Unit 3 Welcome to the unit & Reading

Many people die or get ill every day for various reasons Many people die or get ill every day for various reasons. Can you name some? diseases natural disasters traffic accidents heavy work pressure environment pollution lack of exercises

Free talk What do you think are good habits in one’s daily lives? What are bad habits? What do you think good and bad habits can lead to respectively? Can you provide some examples?

Good habits putting on sunscreen before going out in the sun drinking plenty of water cycling to school or walking rather than taking a bus or taxi getting up early and going to bed early eating enough vegetables and fruit exercise regularly

Bad habits watching too much TV or staring at a computer screen for too long smoking spitting in the street getting up too late or staying up at night drinking too many fizzy drinks and eating too much deep-fried food not doing enough exercise

Nowadays, people pay more attention to health Nowadays, people pay more attention to health. But, there is still something which harms people’s bodies. Look at the posters and discuss the questions below with a partner.

Poster 1

What is the poster about? This poster is about Aids. It shows people holding a big picture that is covered in handprints.

What is the purpose of the picture being shown to people? I think that they choose this picture because the handprints are different colors, and this shows that Aids can affect everyone, no matter what their skin color is or what country they are from. It tells us that Aids is an international problem that we have to fight together.

What should we do or not do to stay safe from Aids? The word “STOP THE CHAIN OF AIDS” can be seen on the poster. The poster encourages us to stop spreading this disease.

Poster 2 Smoking is harmful to health.

What is the poster about? Everyone knows smoking causes great harm to one’s health, but many smokers just keep on smoking.

What is the purpose of the picture being shown to people? This poster wants to persuade smokers to give up cigarettes. The human skull with a cigarette between its lips shows that the result of smoking is death.

What should we do or not do to stay safe from smoking? The last day of May every year is World No Tobacco day, and there is a theme for that day in each year. 31day 2011 is the 24th World No Tobacco Day. The World Health Organization (WHO) selected ‘The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’ as the theme of World No Tobacco Day 2011.

Poster 3 far away from drug

What is the poster about? The warning “Say No to drugs!” tells us that we must not take drugs. There are some drugs in the poster. Drug abuse is a global problem, so the whole world is paying special attention to this problem.

What should we do or not do to stay safe from drugs? 26 June is International day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking. The theme of this day in 2006 is ‘Drugs are not child’s play.’ It aims to tell young people, especially children that drugs are not fun and are not safe. Let’s just say no to drugs.

Poster 4

What is the poster about? This poster shows a damaged car that has obviously been in an accident. The driver may be dead. From the words “Don’t drink and drive!”, we can learn what caused the accident. Next to the car lies a bottle of what looks like alcohol. The driver was probably drinking alcohol before driving.

What should we do or not do to stay safe from it? Every one of us must remember that no one should drive after drinking. We should consider both our own lives and the lives of others, and drive safely.

Discussion Can you think of some other bad habits that harm people’s health and lives?

How much do you know about Aids? Aids: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (获得性免疫缺陷综合症) HIV: human immunodeficiency virus (人 类免疫缺陷病毒) World Aids Day: 1 December How much do you know about Aids?

HIV/AIDS Quiz How many people are currently infected with HIV? a. 20 million b. 40 million c. 400 million 2. How many children have lost either one or both parents to HIV/AIDS? a. 2 million b. 10 million c. 14 million 3. 3. What percent of those children live in Africa? a. 95% b. 75% c. 100% b c a

4. What percentage of new HIV infections in the United States occur in people 25 years old and younger? a. 49% b. 51% c. 55% 5. How many adults age 15 to 49 are HIV-infected worldwide? a. 25% b. 8% c. 1% 6. What percentage of HIV-positive women are under the age of 20? a. 45% b. 60% c. 15% b c b

7. What percentage of AIDS cases occurs in the world's poorest countries? a. 95% b. 85% c. 30% 8. What four countries are projected to be the epicenter of the second wave of HIV/AIDS? a. Brazil, Sudan, Indonesia and Afghanistan b. China, India, Ethiopia and Nigeria c. Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Bolivia a b

Fast reading Read the passage quickly and answer these questions. 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 catch HIV every day? About 7, 000 people. 3. What places have been affected by Aids? Almost every country in the world has been affected by Aids.

Careful reading 1. How does Aids affect the body? When someone has Aids, the person loses the ability to fight other illnesses. Eventually the body’s immune system becomes so weak that the person becomes very ill from usually mild sicknesses.

2. What are the three ways Aids is spread from person to person? The three ways are through unprotected sex, by blood and from a mother to her child.

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

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

5. What does UNAIDS do for people? It provides people with HIV or Aids medical care and HIV testing. It also teaches young people how to prevent Aids, and sets up treatment centers where mothers with HIV can receive medicine to help keep them from passing HIV to their children.

6. Why didn’t Ajani and his sister catch HIV from their mother? Because their mother had access to prescription Aids medicines when she was pregnant.

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