HIV/ AIDS: Are you at risk?,What is HIV?,It is a kind of virus. HIV is the short form for Human Immune Deficiency Virus(人体免疫缺损病毒).,Pre-reading ( 2 minutes ),What is AIDS? The full form of it is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(获得性免疫功能丧失综合症). It is a serious disease.,incurable disease,How the disease is spread?,Through the exchange of blood or sexual fluids during sexual intercourse, the sharing of intravenous needles or blood transfusions.,What measures people can take to protect themselves?,Avoidance of sharing needles or other equipment used during drug taking, use of condoms during sexual intercourse and safe blood transfusion practices.,Lets have a competition: How much do you know about HIV/ AIDS?,Group-work:,（True or False?）,You can only get HIV from injecting drugs. It is very likely that you will die if you get infected with HIV. If you look healthy, you cannot have HIV. It could be dangerous to have sex without a condom. Taking food from the same dishes as someone infected with HIV will give you HIV too. If you have HIV, you will always get AIDS eventually.,F,T,F,F,T,T,Read the poster on P22 and then choose the answers to the following questions:,The word “homosexuals” means_. People only attracted by the same sex People who dont care about themselves People who are very sexy. People who often have sex.,2. We can infer from the passage that_. A. HIV is equal to AIDS. B. HIV is different from AIDS. C. HIV weakens a persons immune system. D. You can have HIV in your blood for quite a long time.,3. In order to stay safe, you _. should not use the needle someone else has used. have to avoid using anything else that the person has used while injecting drugs. should use a condom if you have sex with another one. All of the above.,AIDS village,Africa,What two things does the programme do? Who teaches people in the community?,Reading Task,Read the newspaper article and answer the questions.,It provides care and support for people suffering from HIV/AIDS and trains young people to teach other people about AIDS.,Volunteers who come from a similar group and are about the same age.,Because they are being taught by people very much like themselves.,Why is the programme so successful? What has recently changed in the way the virus is spread?,In the past it was mainly drug users and people who had been carelessly transfused who were becoming infected with AIDS. Today, an increasing number of young people are becoming infected through sexual activity.,The government believes that if they do not act quickly to stop the spread, the number of people in China infected by HIV/AIDS could be as high as 10 million by the year 2010,Why is the Chinese government concerned about HIV/AIDS?,Discussion,How should we act towards people who have HIV/ AIDS? What can we do to help them?,(Discuss in groups of four),How should we act towards people who have HIV/AIDS? What can we do to help them?,Dont look down upon them. Show love and care to them. Help them fight fear, shame and injustice(unfair).,Activity,Suppose the Students Union(学生会) require you to design a poster about how to publicize AIDS and how to treat the infected people.Now work in groups of four to design the poster. You poster should include the following parts: (1)A slogan, a picture. (2)Introduction of some information about AIDS. (3)Knowledge about how to prevent from AIDS. (4)Opinions about how to treat the infected patients.,slogan,Every December 1st is a day of understanding, care, and hope about HIV and AIDS. Still, It is the mission of AIDS.ORG to educate people how to protect themselves against HIV each and every day of the year.,World AIDS Day, 365 Days a Year,Homework,Read the passage Successful AIDS Programme in Yunan in Reading Task in the workbook and finish the questions.,