This text mainly tells us_________. A. How terrible AIDS isA B. How miserable Xiaohua isB C. What we should do towardsC AIDS and AIDS patients D. How to help XiaohuaD Find out the general idea of the passage and the main idea of each paragraph.

Xiaohua is a person living with AIDS. What is AIDS. How do people get AIDS. What kind of life does Xiaohua live. AIDS patients have to deal with people’s fear of the disease. Learn to live with HIV. Para.1 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 Para.7 main idea of each paragraph Current situations of AIDS in the world.

Read and answer: 1.Basic information of the girl: Name Age Sex Address Physical situation Parents 2. Information of AIDS: What How Situation Why 3. As an AIDS patient, what does Xiaohua do? 4. What are Xiaohua ’ s wishes?

Name Age Sex Physical situation Address Parents Xiaohua 12 female in a southern province unhealthy/ AIDS patient AIDS patients Basic information of the girl

1. What kind of disease is AIDS? AIDS is a disease that breaks down the body’s immune system and leaves a person defenseless against infections and illnesses

How do people get AIDS? be infected with HIV spread through blood other body liquids unprotected unprotected sex sex receiving infected blood transfusions through through birth birth transmited by

Every day:thousands of children become infected... In 2002: 800,000 children under 15 became infected The total number: 3.2 million Where is AIDS spreading fast? Why? In Africa and parts of Asia. Because of a lack of proper health care,prevention and education.

AIDS orphans in Africa

890, , , , , , , , ,000 12,000 More and more people are infected with AIDS, especially in Southeast Asia and South Africa.

Latest statistics (2005) The year 2005 only The WorldChina People infected with HIV 40,300,000135,630 People who die of AIDS 3,100,0007,773 Five people die of AIDS every minute !

not discouraged encourage people to learn... encourage people to learn... visit, support, cheer... up visit, support, cheer... up create a network, persuade create a network, persuade talk to people talk to people 3. As an AIDS patient, what does Xiaohua do?

1. I wish I could remember more about my mum, I wish that she were here and we weren’t sick. 3. If I were to live long enough to have a job, I would choose to be a doctor, helping these AIDS patients. 5. If I were you, I would give an AIDS patient a hug. That is the best way to show that you care and that we don’t have to feel lonely. 2. I wish that she were here with me and that we weren’t sick. 4. I wish people would find out the facts and not act as if I were a bad or dangerous person. 4. What are Xiaohua ’ s wishes?

Besides the five wishes, what Xiaohua ’ s other words impress you? -- My life may have to be short, but there is no reason why it can’t be beautiful Which Xiaohua’s words impress you most? And why? What is your wish after you read Xiaohua ’ s wishes?

Role-play Xiaohua will be invited to give us a lecture about AIDS this weekend. Please play the role of her and prepare a speech.

1.Recite Xiaohua ’ s words/ wishes. 2.Find out the important language points

Scanning 1.Xiaohua is a happy teenager and likes to talk to her teachers after class. ( ) 2.Most people with AIDS can only survive a few months. ( ) 3.Medicine can help the people with AIDS and it can cure them at last. ( ) 4.Xiaohua ’ s mother died of AIDS when Xiaohua was a child. ( ) F F F T friends years but it can’t

5. Xiaohua has hardly any hope to survive. ( ) 6. Xiaohua still decided to do something to help other AIDS suffers. ( ) 7. Contacting with AIDS suffers is always dangerous. ( ) 8. Xiaohua thinks her life is still beautiful though she is suffering from AIDS. ( ) T T F T is not always