3. AIDS stands for “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome”. When we talk about AIDS, we often use the term HIV/AIDS. HIV is the ______ that causes AIDS. That is to say people get AIDS after having been _______ with HIV. It ______ (can/can’t) be transmitted by swimming in a pool,shaking hands or giving blood. It is reported that over 3 _______ (million/thousand) people died of AIDS in the world in 2004. It is _______ (curable/incurable) today. But it is ________ (safe/ dangerous) to be friends with people who are living with HIV/AIDS. virus infected can’t million incurable safe Revision

4. Today we will learn a story of a lovely girl… What if she is an AIDS patient?

6. Ask some questions that you think will be answered in the text. About Xiaohua About AIDS 1 What kind of person is Xiaohua? 2 How did she get AIDS? 3 How did she feel about having AIDS? … 1 What is AIDS? 2 How do people get AIDS? 3 In what ways does AIDS spread? …

7. Scan the text and try to get the main idea of each paragraph. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 Para.7 Xiaohua is a person living with AIDS. The definition of AIDS The channels of transmitting HIV Many children become infected with AIDS. What does Xiaohua do as a young AIDS patient? Xiao Hua’s attitude towards life Part 1 A general introduction Part 2 Knowledge about AIDS. Part 3 Xiaohua’s life as an AIDS patient.

8. Listen to the tape about part one and part two. Try to finish the next two tables. age coming place character father mother Information about XiaohuaInformation about AIDS definition years to live treatment way of getting AIDS transmitting ways total number of infected children the most serious areas

9. name age coming place character suffering from father mother Xiaohua 12 A province in South China Happy; Smiles a lot and likes to talk to others AIDS AIDS patient, takes care of her AIDS patient, died when Xiaohua was three

10. definition years to live treatment way of getting AIDS transmitting ways total number of infected children the most serious areas A disease that …and… only a few years expensive and incurable having been infected with HIV by having unprotected sex, by receiving infected blood transfusions or through birth 3.2 million Africa and parts of Asia Information about AIDS

11. We know that Xiahua is a 12-year-old AIDS patient. What if you were Xiaohua? (What will you do if you are an AIDS patient? Will you give up your life or not?) If I were Xiaohua, I would… predict

12. Listen to the tape of part 3 and find out the following questions: 1.What does Xiaohua do as an AIDS patient? 2. What is the biggest problem to the AIDS patients? The biggest problem to the AIDS patients is to deal with people’s fear of AIDS.

13. 1.What does Xiaohua do? 1. Decide to … 2. Spend her time (in) … 3. Go to … use the limited time to help others telling sth. and encouraging sb. to… visit patients in order to support them and cheer them up

14. Retell the text in your own words.

15. AIDS is a disease that break _______ the body ’ s immune system. HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, can be transmitted ______ unprotected sex, infected blood transfusions or at birth. There are millions of people who die ____ AIDS every year. There is no cure _________ for the disease and AIDS patients have to deal with the fact that they might die young. All too often, people treats AIDS patients ________ they were bad or dangerous. Because of a ______ of knowledge about how it gets transmitted, there are a ______ many people who have contracted HIV in China and the number is increasing. Xiaohua has been _________ (live)with AIDS for 12 years. The disease does not keep her from enjoying her life. On the ________, it makes her realise how precious life is and how important it is to live life to the fullest. down via of available as if lack great living contrary

16. Nkosi Johnson Care for us and accept us - we are all human beings. We are normal. We have hands. We have feet. We can walk, we can talk, we have needs just like everyone else - don't be afraid of us - we are all the same! Let’s listen to the voice of another AIDS patient

17. Think about the question: How will you treat the AIDS patients in the future?

18. The themes of World AIDS Day Started on Dec. 1, 1988, World AIDS Day is not only about raising money, but also about raising awareness, education and fighting prejudice ( 歧视 ).Each year there is a particular theme chosen for World AIDS Day, and all the themes have been as follows: 1988: Join the Worldwide Effort 1989:Youth and AIDS 1990:Women and AIDS 1991:Sharing the Challenge 1992:Community Commitment 1993:Time to Act 1994:AIDS and the Family 1995:Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities 1996:One World, One Hope 1997:Children Living in a World with AIDS 1998:Force for Change:World AIDS Campaign with Young People 1999:Listen, Learn, Live! 2000:AIDS: Men Make a Difference 2001:I Care. Do You? 2002,2003:Live and Let Live 2004:Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS

19. Homework: Write down your opinion towards AIDS and what will you do in the future?