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3. Understand the title: Born dying Born dying means when a person is born, he or she is infected with AIDS and he or she is dying soon. He or she can’t grow as old as normal people.

4. Try to guess What will be talked about in the text?

5. How old? What ? How ? Who?

6. ① What is AIDS? What is HIV? ② In what ways does AIDS spread? ③ What happens to people who get AIDS? ④ What can be done to cure or help people who have AIDS? ⑤ How did the person feel about having AIDS? ⑥ How do her/his friends and family feel about her/his disease? Predict Tick the questions that you think will be answered in the text and add one or two more questions.

7. The most serious and infectious — AIDS. Red Ribbon It is the international symbol of HIV and AIDS awareness. By wearing it, you are showing your support for over 42 million people across the world living with AIDS. December 1st

8. What is AIDS? It is a disease that breaks down the body ’ s immune system and leaves a person defenseless against infections and illnesses. It is short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Will people get infected with HIV via the following routes? glasses & cups toilet seats swimming pool mosquitoes giving blood

9. 1.( ) People will die immediately after they get AIDS. 2.( ) In Xiaohua’s case, HIV spreads through birth. 3.( ) The disease is spreading fast in America & parts of Asia. 4.( ) Among those who have AIDS, the young suffers the most. 5.( ) Xiaohua knows that she will die soon and let that knowledge discourage her. 6.( ) Xiaohua’s dream is to become a doctor to help those AIDS patients.

10. 1.( ) People will die immediately after they get AIDS.F Most people who have AIDS manage to survive a few years after they get the disease. 2.( ) In Xiaohua’s case, HIV spreads through birth. T 3.( ) The disease is spreading fast in America & parts of Asia. F The disease is spreading fast in Africa & parts of Asia. 4.( ) Among those who have AIDS, the young suffers the most. T 5.( ) Xiaohua knows that she will die soon and let that knowledge discourage her. F She does not let the knowledge discourage her. 6.( ) Xiaohua’s dream is to become a doctor to help those AIDS patients. T

11. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Para. 7 A.What’s AIDS? D.How do people get AIDS? C.Thousands of children become infected with HIV every day. E.What kind of life does Xiaohua live? G.AIDS patients have to deal with people’s fear of the disease. F.Learn to live with HIV. B.Who is Xiaohua?

12. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 5 Para. 6 Para. 7 Para. 7 Xiaohua is a girl with AIDS. Xiaohua is a girl with AIDS. What’s AIDS? How do people get AIDS? Thousands of children become infected with HIV every day. infected with HIV every day. Main idea of each para. What does xiaohua do in spite of her illness? What do the patients suffer from besides the disease? Xiaohua has learnt to live with HIV.

13. Divide the text into three parts and find out the main idea of each part. (Para 2-4) ( Para1)Part 1Part 2 Part 3 A general introduction to Xiaohua. Knowledge about AIDS. Xiaohua’s life and her attitude towards AIDS. ( Para 5-7)

14. Xiaohua is a __12 岁的 _____girl in South China ____has HIV/AIDS. Her life is _ 正常的 __ today, but _ 像 ___millions of other children With HIV/AIDS,she is living and ______with the disease. 12-year-old who normal like dying 1.Who is Xiaohua?

15. 2.What is AIDS ? AIDS is a disease that breaks down the body’s immune system and leaves a person defenceless against infections and illnesses  AIDS patients…  manage to survive only a few years  stay alive by taking medicine, which is expensive.

16. 3.How do people get AIDS? be infected with HIV spread through blood other body liquids unprotected sex receive infected blood transfusions through birth transmitted by

17. 4:Where is the disease spreading faster? And why? In Africa and parts of Asia. a lack of proper health care prevention education In 2002, 800,000 children were infected and the total number of children with HIV/AIDS was 3.2 million.

18. 5.What does Xiaohua do in her limited time? Do you think AIDS is curable or incurable? Spends… telling…/encouraging… visit other AIDS patients to support them cheer them up help others

19. 6.Is the disease the only thing that AIDS patients suffer from? fear ignorance ignorance misunderstanding misunderstanding Para.6 What can we do to help them? Give an AIDS patient a hug We should do our best to support them and not be afraid to be friends with them.

20. 7.What kind of life will Xiaohua live? She will live a beautiful life although her life is shorter than her friends ’.

21. Detailed reading: 1. Which of the following is true? A. People will die immediately after they get AIDS. B. HIV spreads only through blood. C. Xiaohua was three when her mother died. D. AIDS is a disease that breaks down the body ’ s immune system and leaves a person defense against infections and illnesses. C 2.Which of the following is NOT true? A. In 2002, 3.2 million children in the world were infected with HIV. B. The disease is spreading faster in America and Parts of Asia. C. Xiaohua knows she will die before she can grow up. D. Xiaohua wants to be a doctor to help AIDS patients. B 3. What are the means of being infected with AIDS? A. Through blood and other body liquids. B. By having unprotected sex. C. Through birth. D. All of the above. D 4. The passage mainly tells us _________. A. how terrible AIDS is B. how miserable Xiaohua is C. what we should do towards AIDS and AIDS patients D. how to help Xiaohua C 5. From the passage, we can infer that __________. A. we should avoid any contact with AIDS patients. B. Xiaohua wants to give a gift to an AIDS patient C. Xiaohua ’ s life won ’ t be as long as her classmates ’ so she is unhappy D. people should try to know about AIDS D 6. Why is AIDS spreading so fast in Africa and parts of Asia? A. There are more youths. B. Proper healthcare, prevention and education are far from enough. C. People there are much poorer. D. There are always more disasters, diseases and sufferings. B

22. The sentence “The disease is not the only thing that AIDS patients have to suffer from” means _____. A. they also suffer from other diseases such as cancer B. the only thing they suffer from is AIDS C. they are afraid that they are dying D. people’s fear of the disease is another thing they suffer from Multiple choice ( 7 )

23. When people meet Xiaohua, their actions show that _____. A.they know she is dying B. they don’t know what deeds she has done C.they don’t know how she got infected D.they know the disease is incurable Multiple choice ( 8 )

24. People’s not knowing much about AIDS is the most dangerous thing, because _____. A.they will shake hands with AIDS sufferers B.they will not know how to protect themselves C.they support AIDS research and education D.They don’t do anything to hurt AIDS patients Multiple choice ( 9 )

25. About Xiaohua Birth Wishes Decisions Deeds infected with AIDS remember more,were here,weren’t sick choose, helping find out, not act as if to use, to do, to help spend…telling…encouraging, protect, go to visit, support, cheer…up, creat may be short, be beautiful optimistic kind, friendly, warm-hearted

26. Passage completion: Xiaohua is one of millions of children ______________ with AIDS which is a ______ that breaks down the body ’ s _______ system and leaves a person _________ against ________and illnesses. Most people who have AIDS manage to ______ only a few years after they get the disease. People get AIDS after having been ______ with HIV. HIV ______ through blood and other body ______. People ______ HIV by having __________ sex, by receiving inflected blood __________ or, as in Xiaohua ’ _____, through birth. _____________ children become infected with HIV every day. The disease is spreading fast in _______ and parts of Asia. As with most diseases and disasters, the young ______ the most. Xiaohua has little ______. The drugs that are __________ are much too expensive. living and dying disease infections immune survive defenseless spreads infected Africa Thousands ofcase transfusions transmitunprotected liquids availablehope suffer

27. Xiaohua doesn ’ t have a ________ to grow old, but she does not let that knowledge ________ her. Instead, she has decided to use the _______ time she left to do something to help others. She also goes to ______ other AIDS patients in hospitals across the country to _______ them and _____ them ____. The disease is not the only thing that AIDS patients suffer _____. They also have to deal with people ’ s ______ of the disease. Many people believe any ________ with people who have AIDS is dangerous. The most _________ thing is not knowing about the disease. discourage chance visit limited cheer support from up contact fear dangerous

28. Discussion: 1.Suppose one of your classmates is infected with HIV, and if you will have a birthday party at home, will you invite her/him to the party? Will you allow him to come to the class? 2.How can we stay away from the most terrible and infectious disease — AIDS.

29. 1. AIDS is a disease that _________ the body ’ s immune system and leaves a person defenseless against infections and illnesses. A.breaks out B. breaks away from B.C. breaks up D. breaks down 2. Most people who have AIDS manage ________ only a few years after they get the disease. A.surviving B. being survived C. to survive D. survived 3. People get AIDS after ____________ HIV. A. having infected in B. having infected with C. having been infected in D. having been infected with 4. Xiaohua ’ s mother _________ AIDS only three years after Xiaohua was born. A. died of B. died from C. died out D. died away D D C A Structure and Vocabulary:

30. 5. I wish that she ________ here with me and that we _______ sick. A. is, isn ’ t B. was, wasn ’ t C. were, weren ’ t D. was, were 6. She also goes to visit other AIDS patients in hospitals ________ the country to support them and __________. A. over, cheer up them B. across, cheer up them C. through, cheer them up D. across, cheer them up 7. My life may have to be short, but there ’ s no reason ________ it can ’ t be beautiful A. what B. which C. that D. why 8. The drugs ________ are _________ expensive. A. that are available, too much B. available, much too C. that available, much too D. available, too much D C B D

31. Discussion: How should we act towards people who have HIV/AIDS? What can we do to help them? We should be helpful, friendly and understanding. We can help them by learning more about the disease and by treating them as normal people.