Unit 3 Protecting ourselves Contents Lead-in 1 Fast Reading 2 Careful Reading 3 Discussion 4 How much do you know about Aids? Are you familiar with this red ribbon? Whats it related to? What does it mean? Red ribbon is related to AIDS. It means that we should give AIDS patients love and care, understanding and support. What do the letters AIDS stand for? AIDS= Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome gained protection lack a group of diseases that make you sick How serious is the situation about Aids? It is reported by the UN that in the world 40,000,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS, of whom 3,100,000 have died this year. 1. Only bad people get AIDS. 2. I can become infected with HIV by swimming in a pool, holding hands or kissing someone with HIV. 3. In 2002, there were 42 million people living with HIV/ AIDS in the world. 4. People who have not injected drugs do not need to get tested for HIV. 5. If I had HIV, I would know because I would feel sick. 6. HIV/AIDS is difficult to cure. 7. People who have HIV look different from everyone else. 8. It is safe to be friends with people who are living with HIV/AIDS. Can Aids be transmitted via the following routes? Guess and say eating food with Aids patients mother-to-child transmission using the same toilet seat contaminated needles kissing shaking Hands hugging swimming with the AIDS patients giving blood blood transfusion How do people become infected with HIV/AIDS? 1. Unprotected sex. 2. Injection drug use. (share injection needles, cottons, etc.) 3. From an infected mother to her infant. (before and during birth, or through breast-feeding) 4. Blood transfusions. (rarely) 5. The health care setting. (rarely) 1. What is this TV news special about? It gives some detailed information about Aids and how to fight the spread of Aids. Fast Reading 2. How many people around the world catch HIV every day? About 7,000 people. 3. What places have been affected by Aids? Almost every country in the world has been affected by Aids. 1. What are the three ways Aids is transmitted? The three ways are unprotected sex, blood and mother to her child. Careful Reading 2. What has been done in China to help control the spread of Aids? The government has opened labs to monitor the disease, and in 2003 it also started providing free drugs for Aids patients. 3. What is the aim of UNAIDS? The aim of UNAIDS is to help prevent the spread of Aids. 4. What does UNAIDS do for people who think they might have the virus? UNAIDS provides people with HIV testing and HIV or Aids medical care. 5. Why did Ajani not catch the virus from his mother? Because his mother had access to prescription Aids medicines when she was pregnant. Write the correct letters in brackets. 1. the number of children who have lost their parents to Aids 2. the number of HIV carriers in China by the end of the number of people who have HIV >30 million >15 million about 740,000 4. the number of people who will die of Aids between 2000 and the number of Aids patients in China by the end of the number of people who catch HIV per day 7. the number of children killed by Aids >68 million about 105,000 about 7,000 >4 million Match them with correct meaning. 1. bathe 2. abrupt 3. sideways 4. deadly 5. abortion 6. mosquito a.a flying insect that bites humans and animals b.causing death c.wash someone's body with water d.sudden e.the deliberate ending of being pregnant at an early stage f.to, towards or from the side Answer to E 1. breast milk 2. outward 3. weeping 4. bid 5. prescription 6. burst on the scene What can be done to improve the situation? by the government by specialists and doctors by other people by the patients themselves Discussion 1. Why do some people treat those with HIV or Aids in a bad way? 2. Do you know of any other diseases which have no cures? What is the general attitude in society to people who have these diseases? 3. When in your life have you felt very ill? How would you like to be treated by other people if you were very ill? Homework Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise 3 4 1. 2. 3. 150 Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise AIDS is a deadly disease, which is spreading fast throughout our country. _____________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ _________________________ Lets remember: Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise.