人教修订版高中二年级

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Unit 7

ReadingReading

Warming up

AIDS patients

HIV virus

AIDS virus

AIDS Quiz

1. Only bad people get AIDS.

2. I can become infected with HIV by

swimming in a pool, holding hands or

kissing someone with HIV.

3. In 2002, there were 42 million people

living with HIV/AIDS in the world.

F

F

T

4. People who have not injected drugs

do not need to get tested for HIV.

5. If I had HIV, I would know

because I feel sick.

6. HIV/AIDS is difficult to cure.

F

T

F

8. It is safe to be friends with people

who are living with HIV/AIDS. T

7. People who have HIV look different

from everyone else. F

Pre-reading

1. What is AIDS ？2. How do people get AIDS?

3. How do people prevent AIDS?

4. How does a person live with AIDS?

AIDSAIDS

AIDSAIDS YouthYouth

While-reading

Divide the text into several parts.

Part.1 (Para.1) General introduction to

a teenager named Xiaohua living

with AIDS.

Part.2 (Para.2) What is AIDS?

Part.3 (Para.3) How do people get AIDS?

Part.4 (Pare.4) Current situations of

AIDS in the world.

Part.5 (Paras.5-7) How does a person

live with AIDS and how do

others deal with a person living

with AIDS?

ExplanationExplanation

1. People who see Xiaohua would never

guess that she is one of millions of child

ren in the world living and dying with

AIDS.

见到小华的人绝不会猜到她是世界艾滋病携带者即将死亡的上百万孩子中的一个。

would 是情态动词 , 用来提出看法 You would never do anything to

hurt me.

2. AIDS is a disease that breaks down the

body’s immune system and....

break down 可作及物动词 , 作“破坏 ;

使失效”解。也可作不及物动词 , 常表示“ ( 计划 , 谈判等 ) 受挫折、失败”或

“ 感情失去控制”或“ ( 机器 ) 停止运转”。

3. For some, medicine can help keep the

m alive.

对于一些艾滋病人来说 , 药物能有助于使他们活下去。

help 后接动词不定式 , to 常可以省略。

The new way can help improve

your English.

4. As with most diseases and disasters, t

he young suffer the most.

和大多数疾病和灾难一样，儿童所遭受的痛苦是最大的。 as with = it is the same with...

这里 as 是连词，意思是“和…一样”。

As with hiking, rafting is also

dangerous.

5. Instead she has decided to use the li

mited time she has left to do something

to help others

她决定利用所剩下的有限时间做一些事情来帮助他人。

句中有一个定语从句 she has left,

省略了关系代词 that 或 which 。 have something left: 有……剩下 left 是形容词 “剩下的” I have no money left for the books.

You still have several minutes left, so

you needn’t be in such a hurry.

6. Xiaohua is trying to change this by

creating a network of patients and do

ctors that can persuade hospitals and

companies to allocate more funds for

AIDS research and education.

小华正在努力改变这种状况，她建立了病人和医生的网络，通过这种方

法说服医院和公司拨出更多资金进行艾滋病的研究和教育工作。 句中的 network 是定语从句 that ca

n persuade hospitals and companies t

o allocate more funds for AIDS resear

ch and education 的先行词。 persuade sb. to do sth.

说服某人做某事

The salesman persuaded us to buy

his product.

那个销售人员说服我们买了他的产品。 比较： The salesman tried to persuade us

to buy his product, but we didn’t.

那个销售人员企图说服我们买他的产品，但我们没买。7 . ...that the most dangerous thing is n

ot knowing about the disease.

最危险的事情是不了解艾滋病。 句中 not knowing about the disease

是动名词短语作表语。 My job is teaching English.

8. She knows that her life will not be

as long as her classmates.

她知道她的生命不会和她的同学一样长。 as long as: 和…一样长 , 这里指时间 , 也可指长度。 You can stay here as long as you

want.

This stick is as long as that one. (

as long as 或 so long as 作为连词，引导条件状语从句，意为“只要”。e.g. As/So long as you keep it up, you

will succeed.

Post-reading

1. How to understand the title “Born

Dying”?

When a person is born with AIDS, he

is to die.

2. What is AIDS ？ AIDS is a disease that breaks down

the body’s immune system and leaves

a person defenseless against infection

and illness. AIDS is short for Acquired

Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

3. How do people get AIDS?

When people are infected with HIV,

they will get AIDS.

4. How do people prevent AIDS?

Don’t have unprotected sex with

patient with AIDS. Be careful when

you transmit blood.

5. How does a person live with AIDS?

He must have optimistic attitude

towards this disease. If possible,

take some available medicine against

AIDS.

6. What is the difference between AIDS

and HIV?

AIDS is a kind of disease while HIV

is short for human immunodeficiency

virus, which causes AIDS.

7. In what ways does AIDS spread?

It spread through blood and other

body liquids. People transmit HIV by

having unprotected sex, receiving bloo

d transfusions, through birth, injecting

drugs and so on.

8. What do you think you would do if

you were Xiaohua? How would you fee

l?

I think at first I would be very scare

d and sad because I couldn’t live

as long as my classmates. I couldn’t e

njoy good health like others. But I be

lieve before long I would face the ter

rible fact bravely with the help of my

parents, my teachers and my friends.

I must learn from Xiaohua and keep

up an optimistic state of

mind. I should receive proper medical

treatment positively in order to live

longer and enjoy every minute of the

rest of my life.

9. How should we act towards people

who have AIDS? What can we do to

help them?

We shouldn’t act as if they were bad

or dangerous people. We must care for

them, make friends with them, hug

them, comfort them and encourage

them. Also we should persuade

hospitals and companies to allocate

more funds for AIDS research and

education.

Homework1. Try to tell your classmates something

about AIDS.

2. Recite the key sentences in the text:

For some, medicine can help keep them

alive.

As with most diseases and disasters,

the young suffer the most.

The drugs that are available are

much too expensive and difficult to

find.

Instead she has decided to use the

limited time she has left to do… P51

The most dangerous thing is not

knowing about the disease. P52