Listen to a piece of news

1. Where did the news happen ?

2. What happened to Ajani?

3. How do you feel about the story?

A TV news

In an African village, eleven-year-old Ajani hears a far-off scream as he washes his little sister in a bath that leaks water, while he bathes her, he waits his mother to return; he does not sob because no one has told him yet what happened. Ajani and his sister lost their father to Aids two years ago, and now their mother has died of the same disease.

Sad, unfortunate, pitiful, frightened … … Sad, unfortunate, pitiful, frightened … …

How much do you know about Aids?

How much do you know about Aids?

• Weaken people’s immune system • Once infected, the person will always carry

the virus• Sometimes, have no outward symptoms• incurable and deadly• … … … …

A natural system in your body to resist illnessA natural system in your body to resist illness

Changes in the body that indicates an illness

Changes in the body that indicates an illness

What is the writer’s purpose of starting the article with Ajani’s story?

What is the writer’s purpose of starting the article with Ajani’s story?

A. To provide background information of the topicB. To attract readers’ attention and lead to the

topicC. To show writer’s pity on AjaniD. To offer basic knowledge of the topic

Read the first sentence of para2-5 to get the main ideas.

para 2para 3para 4

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one of the __________

the ways it is ________Or ________

Aids --- a _______ problem

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AIDS

How does HIV cause Aids?

Para 2 What is the relationship between AIDS and HIV?

Para. 2 What is the relationship between AIDS and HIV?

______ is caused by _____(a virus), which enters a person’s blood and attacks the body’s ___________________.

deadly and incurable

AIDS HIV

immune system

1. Sometimes, infected people have no outward symptoms so ...

(last sentence of Para 2Para 2)

One of the first symptoms of Aids … is a weakened immune system ...

(first sentence of Para 3Para 3)

• When reading a text, one should be able to follow the thoughts of the author from one paragraph to the next

• Sometimes, the last sentence of a paragraph introduces the topic of the next paragraph

• Sometimes the first sentence of a paragraph is the conclusion of the last paragraph and the topic of the paragraph

NO Yes NO NO

YesNO NO NO

Para.4 Can AIDS be Para.4 Can AIDS be transmitted by the following transmitted by the following

ways?ways?

pregnancy

1.unprotected sex

2.blood-to-blood contact

3.mother-to-child transmission

AIDS is spread by ……..

Para 4 How is AIDS spread?

The attitudes towards Aids patients

We should take a positive attitude towards those people living with HIV/AIDS and show love and care to them. We shouldn’t let the fear of AIDS cut us off from those who need our love, care and support!

Para 5:read the first and the last sentences• Although many people are familiar with Aids and

how it is transmitted, more than a few people subscribe to the view (that HIV and Aids are an African problem) because the infection rates there are very high.

However, HIV and Aids are a problem all over the world, from Argentina to the Netherlands, the Philipines and everywhere in between.

…….. ….

All of this make it clear (that something must be done to stop the deadly disease).

agree withagree with

Conclusion/linkConclusion/link

Surporting sentencesSurporting sentences

Read the first sentence and find out the main idea of each paragraph

Para.6Para.7Para.8Para.9

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international help to China

an organization called UNAIDS

the severe situation

structure of para 6• China has also been affected by the

epidemic. According to government figures from january 2006, there were about HIV-positive people and about Aids patients in China. The government is working hard to control the Aids epidemic, and has opened labs to test and monitor the disease. In 2003, the government also strated providing free drugs for Aids patients in need.

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measures

para 7-9 measures or situaton?

• Para 7: Apart from … … . In addition, … … .

• Para 8:… … UNAIDS, an organization …

• Para 9: It is estimated that 2000-2020, >68million, 2010>26million

measures

measuresmeasures

situationsituation

measures• Dr David Ho, a Chinese American leading Aids expert, has devoted

his body and soul to bringing up-to-date technology and international attention to China’s Aids problem.

• United Nations and WHO have been supporting Aids prevention education and medical distribution programmes in China.

• The work that UNAIDS do to control the worldwide epidemic : 1.Providing infected people with help from doctors; 2. testing for people who think they might have Aids or HIV; 3.offering programmes that teach Aids prevention to young

people; 4.setting up treatment centers, where HIV-positive mothers can

receive drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission.

UNAIDS does a lot of things in helping prevent the worldwidespread of aids except( )

• A. providing infected people with help from doctors

• B. testing for people who think they might have HIV or AIDS

• C. opening labs to test and monitor the disease

• D. educating people about Aids prevention

Para 10 the end of the newsWhat’s the present situation of Ajani?

2.What do you think of Ajani?• The last two sentences in the last paragraph

• brave , determined, ambitious

Learn about Aids and do something to _1__ the spread of it

An ____2__

Ajani, whose father died of Aids two years ago, lost hismother for the same ____3____.

Detailed ___4____

about Aids

1. The cause of Aids is a virus called HIV ， which attacks the body’s immune system and there’s no cure for it.

2. One of the first symptoms of Aids is a weakened immune system and eventually the body loses the ability to fight illness.

3. It is commonly _5__that the virus is spread in three ways----through unprotected sex, blood-to-blood contact and mother-to-child transmission.

4. Since the 1980s, Aids has become a serious problem all over the world, _6_ over 60 million people worldwide.

___7____ taken to

fight Aids

1. The efforts have been made by China.

1.Opening labs to test and monitor the disease

2._8__ free drugs for Aids patients in need

2. Many international organizations work __9__ to fight Aids.

3. In the opinion of Ajani, the ____10____to stopping the disease is educating people at risk, as well as treating infected People.

Learn about Aids and do something to 1_________ the spread of it

An2______

Ajani, whose father died of Aids two years ago, lost hismother for the same 3_________.

prevent

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Detailed 4________ about Aids

1. The cause of Aids is a virus called HIV, which attacks the body’s immune system and there’s no cure...

2. One of the first symptoms of Aids is a weakened immune system and eventually the body loses the ability...

3. It is commonly 5_______ that the virus is spread in three ways -- ...

4. Since the 1980s, Aids has become ..., 6 ________ over 60 million people ...

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7_______ taken to

fight Aids

1. The efforts have been made by China.

Opening labs to test and monitor the disease

8__________ free drugs for Aids patients in need

2. Many international organizations work 9________ to fight Aids.

3. In Ajani’s opinion, the 10______ to stopping the disease is educating people at risk, as well as treating ...

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• 因为艾滋病而失去父亲 lose their father to Aids L4• 死于同样的疾病 die of the same disease L5• 没有任何治疗方法 There’s no cure for ... L8• 常见病 common illnesses L15• 以令人恐怖的速度在全球传播 spread across the world at a

frightening rate L17• 组成 / 占 75 % account for 75% L21

• 而不是拿健康冒险 rather than risk their health

L25• 赞同 ... 的观点 subscribe to the view that ...

L27• 为需要的艾滋病人提供免费的药物 provide free drugs for Aids

patients in need L41

• 全身心投入做… devote one’s body and soul to

doing L45

• 参加与艾滋病作斗争 be involved in fighting Aids L49• 预防艾滋病的传播 prevent the spread of Aids L51

• 据估计… It’s estimated that …

L60• ... 的数量有待上升 The number of … is expected to

rise L62

• 给…留下伤痕 leave a scar on sb. L64• 可以使用 , 有 ... 的机会 / 权利 have access to ... L65• 做…的关键 the key to doing … L69