Living With disease（The First Period）

    china has decided to use user—friendly methods including exhibitions, vcds and tv programmes to spread knowledge of the disease across the nation to try to keep it in check.
    educating people nationwide about aids is the top priority(優(yōu)先權(quán))to prevent
the disease from getting out of hand.the farmers wil1 be given knowledge in the easiest way that they can understand.
    a recent survey from the commission(調(diào)查團(tuán))of more than 7 ooo people in china
showed that nearly 20 percent of them had never heard of aids before.just over 71 percent said they knew aids was highly infectious(傳染的),but most of them had no clear idea of how the disease could be spread.just over 62 percent said they knew they could do things in advance to prevent them catching aids but they didn’t know what these measures were.
    the month—long survey，carried out last december，talked to people in seven counties and cities across china including both developed coastal areas and the less—developed in—land areas.the interviewees changed from 15 to 49 years old，and country residents were about 63％ of the total surveyed.
    chinese residents，especially those in the country，have very little knowledge about what aids is all about，not to mention prevention and treatment.by the end  of last year, there were 22 517 known hiv/aids cases in china.however，more than 6000000 people in china have been infected.
    since 1985，china has discovered 880 patients with aids一466 of them have died.
sharing needles，prostitution(賣(mài)淫)and contaminated blood transfusions are major ways for hiv to spread.a lack of education has been the biggest difficulty against nationwide efforts to prevent aids，especially in the countryside.
the first period
teaching aims：
1.learn and master the following：
  (1)words：virus，via，mosquito，prevention, persuade
  (2)everyday english：
  a.supporting an opinion
    i think that…，because…
    first.…
    one reason is that…
    for example，…
    if we/they were to….we/they could…
  b.challenging an opinion
    perhaps.but what if/about…?
    have you thought about…?
    what makes you think that…?
    could you please explain…?
    if 1 were you, 1 would…
2.train the students’ skill to use language.