新视野大学英语第一册第五单元

新视野大学英语第一册教案

Lecture Notes

Section A The Battle Against AIDS

I Lead-in Activities (30mins)

1. Background Information

1）AIDS & HIV:Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is a disease which destroys the natural method the body uses to protect against other diseases. It is a disease caused by the HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), but AIDS is different from HIV in that the former usually causes death while HIV may lead to AIDS. HIV is spread in three ways :(1) contact with infected blood; (2) sex; (3)mother to child. AIDS usually develops in four stages: In the first stage, there is only infection by HIV and antibody (抗体) production; (2) In the second stage, the lymph nodes (淋巴结) enlarge(肿大); (3) In the third stage, an infected person may begin to have such signs(症状) as tiredness, fever and night sweats; (4) In the last stage, AIDS is diagnosed when a person develops certain uncommon, life-threatening illness.

2)the federal government

The federal government in the United States is a national republic whose members are elected to hold office for a limited period of time by citizens over 18 years of age. This republic has an elected president who is head of the nation as well as head of the federal or national government.

3)a state government

A state government is the political structure that includes an area of land, citizens, and an elected governing body with the right to control and change all powers within the state that are not given by constitution to the federal government. Fifty state governments exist in the United States.

2. Questions for discussion

1)Show the Ss some pictures and let them talk to each other about the topic on the screen.

2) show Ss the video of the Special Report given by George W. Bush on Global AIDS Act and lead Ss to have the fast reading of the following text.

II Vocabulary Enrichment (50mins)

1.acquire: vt. 1) 获得；取得

She acquired a knowledge of the English by careful study.

她认真学习而精通英语。

Some people go back for their education to acquire another degree or diploma to impress the society.

有些人回到学校去接受教育,是想再取得一个学位或一张文凭,以增强自己在社会上的地位。

acquire: vt. 2)拥有；得到

Some smoking and alcoholic drinks are an acquired taste and are not in born.

抽烟喝酒往往是一种后来习得的嗜好,并不是生来就有的

词语辨析acquire, obtain, gain, Get,

acquire 表示通过努力或积累而获得才智、经验、能力、荣誉、财富，强调的是通过逐步的、持续的、缓慢的过程来获得某物，已经获得就永久保持。

obtain 为正式用语多指凭努力或恳求“得到”或“找出”某物，强调愿望得以实现。gain 为正式用语，指通过努力或拼搏得到利益或有价值的东西。

get 为口头用词，含义丰富，指通过某种手段或方法拥有某种东西，既可以指积极努力地去获得，也可指被动的得到，后可接双宾语。

2. immune: a. 1) （常against, from, to与连用）免疫的；免受伤害

immune from taxation [taxes] 免税

be immune to all pleas 不容申辩

immune: a. 2) （常与from, to连用）被豁免的

The criminal was told he would be immune from punishment if he helped the police. 罪犯被告知说,如果他协助警方,就可以免受惩罚。

immune from criminal prosecution.免于刑事诉讼

3. infect: vt. 1)传染；使感染

One of the boys in the class had a fever and he soon infected other children.

班上的一个孩子发烧了，不久他就传染上了其他孩子。

If your eyes are infected, you must go to an oculist.

如果你的眼睛受到感染,就要去看眼科医生。

infect: vt. 2)感染；影响

Mary's high spirits infected all the girls in the class.

玛丽振奋的精神感染了班上所有的女孩子。

he infected the whole class with her laughter. 她的笑声感染了全班同学。

4. constitute: vt. 1)构成：构成…部分或成分；组成

Correct grammar and sentence structure do not in themselves constitute good writing.

正确的语法和句子结构本身并不能构成一篇好文章

7 days constitute a week

七天构成一星期

constitute: vt. 2)制定；建立；设立；任命

The new government constituted new traffic regulations