understanding and support.

GUESS and SAY GAME Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes? Guess and say

GUESS and SAY GAME Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes? eating food with Aids patients

GUESS and SAY mother-to-child transmission Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes?

GUESS and SAY GAME using the same toilet seat Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes?

GUESS and SAY contaminated needles Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes?

GUESS and SAY GAME kissing Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes?

GUESS and SAY GAME Shaking Hands Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes?

GUESS and SAY GAME hugging Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes?

GUESS and SAY Swimming with the AIDS patients Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes?

GUESS and SAY guess and say giving blood Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes?

GUESS and SAY Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes? Blood transfusion

Fast Reading

1. What is this TV news special about? 2. How many people around the world are infected with HIV every day? 3. What places have been affected by Aids? Read the following TV news special transcript quickly and answer these three questions:

Checking the answers: 1. What is this TV news special about? It gives some detailed information about Aids and how to fight the spread of Aids.

2. How many people around the world are infected with HIV every day? 3. What places have been affected by Aids? About 14,000 people. Almost every country in the world has been affected by Aids.

Skimming How well did you understand the details in the TV news special transcript? Read it again and then fill in the following chart with correct number.

statementfigures concerning Aids 1. the number of children who have lost their parents to Aids 2. the number of HIV carriers in China 3. the number of people who have Aids at present Filling in the blanks g ( ＞ 15 million) e (740,000) a ( ＞ 30 million)

statementfigures concerning Aids 4. the number of people who will die of Aids between 2000 and the number of Aids patients in China 6. the number of people being infected with Aids per day Filling in the blanks f ( ＞ 68 million) b (105,000) d (about 7,000)

Filling in the blanks statementfigures concerning Aids 7. the number of children killed by Aids c ( ＞ 4 million)

Scanning Answering the following questions 1.What are the three ways Aids spreads from person to person? 2. What is being done in China to help control the spread of Aids? 3. What is the aim of UNAIDS? 4. What does UNAIDS do for people who think they might have the virus? 5.Why did Ajani not catch the virus from his mother?

1. What are the three ways Aids is transmitted? The three ways are unprotected sex, blood-to-blood transmission, mother-to-children transmission. Scanning

2. What is being done in China to help control the spread of Aids? The government has opened labs to monitor the disease, and in 2003 it also started providing free drugs for Aids patients.

3. What is the aim of UNAIDS? The aim of UNAIDS is to help prevent the spread of Aids.

4. What does UNAIDS do for people who think they might have the virus? It provides people with HIV or Aids medical care and HIV testing.

5. Why did Ajani not catch the virus from his mother? Because his mother had access to prescription Aids medicines when she was pregnant.

Find out the main idea of each paragraph Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 Para 7 Para 8 Para 9 Aids Today the definition of Aids one of the symptoms the ways it is spread Aids—a global problem Aids in China international help to China an organization called UNAIDS the severe situation an example

Interview: Work in pairs: suppose one of you is an Aids patient, your partner is a reporter working for the Red Cross. Practise asking and answering questions according to the text.

What can be done to improve the situation? Discussion

What can be done to improve the situation of AIDS? by the government: by specialists and doctors: by the patients themselves: by the public:

Let’s enjoy a healthy life and meanwhile care for each other!

Homework: 1. Review the whole text after class. 2. Write a short passage about the picture. 右图是有关一个艾滋病村村医的十 年坚守的图片 ，请根据你的理解写 一篇短文，词数 150 字左右。 要求： 1 ）描述图片内容。 2 ）简要分析艾滋病村产生 原因。 3 ）谈谈对解决这个问题你 的看法。

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