Period 2 Reading
Aids today ⑴
Learning aims（学习目标）：1. To get a general idea of the TV news special transcript.
2. To improve reading ability.
3. To learn to identify links between paragraphs.
Important and difficult points（重点难点）：1. Try to get the structure of the passage.
2. Try to identify links between paragraphs.
3. How to help students learn to love and treat them equally.
Teaching Methods:
1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.
2. Careful reading to get the detailed information.
3. Asking-and-answering to help the students understand the text exactly.
4. Pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Procedures:
预习导航【有关资料查一查】
1. Do the AIDS quiz and make judgments according to what you have known about AIDS. (T/F)
Only bad people get AIDS.
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If I had HIV, I would know because I would feel sick.
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HIV/AIDS is difficult to cure.
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People who have HIV look different from everyone else.
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It is safe to be friends with people who are living with HIV/AIDS. (
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2. Equip yourself with some relevant information about AIDS.
What is the full name for Aids?
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What is it caused by?
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How is the disease transmitted?
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What symptoms does a person have if he or she has been infected?
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Red Ribbon is the international symbol of HIV and AIDS and also the symbol of people who are concerned about Aids.
红丝带从此成为艾滋病防治的象征，它象征着对艾滋病病毒感染者和病人的关心和支持，象征着对生命的热爱和对平等的渴望，象征着要用心来参与艾滋病防治工作。
合作探究【有疑有问议一议】
Step 1 Skimming
Reading Strategy: go through the transcript quickly and pay attention to the last sentence of each paragraph and the first sentence of the next paragraph.
① What’s the function of Para 5?
A. concluding paragraph
B. linking paragraph
C. supporting paragraph
② Please tell the function of the first sentence of Para 7.
Apart from the government efforts, international help has also been very important in fighting Aids in China.
It acts as a ___________________________________.
③ Sometimes, infected people have no outward symptoms so... (last sentence of Para 2)
One of the first symptoms of Aids is a weakened immune system and... (first sentence of Para 3)
Q: How is Paragraph 2 linked with Paragraph 3?
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2. Group work: discuss with partner about how to divide the whole text and think about the key words to summarize each part.
Part 1 (
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Part 2 (
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Part 3 (
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Part 4 (
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Step 2 Scanning
Since we have got a clear outline, now please read the article carefully and finish different tasks in each part.
Part 1:
What purpose does this paragraph serve in the passage?
A. To provide background information of the topic
B. To attract readers’ attention to the topic
C. To use an example to support the topic
D. To offer basic knowledge of the topic
Part 2:
1. Is there a cure for AIDS?
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2. What is the relationship between AIDS and HIV?
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3. Do you know the three ways AIDS spread?
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4. The structure of Para 5
Topic sentence:_____________________________________________________
Supporting sentences:________________________________________________
Concluding sentence:_________________________________________________
Part 3: 1. How can we further divide this part into two parts?
(Para _____) _____________________________________________
(Para _____) ______________________________________________
2. What has Chinese government done to fight aids in China?
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3. International help: Help from ______________________________________
4. What’s the function of UNAIDS?
Providing infected people with help from doctors
Testing people who think they might have HIV or Aids
Offering programs that teach Aids prevention to young people and setting up treatment centers
All the above
Part 4:
What do you think of Ajani from the last paragraph? According to the article, what is he like?
①Although Aids has left scar on Ajani and his sister, they are lucky.
___________________________________________________________________________②Ajani appreciates his luck and wants to be a doctor when he grows up. He believes that educating people at risk, as well as treating infected people, is the key to stopping the disease in the future.
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巩固拓展【能力升华提一提】
Since we have got a good understanding of the article, now let’s discuss the following two more questions together.
1. How should we treat people with HIV and Aids?
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2. What do you think we should do to fight Aids as a middle school student?
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Discussion
Divide students into groups of four, and discuss the following topic.
“How can we fight against the spread of Aids and how should we treat those infected?”
Encourage students to fully participate in the discussion, and express themselves freely.
课堂训练【学有所得练一练】
1. Read the passage again and finish the following table of task-based reading.
Aids today
____1____ to Aids a deadly disease caused by HIV through___2____ the body’s immune system
no cure for Aids
___3___ people often have no outward symptoms
______4_____ of its spread unprotected sex, ___5__ for 75% of adult infections
blood-to-blood contact ______6_____ sharing syringes or using infected blood transfusions
mother-to-child transmission
Efforts to improve the ______7_____situation
of Aids problem in China Governmental efforts opening labs to test and monitor the disease
____8___ free drugs for Aids patients
International help ____9____ experts in Aids bringing up-to-date technology to China’s Aids problem
international organizations __10___ Aids prevention education and medicine distribution programmes in China
2. Finish the exercise of word study on Page36 D.