Unit 7 Living With Disease

浙江绍兴鲁迅中学 孙云珍

Teaching Goals of Reading

1. Talk about deadly diseases and attitudes

towards them.

2. Know about the life of people with AIDS.

3. Know about the basic means of protecting us

from being infected by HIV virus.

★4. Know how to care, share and show love .

5.To learn some useful language points.

Pre-Pre-

readingreading

Leading-in

What is the life of a twelve-year-old girl full of / like ?

flowers

sunshine

12 = smiles

tomorrow…

hopesdream

12 death12 =

death ? !

happiness

new life

new hope

no worries

no sorrows

no harms

If you had an incurable disease, how would you If you had an incurable disease, how would you feel? feel?

How would you act towards the sudden change?How would you act towards the sudden change?

feeling attitude

While-While-

readingreading

Skimming

• 1. What does the title mean?

• 2. What feeling does it give you?

• 3. What kind of story will the passage talk about?

• 4. What kind of words will be used?

Scanning

• Find the key words and the main idea of each paragraph.

• 1. Xiaohua• 2. AIDS• 3. infected• 4. children• 5. little hope• 6. suffer• 7. live with AIDS

Listening and answer

• 1. How was Xiaohua infected with AIDS?

• 2. In what ways does AIDS spread?

• 3. How many children were infected with AIDS in 2002?

Each year, more thanEach year, more than 5 million5 million people people become infected with HIV.become infected with HIV.

In 2002, more thanIn 2002, more than 40 million40 million people in the people in the world were living with HIV or AIDS.world were living with HIV or AIDS.

Since the first case was discovered in 1981, Since the first case was discovered in 1981, nearlynearly 27 million27 million have died of AIDS.have died of AIDS.

diseases

cold

headache

toothachediarrhoea

coughing

insomniaheart

attack

scald

cut

Pre-reading While talking about AIDS, While talking about AIDS, what other diseases can you think of?what other diseases can you think of?

cancer

AIDS deadly deadly diseasesdiseases

burn

strokediabetesosteoporosi

s osteoporosis

AIDSAIDS

IncurabIncurable?!le?!

Pair work: Ask and answer questions based on the main idea of each paragraph

• Para 1:Xiaohua gets AIDS

• Para 2:What AIDS is

• Para 3:How Xiaohua got infected with AIDS

• Para 4:Thousands of children get AIDS

• Para 5:Xiaohua has a hopeless life but a clear aim

• Para 6:People with AIDS suffer from more than AIDS

• Para 7:Xiaohua is optimistic about her limited life

• Why do we say it’s incurable?Why do we say it’s incurable?

• What’s the full name of AIDS?What’s the full name of AIDS?• Can AIDS be transmitted?Can AIDS be transmitted?• In what ways can it be transmitted?In what ways can it be transmitted?• What kind of people are likely to get AIDS?What kind of people are likely to get AIDS?• Do people with AIDS look healthy at first?Do people with AIDS look healthy at first?• Is it safe or dangerous to stay or to be friends Is it safe or dangerous to stay or to be friends

with them? Why?with them? Why?

Pair Pair workwork

• break downbreak down• defencelessdefenceless• treatment, treatment,

not availablenot available• incurableincurable

Q1: Why is AIDS a deadly disease?

Further Questions

• AIDS, which is caused AIDS, which is caused by _____, can be by _____, can be transmitted via transmitted via __________ sex, __________ sex, _______ blood _______ blood __________ or through __________ or through _______._______.

unprotectedinfectedtransfusion

birth

HIV

As a result, As a result, 3.23.2 million children were million children were

infected in2002.infected in2002.

How is AIDS spread?

Q2: Why do the young suffer the most?

a lack of a lack of

painful, painful,

difficult difficult

even if, even if,

not infected, not infected,

ruinruin

Q3: Is the disease the only thing that AIDS patients suffer from?

• fearfear• ignoranceignorance• misunderstandingmisunderstanding

Q4: What can be done to improve the situation?

• by the government:by the government:• by specialists and by specialists and

doctors:doctors:• by other people:by other people:• by the patients by the patients

themselves:themselves:

• not discouragednot discouraged• encourage encourage • visit, support, cheer upvisit, support, cheer up• create a network, persuadecreate a network, persuade• talk to peopletalk to people

Q5: As an AIDS patient, what does Xiaohua do?

•I wish I could remember…I wish I could remember…•If I were to live long…If I were to live long…•I wish people could…I wish people could…•If I were you…If I were you…

Q6: What are Xiaohua’s wishes?

Q7: How do you find her? If you Q7: How do you find her? If you meet her, what will you do to meet her, what will you do to her?her?

Post-reading Post-reading TaskTask

Group work: Discussion

• 1. Is Xiaohua unlucky? Why? Is Xiaohua

lucky? Why?

• 2. What do you think of Xiaohua?

• 3. What have you learned from Xiaohua?

What should you do as a healthy

person?

• 4. What can you do for others?

The first wealth is health. Live the life to the fullest.

• Learn to express thanks to…• Learn to find pleasure in work / study / life…

If anyone shows their love, the world will be more beautiful!

smile

share

care

value

cheer

loveLearn to

show

12 death

12 = no worries

no sorrows

no harms

tomorrow…

new life

flowers

sunshine

smiles

hopesdream

happiness

new hope

smile

share

care

value

cheer

loveLearn to

AIDS is a disease that AIDS is a disease that breaks dobreaks downwn the body’s the body’s immune systemimmune system an and d leavesleaves a person a person defencelessdefenceless againagainst infections and illnesses. People gst infections and illnesses. People get AIDS after having been et AIDS after having been infected infected withwith HIV, the virus that causes the d HIV, the virus that causes the disease.There are millions of people isease.There are millions of people who who die ofdie of AIDS every year. AIDS every year.

Assessment

So far, there is no treatment So far, there is no treatment availavailableable for the disease and AIDS patients h for the disease and AIDS patients have to deal with the fact that they mighave to deal with the fact that they might die young. Unfortunately, a t die young. Unfortunately, a deadly deadly disdisease such as AIDS also frightens others. ease such as AIDS also frightens others. Because of Because of a lack ofa lack of knowledge about h knowledge about how it gets transmitted, people often treow it gets transmitted, people often treat AIDS patients as if they were bad or dat AIDS patients as if they were bad or dangerous.angerous.

Xiaohua is a 12-year-old girl. ThouXiaohua is a 12-year-old girl. Though she has been gh she has been living withliving with AIDS for AIDS for 12 years, she is not discouraged by 12 years, she is not discouraged by the disease. the disease. On the contraryOn the contrary, it mak, it makes her realize how precious life is anes her realize how precious life is and how important it is to d how important it is to live life to tlive life to the fullesthe fullest..

Homework

• 1. Retell the text about 100 words

• 2.Writing proposals to call on people to care for the patients

World AIDS DayWorld AIDS Day

is approaching, our school is is approaching, our school is planning some theme planning some theme

activities on that day and activities on that day and now it is collecting ideas from now it is collecting ideas from

you students. you students.

Your creations should include:

♦ the theme of this year ♦ different activities

• Is it a good idea to invite Xiaohua to give us a lecture?

• If you were Xiaohua, what would you say to us? Please prepare a speech.

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