1、Listening book 1 unit 51Warming upJoin us in The Battle Against AIDS now. everyone can play a part!The Battle Against AIDS puts us all on the same side. No disease on the face of the earth does more harm than AIDS, and there is no enemy in war more terrible than AIDS. Combating this awful disease is
2、 a life and death struggle.One thing that you can do is join an organization that works towards ending this epidemic. Organizations around the world not only offer people the opportunity to work with doctors and researchers, they also offer a chance to work with others. You can improve AIDS educatio
3、n by banding out literature about AIDS. Or you can write letters to government leaders, pressing them to support AIDS research.Short Conversations1. M: The battle against AIDS involves all of us, you know.W: Sure. Im doing my part by teaching AIDS awareness-raising classes.Q: How is the woman doing
4、her part in the battle against AIDS?2. W: Some doctors say that AIDS will be cured in ten years.M: Maybe. But even so, we shouldnt stop our battle against AIDS.Q: What do some doctors say?3. M: What can we do for the 8,000 people who die of AIDS every day?W: Lets write letters to the leaders in the
5、federal government and ask them to support AIDS research.Q: What is the purpose of writing letters?4. W: Have you heard that our group is forming a network with other groups?M: Yes. We need more AIDS groups to join together so our efficiency will improve.Q: Why are the groups forming a network?5. M:
6、 Lets explore ways to fight AIDS that we havent tried yet.W: OK. What do you think about writing a publication to educate the public?Q: What is the womans idea for teaching people about AIDS?6. W: Im confident we can stop AIDS by teaching people about it.M: Education will help. But AIDS wont be stop
7、ped until a cure is found.Q: When will AIDS be stopped according to the man?7. M: Some AIDS groups emphasize education and some emphasize research.W: Yeah, maybe youre like me, and you dont know which to join.Q: What is the woman having trouble with?8. W: If people were more giving, our group would
8、have more resources in the battle against AIDS.M: Youre right, but we cant force people to help.Q: What would happen if people gave more?9. M: Ive been thinking about joining an AIDS organization after graduation.W: Dont wait that long! AIDS is a world crisis, so we must fight against it now!Q: Why
9、must the man act now?10. W: I started educating people about AIDS when I discovered I was infected. M: Lots of people help for many different reasons. Im glad youre here.Q: Why did the woman start educating people about AIDS?Long ConversationW: I know many people who are active in the battle against
10、 AIDS. Take my uncle for example. Hes trying to find a cure.M: Thats great! Has he made any progress?W: Some. Right now hes working on a medicine to clean the AIDS virus out of the body.Listening book 1 unit 52M: How is this medicine different from others?W: Some AIDS medicines can help a little. Bu
11、t the AIDS virus is so good at hiding that it remains. This new medicine will be able to find the virus and get rid of it.M: So why isnt this medicine being used now?W: Well, its not ready yet. Doctors are concerned about the side effects, like a bad reaction to the use of other AIDS medicines.M: Im
12、 very impressed with what your uncle has done. Id like to do the same kind of work some day.W: That would be good. But until then, you could at least give money to support research.1. Who does the woman know?2. How is the new AIDS medicine different from others?3. What concern do doctors have about
13、the new medicine?4. What would the man like to do in the future?5. What can the man do now to support the AIDS research according to the woman?Passage A young man with AIDS refuses to take medicine that could make his life longer and more comfortable, because hes afraid the medicine will kill him. I
14、ncorrect beliefs about AIDS are common, and they cause greater pain and help to spread the disease.This is why the UANITED Nations sends educators to the worlds poorest places, where people have the least education about AIDS. Once there, they talk with people, giving classes and meeting in clinics
15、to discuss living with AIDS. They tell people what doctors have discovered about the disease, and ask them to trust AIDS medicines.In order to stop the spread of AIDS, education must reach more people. It is not enough only for money to be spent. And more medicines wont solve all of the problems.1.
16、Why does the young man NOT want to take his medicine?2. What is the result of NOT taking AIDS medicines?3. Who goes to the worlds poorest places for the battle against AIDS?4. What are people told to trust?5. What must be done for AIDS to stop spreading?Listening and SpeakingA husband worked two job
17、s to pay his wifes medical costs. Each day he would come home feeling tired. But when she asked him how he was holding up, he said that he was doing very well.“I am as strong as a hundred horses,” he would say.Then he would ask her how she was.“I still have this stupid cold,” she always said. “But I
18、m getting better.”But in fact, she was getting weaker and weaker. She was diagnosed with HIV. After a few years, it became AIDS. And still, no matter how much it hurt, she always said that she had a “stupid cold” and that she was “getting better”.When she finally died, many people went up to the man
19、 to say that they were sorry for his loss, but the man had something surprising to say.“Why are you sorry?” he said. “My wife had a stupid cold. And now she is better.”Supplementary ListeningTask 1 A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed!L: Hi, Janet! You wouldnt believe how happy I am to be home. My da
20、y at work was so busy! How was your day?J: I probable shouldnt talk about it.L: Why not? Were friends, arent we? You can tell me anything.J: Yeah, I know, Linda, but youve had a tough day, too. I dont want to bother you with my problems. And youve helped me Listening book 1 unit 53out so many times
21、already. Having a friend like you gives me a lot of hope. L: But Janet J: OK, OK. I talked to my grandfather today and told him that I have AIDS. I thought that he would help me because I dont have any money for medicine. He was pretty upset by the whole thing and said that he wouldnt help me. So fa
22、r, youre the only person who has been trying to help me. Thank you so much for sharing the apartment with me. L: No problem. Thats what friends are for, right? And about your family well, its tough. A lot of people dont understand AIDS. When my uncle was diagnosed with AIDS, people from his neighbor
23、hood called him names, threw stones, and even painted nasty words on his house. He finally had to move away from there. But that was no good because the same thing happened in his new neighborhood.J: But these people are my family.L: I understand. So what do you want to do?J: Theres nothing I can do
24、, is there? I guess Ill just have wait and hope that my grandfathers feelings change with time.1. How does Linda help her friend Janet?2. How does Janet feel about Lindas help?3. How did the neighbors treat Lindas uncle?4. What happened to Lindas uncle when he moved to another neighborhood?5. What i
25、s Janet going to do now?Task 2 A Hopeful PatientOn November 23, 1984, I was diagnosed with AIDS. The doctor told me that I had only six months to live, but I did not die. I was given two more years, then another four. Now I have been living with the virus for 10 years.Needless to say, the first six
26、months were horrible. Every day, I lived in fear of dying and losing my friends, my family, and my job. Later, I realized this fear was killing me as much as the illness itself. Thats when I started to fight back, seeing my doctor as my partner, talking to my friends about my illness, doing exercise
27、, and making plans for the future. I made it.What Im trying to say is that our biggest enemy is fear, not the illness itself. So, cheer up. HIV wont win. Its the strong mind that will. Remember, theres light at the end of the tunnel. 1. When was the speaker diagnosed with AIDS?2. What did the doctor tell the speaker at first?3. How were things going with the speaker in the first few months?4. What happened to the speaker later?5. What does the speaker mean by saying “Remember, theres light at the end of the tunnel.”?
