Dealing With AIDS
Dealing With AIDS
Teaching Objectives To get students have some knowledge about alds To understand the purpose of writing and organization of the text To reinforce some basic linguistic knowedge by doing various types of exercises
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?
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?
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 davids death and informing us how the writer keeps his friend's memory alive
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 couldnt 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 didnt spend as much time together as before 3. 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 couldnt 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
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
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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）