1. English Learning English Learning Shen Kailai In Qingyuan
The Lecturer:
Shen Kailai
In Qingyuan
Nov. 26, 2004

2. Unit 7
Living with disease
BORN DYING

3. Fill in the blanks according to the text
TASK Revision
Fill in the blanks according to the text

4. Poster for World AIDS Day
Symbol: red ribbon
Poster for World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day

5. AIDS is a disease that _____________ a person’s im-mune system
** AIDS is a disease that _____________ a person’s im-mune system. Once a person _____________ AIDS, he or she usually dies of the disease ______ a few years. There are medicines and treatment __________ , but they are _________ and do not _____ the disease.
HIV is the _____ that causes AIDS. HIV is transmit-ted through _____ and other body liquids and ________ through unprotected sex, _______blood transfusions and through birth. Xiaohua was infected through _____. Her mother died of _____ three years after Xiaohua was born.
And her father also has ___________.
In 2002, 800,000 children were infected and the _____ number of children with HIV/AIDS was 3.2 million. The disease is spreading _____ in areas where there is a ____
breaks down
is infected with
within
available
expensive
cure
virus
spreads
blood
infected
birth
AIDS
HIV/AIDS
total
fast
lack

6. Think before you do it! Be friends with me!
education
of proper health care, prevention and _________ .
Though Xiaohua knows that her life will be _____, she has decided to use her ________ time to do something positive. She spends much of her time trying _______ other AIDS patients.
Together with a group of doctors and hospitals, Xiao-hua is trying to _______ the way people think about and _____ AIDS patients. She believes that people should do their best to __________ them and not be afraid to be _______ with them.
Xiaohua has learnt to ________ with the disease and _______ to make her life beautiful.
short
limited
to help
change
treat
support
friends
live
decides
Think before you do it!
Be friends with me!

7. Find the following quickly and try to understand the text:
(goals) 1. deadly disease 2. attitude towards (warming
-up)3. become infected with 4. feel sick 5. look different
from 6. live with AIDS 7. be transmitted via 8. giving
blood (reading) 9. born dying 10. smile a lot 11. break
down 12. immune system 13. be defenseless against 14.
manage to survive 15. keep sb. alive 16. spread through
17. blood transfusion 18. die of 19. take care of 20. be-
cause of a lack of 21. proper health care As with…
23. much too across the country cheer up 26.
suffer from contact with spend…doing/on 29.
find out act as if an AIDS specialist know
about shake hands give sb. a hug the best
way to do sth feel lonely 37. There’s no reason why

8. Pay attention to the following
TASK Language points
Pay attention to the following

9. * Do you still remember Xiaohua?
* What has happened to her?
* What is her attitude towards
the disease?
She is a brave girl. She is not discouraged by AIDS. Instead, she tries her best to encourage and help other AIDS patients.

10. Competition
* Try to find the antonyms of the following words. * Antonyms are words with opposite meanings.
* Let’s see who can do it correctly and quickly.

11. Try your best!! defenceless — infect with — protected — incurable —
discourage —
visible —
defensive
immune to
unprotected
curable
encourage
invisible

12. Complete the sentences using the antonyms
1. In February 2003 some people got __________ with a
strange disease and died within a month.
2. Although she met many difficulties, Helen was not
__________. She continued struggling with the disease.
3. People think it a serious crime to attack ___________
children.
4. AIDS can be transmitted by having ___________ sex.
5. Having found out that the girl has got a disease which
is __________ and will die soon, the boy decide to help
her to make the last days of her life beautiful and
meaningful.
infected
discouraged
defenceless
unprotected
incurable

13. ** Complete the following sentences with the help of the Chinese .
1. The doctor _____________ (诊断) my illness as a rare
skin disease.
2. He has ___________ (恢复) from his bad cold and can
go out tomorrow.
3. The disease makes her realize how ___________ (富有
意义的) life is.
4. The doctor told him that the wound had been infected,
and that the ___________________ (受感染的伤口) will
become deadly if it is not properly treated.
5. They are certain that this virus has been transmitted
through the air, yet they have not been able to iden-
tify the _________________ . （传播的病毒）
has diagnosed
recovered
meaningful
infected wound
spreading virus

14. 6. Bad news may discourage a patient, so it is very im-
portant that doctors try to cheer up the ___________
_________（灰心丧气的病人）.
7. First the doctor takes a blood sample and has it
tested. Then he will use the _____________________
（经过测试的血样）to find out if it is a serious disease.
8. You cannot delay the treatment any longer. You
must stop working unless you want to deal with the
risks of _________________（延误的治疗）.
discouraged
patient
tested blood sample
delayed treatment

15. 1. break down immune system 2. leave … defenceless
3. infect with 4. live with 5. to the fullest 6. die of 7.
available 8. deadly 9. a lack of on the contrary
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the following words and phrases
AIDS is a disease that ___________ the body’s _______
_______ and ______ a person __________ against infec-
tions and illnesses. People get AIDS after having been
_____________ HIV, the virus that causes the disease.
There are millions of people who ________ AIDS every year.
So far, there is no treatment ________ for the disease
and AIDS patients have to deal with the fact that they
might die young.
breaks down
immune
system
leaves
defenseless
infected with
die of
available

16. 1. break down immune system 2. leave … defenceless
3. infect with 4. live with 5. to the fullest 6. die of 7.
available 8. deadly 9. a lack of on the contrary
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the following words and phrases
Unfortunately, a ________ disease such as AIDS also frightens others. Because of ________ knowledge about how it gets transmitted, people often treat AIDS pa-tients as if they were bad or dangerous.
Xiaohua is a 12-year-old girl. Though she has been ___________ AIDS for 12 years, she is not discouraged by the disease. _________________, it makes her realize how precious life is and how important it is to enjoy the life ____________.
deadly
a lack of
living with
On the contrary
to the fullest

17. TASK 3 Learning the new words

18. 1. live with 忍受(不愉快的事)，与…住在一起
** You must live with the fact that you are an adult. / No matter how bad the situation may be, you must live with it.
2. deadly 致命的；极有害的；非常的
** Cancer is a deadly disease. / A deadly silence filled the class.
3. imaginary 想象中的；虚构的
** The story is not real, it is only imaginary. / imagina-tive 富于想象力的；爱想象的: an imaginative child 有想象力的孩子 / imaginable 可想像的；想像得到的

19. 4 false adj. 错误的，假的，伪造的
** false tales of bravery. 不真实的英勇故事 / false teeth 假牙 / false documents 伪造的文件
5. infect 传染；感染（精神）
** infect someone with 将……传染给某人 / be\become infected with 感染上，沾染上 / Some of them became infected with bird flu and died. / Her spirit infected me a lot.
6. via prep. 凭借，通过（某种手段或某人），经过，经由
** (1) by way of 经过： I went to Beijing via Shanghai. 经过上海到北京 / (2) by means of 通过（某种手段或某人），凭借： I sent the letter via airmail. 通过空邮寄信

20. 7. prevention n. 预防，阻止，防碍 prevent vt.
** prevent sb (from) doing sth = stop sb( from )doing sth = keep sb from doing // What can we do to prevent this disease spreading?
8. persuade 说服，劝服，使某人相信
** persuade sb 劝服，说服某人 / persuade sb to do sth 说服某人做某事 / persuade sb into (doing) sth 说服某人做某事 / persuade sb out of (doing) sth 说服某人不要做某事 / per-suade sb of sth 使某人相信某事 / persuade sb that + 从句 使某人相信
9. defenseless 无防备的
** defense / defence n. 防御；防卫 / defend v. 防卫；保卫 / defensive adj. 防御用的；防御性的

21. 10. unprotected 无保护的；无防卫的
** protect v. 保护；保卫；防御 / protect sb\sth from\ against 保护某人或某物使其免受…… / They built defence works to protect their city against attack. / protection n.保护 / protective adj. 保护的
die of 病（饿、冻）死
** die of（死于年老/情感/饥饿/疾病） / die from （因某种外因而死） / die for（为…而死）/ be dying 垂死 / be dying for sth. 想某物想得要死 / be dying to do sth 非常想做某事
** In the old times, many people ________ hunger and cold. / The fish in that river all ___________ polluted water. / Many passengers __________ the terrible traffic accident.
died of
died from
died from

22. 13. proper adj. 合适的，适当的（没有比较级）
12. lack n & vt. / vi 缺乏；短少
** 作名词时，常用 lack of 缺乏； 缺少 / She showed a lack of humour. ( 可加 a ) / I cannot buy the bike because of my lack of money. / The plant died for lack of water.
** vt. & vi. 缺乏，短少，没有 ( 常和介词 for 搭配; 用于否定句 ) I can’t buy the car because I lack (vt.) money. / She doesn't lack (vi.) for money. / be lacking in (wisdom, courage, humor) 缺乏(某种品质、特点等）不够……
13. proper adj. 合适的，适当的（没有比较级）
** It isn’t proper to telephone him at this late hour. / a proper tool for the job 适用于做这个工作的工具 (常与介词
for 搭配)

23. 14. available 可利用的；可达到的；有效的
** You will be informed when the book is available. / I’m sorry, sir, those shoes are not available in your size.
15. discourage 使泄气；使失去信心
** Don’t let one failure discourage you, try again. / dis-courage sb from doing sth 劝阻某人做某事 / discouraged 感到沮丧的 / discouraging 令人沮丧的 / encouraged 受到鼓舞的 / encouraging 令人鼓舞的
16. cheer 使高兴；使鼓舞;欢呼；喝彩
** The boys cheered their football team. / Everyone was cheered by the good news. / A cheer arose from the crowd when he came. / Your visit has cheered the sick man up. / They all cheered up at the news.

24. 17. Suffer from 遭受（痛苦、疾病、损失等）
** Every night he suffers from headache. / They suffered huge losses in the earthquake. / She was very generous to him but she suffered for it when he ran away with all her money. // suffer pain\hunger\punishment\losses
18. recover vt. & vi. 恢复；康复，弥补
** He has recovered from his bad cold and can go out tomorrow./ She’s beginning to recover her strength after her fever. / Has the country recovered from the effects of the war? / She soon recovered herself and stopped crying. / He is very ill and unlikely to recover.
19. contrary adj. & n. 相反的；相对的； 反面

25. 19. contrary adj. & n. 相反的；相对的； 反面
**Things at work seem to be going by contraries at pres-ent; I can’t get anything right. / “I believe you like your job.” “On the contrary, I hate it.”
20. for the moment （= for the time being) 暂时；目前
** for the moment 暂时，目前 / at any moment/ time 随时 / at the moment 目前，现在 / at that moment 在那时 the moment (that) = as soon as / in\after a moment 过了一会儿 ( in 将来/过去时态 \ after 过去式 )
16. （be) free from 不受……的影响, 无……的; (of) 免除
** He wants to live a life entirely free from trouble. / If your wages are very small, you will be free of income tax.

26. TASK Language points

27. Anne “Future” Discussion:
* Should Anne go to meet her e-pal “Future”? ** Why or why not?

28. TASK Grammar

29. Homework 1. Grammar—p.46 2. Practising—pp.117-119
3. Integrating skills—pp.47-48

30. Thank you.
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