ReadingA Read the transcript quickly and answer the following questions.1.What is this TV news special about?2.How many people around the world catch HIV everyday?3.What places have been affected by Aids?B Aids is killing millions of people throughout the world. Read this transcript of a TV news special to learn more about this disease.Aids todayIn an African village, eleven-year-old Ajani is bathing his younger sister, His father is dead and mother is sick. He hopes that his mother will become healthy again, but this is not to be . He hears an abrupt screamhis mother has just died of Aids ,the same disease that took his father .he knows the meaning of the scream buttoo numb with sorrow to weep he gives a sideways glance, and then continues to bathe his sister .What will happen to them?Aids is caused by a virus called HIV. Sometimes, people with this deadly virus live for years with no outward symptoms, so they do not know that they are carriers. When someone has Aids ,the person loses the ability to fight other illnesses. Eventually, the bodys immune system becomes so weak that the person often becomes very ill from usually mild sicknesses .So far, there is no cure for Aids HIV is spreading across the world at a high rate, with about 7,000 people catching the virus daily. The virus is spread in three waysit can be passed on through unprotected sex through blood and from a mother to her child. The vast majority of people receive HIV through unprotected sex with someone who has already has HIV. HIV can also be spread through blood, for example, if a person with HIV shares needles with another person, or if someone receives his or her blood during an operation .Finally, mothers with HIV can pass the virus on to their child when they are pregnant or giving birth, or through their breast milk. To avoid having a child with HIV. Some women with HIV seek abortions Contrary to what many people think, HIV cannot be spread through mosquitoes, a cough or sneeze, or by merely toughing someone with Aids.Although most people are familiar with Aids and how it is spread, many people think that HIV and Aids are an African problem because there are so man HIV and Aids victims in Africa. However since the disease burst on the scene in the 1980s, it has become a serious problem around the world. There are over 30 million people living with HIV worldwide. According to the World Health Organization(WTO),more than 4 million children have died of Aids, and more than 15 million children have lost their parents to Aids something must be done to stop this disease.China has also been affected by Aids, By the end of 2009, there were about 740,000 HIV carriers in China, among whom about 105,000 were Aids patients. In a bid to control the problem, the government has opened labs to monitor the disease, and in 2003 it also stared providing free drugs for Aids patients.International help has been very important in fighting Aids in China. Dr DAVID HO ,a Chinese-American Aids expert, has devoted himself to bringing up-to-date technology and international attention to Chinas Aids problem. Since 2001 organ ions such as the United Nations have also been supporting Aids education and medicine programmes in China.The United Nations has been very active in fighting Aids and HIV around the world. UNAIDS, an organization within the United Nations, was founded in 1996 with the agenda of helping prevent the spread of Aids. UNAIDS provides people with HIV testing and HIV or AIDS medical care. It also teaches young people how to prevent Aids, and sets up treatment centers where mothers with HIV can receive medicine to help keep them from passing HIV on to their children.The work of international organizations is even more important when you consider how much more severe the situation could become. Between 2000 and2020, over 68 million people will die of Aids. The number of children losing both parents to Ads is also expected to rise.While losing ones parents to this disease seems terrible and unfair Ajani and his sister are fortunate. Their grandfather is now caring for them, and because their mother had access to prescription Aids medicines when she was pregnant, they did not get HIV from her. Ajani now wants to be a doctor when he grows up. He believes that education as well as medical treatment is the key to stopping the disease in the futureProject making a poster about the dangers of drugsIt is important for young people to know that drugs can be very dangerous. Have you ever seen a poster warning people about the dangers of drugs? Do you know what kind of information to include in this kind of poster?A Read the following article warning young people of the dangers of drugs. This will help you with your project. Just say NO!Taking drugs often begins as just an experiment, but it often ends in a messy situation. In this article, we will discu