Unit 7

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Mini-task1 :fast-reading Divide the text into three parts and find out the main idea of each part. (Para 2-4) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 A general introduction to Xiaohua. Knowledge about AIDS. Xiaohua’s life and her attitude towards AIDS. ( Para 5-7) ( Para1)

Mini-task 2: Detailed-reading Read the passage and answer the questions. 1.What kind of disease is AIDS? 2.Where is the disease spreading fast? why? 3.Which kind of people suffers the most? 4.What did Xiao Hua decide to do after she knew she got AIDS? 5.Is the disease the only thing that AIDS patients have to suffer from? 6.What is the best way to show that you care about AIDS patients?

1.What kind of disease is AIDS? 2. Where is the disease spreading fast? why? 3.Which kind of people suffers the most? AIDS is a disease that breaks down the body’s immune system and leaves a person defenseless against infections and illness. In Africa and parts of Asia. Mainly because of a lack of proper health care, prevention and education. The young.

4. What did Xiao Hua decide to do after she knew she got AIDS? 5. Is the disease the only thing that AIDS patients have to suffer from? 6. What is the best way to show that you care about AIDS patients? She decided to use the limited time she has left to do something to help others. No. They also have to deal with people’s fear of the disease. Giving an AIDS patient a hug.

LanguageLanguage points 1.break down:cause something to collapse;destroy something Eg:Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances. 2.a lack of:absence or shortage(of something that is needed) Eg:The poor girl felt lonely because of a lack of care. 3.cheer up: (cause sb to )become happier or more cheerful Eg:Try and cheer up a bit, life isn’t that bad!

4.suffer from:feel pain,discomfort,great sorrow,etc Eg:Do you suffer from headaches? 5.by doing something:by means of Eg:He earns his living by writing. 6.I wish I could remember more about my mum. It means:It is a great pity that I don’t remember much about my mum. Subjunctive Mood: to talk events and situations which are not certain to happen----which we hope to happen,or imagine might happen. Listening

How do people get AIDS? by having unprotected sex by receiving infected blood transfusions through birth

Can people become infected with HIV/AIDS by… shaking hands, hugging or kissing

using toilets or showers

using a public phone

using public swimming pools

getting a mosquito or insect bite

1.How does Xiaohua feel and what does she do as an AIDS patient? not discouraged  not discouraged  decide to use the limited time to help others  spend time telling … and encouraging…  visit patients to support them and cheer them up  Create a network

2.How should we act towards people who have AIDS? What can we do to help them? We should be helpful,friendly and understanding. We can help them by learning more about the disease and by treating them as normal people

Practice AIDS is a disease that (1)_____ the body's immune system. HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, can be transmitted (2) _____unprotected sex, infected blood transfusions or at birth. There are millions of people who (3) ___AIDS every year. 1. A. breaks out B. breaks into C.breaks down D. breaks off 2. A.after B. within C.above D.via 3. A.die of B.die out C.pass away D.die down

4. A.known B.available C.ready D.discovered 5. A. as B. as if C. like D. even if There is no cure (4) ______for the disease and AIDS patients have to deal with the fact that they might die young. Unfortunately, AIDS also frightens others. All too often, people treat AID patients (5)____ they were bad or dangerous.

Because of (6) _____knowledge about how it gets transmitted, there are (7) ____people who have contracted HIV in China and the number is increasing. 6. A. a lack of B. short of C. none of D.a little 7. A.a great number B.a great deal of C. a great many D.a great amount of

1.Read the text after class. 2.Surf the Internet and get more information about AIDS2.Surf the Internet and get more information about AIDS.