,unit 5,Text ,Dealing with AIDS,Text ,AIDS,Objectives 1. Develop your own ideas of AIDS problem and people attitudes towards AIDS patients. 2. Get familiar with the new words and useful expressions. 3. Understand the theme and structure of the text. 4. Learn about writing style and figurative language.,Warming up,Text Understanding,Notes to the Text,Words and Expressions,Idea Sharing,After-class Tasks,Broadening,Movie & Picture Show,Dictation,. Movie & Picture Show,1. How much do you know about AIDS? (presentation) 2. Tell some stories associated with AIDS. (presentation) 3. What should we do to prevent AIDS? (discussion),Movie Show,Picture Show,. Dictation,Listen to the following passage (it will be read twice), and fill in the blanks with the words and phrases you hear.,HIV is the _ Immunodeficiency Virus. This is the virus that spreads through _ with infected blood, infected _ partners or within the womb of an infected _ mother. After infecting a person, HIV can remain _ in the body for long and different _ of time until it becomes _ and _ into AIDS for which no known _ exists. The virus spreads very fast once contact has been made with an infected _.,Structure Survey,Questions Answering,Main Idea,I. Main Idea,The text relates a true story unforgettable personal experiences of the writers. It tells us how David, the writers best friend, suffered from AIDS, what attitude the writer took towards David, and how much concern he showed to David, i.e. how he helped David deal with AIDS.,. Structure Survey,Part I (Para.1),Part (Para. 24),Part (Para. 57),Part (Para. 8),Points out the significance of dealing with AIDS.,Provides an account of how the writer came to know the fact that his friend was suffering from AIDS, how he felt toward it, what attitude he adopted toward it, and how others responded it.,The writer maintained an active and positive attitude towards his friend.,Mentions the specific date that marked the end of Davids life, describes the writers feelings towards Davids death, and indicates how the writer keeps his friends memory alive.,Structural analysis of the text,This text is a piece of factual narration. The writer records the actual events in a chronological sequence. It is to be noted that the first person narration is employed, and that the narration of events is coupled with the writers psychological activities. Also, it is worth mentioning that the beginning and the end echo each other in this text.,Writing Style, Simply defined, narration is the telling of a story. A good narration has a beginning, middle and an end. Narration is concerned with action, with life in motion, with a meaningful series of action. In a narrative writing, the actions or the incidents, events are generally presented in order of their occurrence, following the natural time sequence of the happenings; it is called to be in chronological order. But it can also start in the middle or at some other point in the action and move backward to the earlier happenings. This is called flashback. There are three basic components of a narration: a. Plot: the frame of the writing, which consists of a series of events, with the development of the actions, or accidents. b. Characters: the leading character is called the hero or protagonist. c. Background: the time and place of the story. The plot usually dominates narration, however, some narratives focus on character or theme or atmosphere.,. Questions Answering,What is the theme of the text? What is the style of the narrative text? Give reasons for your answer.,Tip The theme of the text is: Dealing with AIDS strengthens the bond of friendship and encourages emotional and mature growth. The style of the narrative text is colloquial and simple because many simple words, colloquial expressions and concise sentences are used, which are easy and smooth to read. For instance, such colloquial words as about, cried, go, let, so, sure, things are properly or repeatedly used. Also, colloquial phrases such as blew it off, living life up, feel so bad, had the disease, stuck it out, make it through, etc. are appropriately employed. Besides, the writer employs many simple sentences and a number of coordinate sentences. Furthermore, most of the complex sentences employed are easy to understand.,Part I (Para.1),The last sentence of Paragraph 1 is a sentence fragment. It is actually part of the preceding sentence. Why does the author separate them from each other?,Tip By separating them from each other, the author succeeds in accentuating the two parts of the sentence. As we know, if a sentence is divided into two or more than two segments by means of full stops, more information units come into being. As each information unit is to be articulated in an accentuated falling tone, it is naturally endowed with emphasis. Therefore, more informat