M10 U3

Protecting ourselves (Reading)

—Yang Liusi

Kunshan Senior High School

What do you know about Aids?

AIDS quiz:

1. AIDS is a deadly disease. ( )T

F2. HIV and Aids are an African problem. ( ) 3. If someone gets Aids, he will die at once.

( )

F4. You can get AIDS or HIV by hugging someone with AIDS or HIV. ( ) F

5. It is safe to be friends with people who are living with AIDS. ( )T

AIDS quiz:

F

6. People who have HIV look different from everyone else. ( )

F7. If someone had HIV, he would know because he would feel sick. ( )

AIDS quiz:

8. The full name of Aids is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. ( )T

T

9. The Red Ribbon is the international

symbol of AIDS. ( )

10. December 1st is World AIDS Day.( )T

Aids?Aids?

Acquired

gainedprotection

lack

a group of diseases

that make you sick

Immune Deficiency Syndrome 获得性免疫缺陷综合症

What do the letters AIDS stand for?

The international symbol of AIDS

Aids

love, care, support, help, hope, respect,

understanding, …

It means that we should give AIDS patients______

1. How many people around the world catch HIV every day?About 7,000 people.

Almost every country in the world has been affected by Aids.

2. What places have been affected by Aids?

3. In order to prevent the spread of Aids what organization was founded?UNAIDS.

Fast-reading ：

Careful reading (para.1)(A story)

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

A. To show writer’s pity on Ajani

B. To attract readers’ attention and lead to the topic

C. To offer basic knowledge of the topic

D. To use an example to support the topic

(Para.2--3)

1.What is the relationship between AIDS and HIV?

2.How is AIDS spread?

★ HIV is the that causes . ★ People get after having been infected with .

virus Aids

AidsHIV

What is the relationship between AIDS and HIV?

cure

deadly and incurable

★ There is no ______ for Aids.

shaking hands, hugging or kissing 

Is Aids spread in these ways?

coughing or sneezing

sharing food

using toilets or showers

using a public phone

using public swimming pools

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

How is HIV spread?How is HIV spread?

1.Unprotected sex2.Blood-to-blood contact3.Mother-to-child transmission

(Para.4)The structure of Paragraph 4

Topic sentence:

_________________________________

Supporting sentences:

________________________________ ________________________________

Concluding sentence: ____________________________________

Aids has become a serious problem around the world.

>30 million …, According to..,>4 million

children…, >15million children

Something must be done to stop this disease.

Statistics/figures

What’s the function of Paragraph 4? A. concluding paragraph B. linking paragraph C. supporting paragraph

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.

By identifying the links between paragraphs, readers can follow the logic of the text.

What will be talked about in the next paragraph？

Predict:

1._______

taken to

fight Aids

Government

efforts

★The Chinese government is working hard to control, and 2.__________ the disease.

★In 2003, the government started

3.____________free drugs.

4.

__________ help

★Dr David Ho has 5. __________ himself to bringing up-to-date technology and international attention

to China’s Aids problem.

★The United Nations has been supporting Aids 6.____________ and medicine programmes in China.

providing

MeasuresAction(s)

International

monitor

devoted

Task-based reading(Para.5-8)

education

Q: Why are Ajani and his sister fortunate?

Para.9: Ending of the story

Orphans as they are, their grandfather is caring for them. Besides, they didn’t get HIV from their mother.

The key to stopping Aids in the future is _____________________________________.

education as well as medical treatment

Conclusion:

Beginning: ______________

Body: _____________________________ _____________________________

Conclusion:________________________

(Para 1)(Para 1)

(Para 2--8)(Para 2--8)

(Para 9)(Para 9)

Divide the text into three partsan example

detailed information about Aids;detailed information about Aids; measures taken to fight Aidsmeasures taken to fight Aids

the key to stopping Aidsthe key to stopping Aids

Group work As high school students, what

shall we do to fight Aids?

1. how to protect ourselves

2. how to treat infected people

1. Discuss with each other and put forward your opinions as many as possible.

2. Choose one member to write down an outline of your group’s ideas.

3. Choose a speaker to present the writing.

Aids is a deadly disease, which is so serious that______________________________________________________________________________________.(List 2-3 points: severity)

In order to prevent the fast spread of Aids, wehigh school students ________________________________________________________________.(List2-3 points: how to protect ourselves)

Though Aids is a danger to society, we ___________________________________________________.(List2-3 points: how to treat infected people)

If everyone in the world does his part, we canmake a really big difference!

Writing

Presentation

What shall we do to fight Aids?

(how to protect ourselves)

strengthen Aids education and raise public awareness

tell people around how to protect themselves against Aids every day

avoid taking part in activities with a high risk of HIV infection.

shouldn’t look down upon them

take a positive attitude towards them

treat infected people properly

treat them as normal people show love, care and support to them

be helpful, friendly and understanding help them learn more about the disease

help them fight fear, shame, and injustice

What shall we do to fight Aids? (how to treat infected people)

Attitude

Influences

Disease

Seriously

Children with HIV

Aids=helps★No scare, no

discrimination.★Life is the most precious

thing that nature gives us, so cherish it!

Life --- By Allan Houston Life can be good, Life can be bad, Life is mostly cheerful, But sometimes sad. Life can be dreams, Life can be great thoughts; Life can mean a person, Sitting in court. Life can be dirty, Life can even be painful; But life is what you make it, So try to make it beautiful.

Homework

Polish up your composition

(Use as many linking words as possible) Search for more information about

Aids on the Internet after class.

Thank you !

Goodbye!