Are You At Risk

Read paragraph 1 of the poster on P22 and find information to fill in the blanks below:
a very small • A virus is __________. living thing that cause disease. the part of the • The immune system is __________. body that fights disease. a person’s immune system • HIV weakens __________. stage when • AIDS is in fact a __________.your body can no longer fight disease • A person may get infected with HIV through blood __________, or __________. injection ______, sexual fluid
More than 7 million people in Asia and the Pacific are living with HIV/AIDS.
Henan AIDS village
HIV infection has taken root in South Asia and poses a threat to development in the region.
Africa
Watch, listen, and fill in First identified(确认) in the United States in 1981 ____, AIDS was thought to be confined(限于) homosexual primarily to _____________and bisexual men. The disclosure by heterosexual celebrities(名 人) like Arthur Rash and Magic Johnson that they were infected emphasized to the public strike that AIDS could ______ anyone…Reported cases of HIV infection rose dramatically(大大 1990s 1980s 地) from the early _____ to the _____. In the 1 million United States alone, an estimated ___ ______ positive people were HIV _______ or had AIDS.
Group members Student 1
Tasks In charge of (负责) designing a slogan and draw a simple picture for your poster. Write something about the introduction of AIDS. Write some information about how to prevent from AIDS. Write something about how to treat the patients.
What is AIDS?
The full form of it is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(获得性免疫功能丧失综 合症). It is a serious disease. incurable disease
World AIDS Day, 365 Days a Year
Listen to the rest of the poster and decide the following statements are true or false.
HIV/AIDS is only spread through 1. It is dangerous to get close to a direct contact with infected blood person with AIDS. F or sexual fluids. 2. It is very likely that you will die if you become infected with HIV. T 3. You can also get HIV/AIDS from You can only get HIV from injecting unprotected sex with an infected person. drugs. F
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4.You can only get HIV from injecting drugs. F 5. If I had HIV, I would know because I would feel sick. F 6. HIV/ AIDS is difficult to cure. T 7. People who have HIV look different from everyone else. F 8. It is safe to be friends with people who are living with HIV/ AIDS. T
Women are slightly men likely to 4. Evidence shows thatmore get AIDS become infected. more easily than women. F
5. It could be dangerous to have sex
without using a condom. T 6. If blood or sexual fluids infected with HIV get into someone’s body, that
HIV/ AIDS: Are you at risk?
Pre-reading ( 2 minutes )
What is HIV?
It is a kind of virus. HIV is the short form for Human Immune Deficiency Virus(人体免疫 缺损病毒).
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Some facts: By the end of 2003, an estimated 42 million around the world were living with HIV/AIDS. During the year, 5 million people became infected and an estimated 3 million people died. About one-third of people living with HIV/AIDS are 15-24 years of age.
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A 1. Do you have a special slogan? 2. Do you introduce some information about AIDS? 3. Do you give some ideas on how to caring about the patient? 4. Can others learn something from your poster about how to prevent from AIDS? 5. Do you use some attractive and understandable pictures?
Every December 1st is a day of understanding, care, and hope about HIV and AIDS. Still, It is the mission of to educate people how to protect themselves against HIV each and every day of the year.
Quiz
How much do you know about HIV/ AIDS?
（True or False?）
1. Only bad people get AIDS. F 2. I can become infected with HIV by swimming in a pool, holding hands or kissing someone with HIV.
person could become infected too. T
7. You shouldn’t hug a personhugging You cannot get AIDS from with someone. An infected person needs HIV/AIDS. F all the support you can give them. A is easy with when a appear 8. It person to tellHIV can person has perfectly healthy. It is only in the last HIV/AIDS. F stages of AIDS that a person looks sick.
How should we act towards people who have HIV/ AIDS? What can we do to help them?
(Discuss in groups of four)
How should we act towards people who have HIV/AIDS? What can we do to help them?
•Don’t look down upon them.
•Show love and care to them.
•Help them fight fear, shame
and injusticeБайду номын сангаасunfair).
Activity
Suppose the Students’ Union(学生会) require you to design a poster about how to publicize AIDS and how to treat the infected people.Now work in groups of four to design the poster. You poster should include the following parts:
(1)A slogan, a picture.
(2)Introduction of some information about AIDS.
(3)Knowledge about how to prevent from AIDS.
(4)Opinions about how to treat the infected patients.
This passage can be divided into three sections. What’s the purpose of each section ?
Section1: Background information about the diseases. Section2: Ways to protect yourself. Section3: To dispel some common myths.