Dealing With AIDS
Teaching Objectives
? To get students have some knowledge
about AIDS,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text.
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
Think Over:
? Talk about what you would do if one of
your friends caught AIDS
? What is the most important thing in the
world?
About the text
1,What is the theme of the text?
2,What is the style of the narrative text?
3,How is this narrative story organized?
4,How is the concluding part related to
the beginning?
5,What are the advantages of the first
person narration used in the text?
Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One 1 ---pointing out the significance of
dealing with AIDS
? Part Two (2-4) --- people’s attitude towards
David when they got to know he caught AIDS
? Part Three (5-7)--- The writer kept an active and
positive attitude for the sake of his friend David
and showed great concern for him.
? Part Four 8 --- describing the writer’s emotion
towards David’s death,and informing us how the
writer keeps his friend’s memory alive.
some difficult sentences,words or phrases
1,We were invincible until the word AIDS came into my life.
? Explain,We were so strong that we couldn’t believe we would
be attacked by any disease before the word AIDS appeared in
my life.
2,WE did not hang out as much.
? Explain,We didn’t spend as much time together as before.
3,I confronted him as to why we were not friends any more.
? Explain,I asked him face to face to explain why we were not
friends any more.
4,I couldn’t turn my back on him when he needed me the most.
? Explain,I couldn’t go away from him when he needed me badly.
5,All the emotions that I had held in came rushing out.
? Explain,I was unable to control my bursting emotions any more.
? break down
? He broke down and wept when he
heard the news,
(lose control of one’s feelings)
? The telephone system has broke down,
(cease to function)
? Negotiations between the two sides
have broken down.
（ fail to have any results）
? make sense
? Your whole account of these
incidents doesn’t make sense.
（讲得通，有意义，能被理解）
? It makes sense to take care of your
health,(有道理，明智 )
? Can you make sense of what he says?
? There is no sense (use,point) in
making a child suffer like that.
? keep up
? If this storm keeps up the crops will be destroyed.
? We have kept up our friendship for over twenty
years now.
? The good news keeps our spirits up.
? Those housed are so badly built that one
wonders how they keep up in a strong wind.
? It must be very costly to keep up a house like his,
(保持，维护 )
? I had to run to keep up with the girls.
? I kept in during the cold weather.
? He managed to keep his anger in and
dealt with the situation coolly and
competently.
? Such jobs as he had from time to time
barely kept him in drink and cigarettes.
（使有用、吃）
? hold in
He held himself in for fear of saying
something he would regret.
Translation Exercises
1.It is a systematic attempt to strengthen our
competitive ability.
2.The police in this district know where the
thieves hang out.
3.The agreements signed will break down all
the barriers to free trade.
4,It was a very difficult situation,but he
handled it quite successfully.
5,He is my best friend,I just can’t turn my
back on him now that he needs my help.
6.So long as you work hard,you are bound to
succeed and realize your ambition sooner or
later.
7.Although he hates the job,yet he is determined
to stick out because he needs the money to
support his family.
8,That cancer patient kept an optimistic attitude
towards his disease,persisted in combating it,
and conquered it in the end.
9.This university has a staff of more than 2000,
including about 150 professors and over 500
associate professors.
10.The concert was held to mark the 75th
anniversary of the composer’s death.
Dictation
One of the world’s most deadly health problems
is spreading to new places,The problem is heart
disease and it is affecting more and more people
in developing nations,For years heart disease
has been the number one cause of death in
most industrial nations,The heart disease has
claimed more lives than cancer or accidents,
Now the WHO has warned that heart disease is
increasing rapidly in almost every developing
nation,Why is this happening? One reason is
that people in developing nations are living
longer,Another reason is that many people have
changed the way they live,They now eat more
fat and salt and fewer fruits and vegetables,
Assignment:
Write a passage commenting Exercises
are more important than diets in keeping fit.
Teaching Objectives
? To get students have some knowledge
about AIDS,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text.
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
Think Over:
? Talk about what you would do if one of
your friends caught AIDS
? What is the most important thing in the
world?
About the text
1,What is the theme of the text?
2,What is the style of the narrative text?
3,How is this narrative story organized?
4,How is the concluding part related to
the beginning?
5,What are the advantages of the first
person narration used in the text?
Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One 1 ---pointing out the significance of
dealing with AIDS
? Part Two (2-4) --- people’s attitude towards
David when they got to know he caught AIDS
? Part Three (5-7)--- The writer kept an active and
positive attitude for the sake of his friend David
and showed great concern for him.
? Part Four 8 --- describing the writer’s emotion
towards David’s death,and informing us how the
writer keeps his friend’s memory alive.
some difficult sentences,words or phrases
1,We were invincible until the word AIDS came into my life.
? Explain,We were so strong that we couldn’t believe we would
be attacked by any disease before the word AIDS appeared in
my life.
2,WE did not hang out as much.
? Explain,We didn’t spend as much time together as before.
3,I confronted him as to why we were not friends any more.
? Explain,I asked him face to face to explain why we were not
friends any more.
4,I couldn’t turn my back on him when he needed me the most.
? Explain,I couldn’t go away from him when he needed me badly.
5,All the emotions that I had held in came rushing out.
? Explain,I was unable to control my bursting emotions any more.
? break down
? He broke down and wept when he
heard the news,
(lose control of one’s feelings)
? The telephone system has broke down,
(cease to function)
? Negotiations between the two sides
have broken down.
（ fail to have any results）
? make sense
? Your whole account of these
incidents doesn’t make sense.
（讲得通，有意义，能被理解）
? It makes sense to take care of your
health,(有道理，明智 )
? Can you make sense of what he says?
? There is no sense (use,point) in
making a child suffer like that.
? keep up
? If this storm keeps up the crops will be destroyed.
? We have kept up our friendship for over twenty
years now.
? The good news keeps our spirits up.
? Those housed are so badly built that one
wonders how they keep up in a strong wind.
? It must be very costly to keep up a house like his,
(保持，维护 )
? I had to run to keep up with the girls.
? I kept in during the cold weather.
? He managed to keep his anger in and
dealt with the situation coolly and
competently.
? Such jobs as he had from time to time
barely kept him in drink and cigarettes.
（使有用、吃）
? hold in
He held himself in for fear of saying
something he would regret.
Translation Exercises
1.It is a systematic attempt to strengthen our
competitive ability.
2.The police in this district know where the
thieves hang out.
3.The agreements signed will break down all
the barriers to free trade.
4,It was a very difficult situation,but he
handled it quite successfully.
5,He is my best friend,I just can’t turn my
back on him now that he needs my help.
6.So long as you work hard,you are bound to
succeed and realize your ambition sooner or
later.
7.Although he hates the job,yet he is determined
to stick out because he needs the money to
support his family.
8,That cancer patient kept an optimistic attitude
towards his disease,persisted in combating it,
and conquered it in the end.
9.This university has a staff of more than 2000,
including about 150 professors and over 500
associate professors.
10.The concert was held to mark the 75th
anniversary of the composer’s death.
Dictation
One of the world’s most deadly health problems
is spreading to new places,The problem is heart
disease and it is affecting more and more people
in developing nations,For years heart disease
has been the number one cause of death in
most industrial nations,The heart disease has
claimed more lives than cancer or accidents,
Now the WHO has warned that heart disease is
increasing rapidly in almost every developing
nation,Why is this happening? One reason is
that people in developing nations are living
longer,Another reason is that many people have
changed the way they live,They now eat more
fat and salt and fewer fruits and vegetables,
Assignment:
Write a passage commenting Exercises
are more important than diets in keeping fit.
