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Unit 7 Living with disease

Unit 7 Living with disease. What do you think of the persons who fight against diseases?. They are unlucky because the life is hard for them with diseases,and they may die earlier if they get some serious or even deadly disease.They are great because they have courage to fight against

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Unit 7 Living with disease

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  1. Unit 7 Living with disease

  2. What do you think of the persons who fight against diseases? They are unlucky because the life is hard for them with diseases,and they may die earlier if they get some serious or even deadly disease.They are great because they have courage to fight against the diseases and still try to make their life meaningful.

  3. How many kinds of deadly diseases do you know? cancer (癌症),heart disease(心脏病), AIDS(爱滋病),stroke(中风),diabetes (糖尿病),SARS and so on.

  4. General knowledge of several diseases:

  5. New words in the first period: deadly adj causing, likely to cause,death. 致死的 infect vt give disease to a person. 传染 transmit vt pass or hand on; send on. 传送,传播 route n. way taken or planned from one place to another. 路途,路线 donation n. [U] giving 捐赠 [C] sth given 捐赠物

  6. New words in the first period: prevention n. act of preventing. 阻止,防御 imaginary adj. existing only in the mind, unreal. 想象中的,不真实的 virus n.病毒,病原体 via prep by way of 经由 persuade vt. cause (sb) by reasoning (to do sth). 说服,劝说。

  7. Warming up 1. Check your knowledge about AIDS with the quiz on Page 49. 2. Please take a look at the pictures on Page 49 and the following pictures and then draw a conclusion.

  8. shaking hands, hugging or kissing 

  9. coughing or sneezing

  10. getting a mosquito or insect bite

  11. sharing food, eating or drinking utensils

  12. using drinking fountains

  13. using toilets or showers

  14. using a public phone

  15. using public swimming pools

  16. opening a door

  17. Conclusion Medical studies confirms that the AIDS virus cannot be transmitted via the following routes: cups, glasses, using toilets or showers, swimming pools, opening a door, mosquitoes, using a public phone, using drinking fountains, other insects or giving blood…

  18. We know AIDS is not only one of the deadly diseases but also a most serious social problem today. One reason is that it is incurable, another is That people know little about health care, prevention and education. Besides AIDS there are some other most serious social problem such as drugs,smoking and drinking. Which do you think is the most serious one? Now let’s come to the speaking part. Choose one of the problems listed below or think of another serious problem. Try to persuade the other group members that your problem is the most serious one.

  19. Speaking (Page 50) How can you succeed in persuading others to agree with you? Topics: • AIDS is the most serious problem… • Drugs … • Smoking … • Drinking … • SARS… • Cancer …

  20. Additional useful expressions 1. In my opinion/ personally, … because… 2. It is obviously true that …, because … 3. My advice is that … 4. I will show some examples to support my idea. 5. It is time to make a decision that …

  21. Class activity Interview: Imagine one of you is a reporter of China Daily and your classmate is a smoker and drinker. First of all, ask him or her some questions about his or her bad habits. And then give some advice.

  22. Assignment Write a short passage about what they would like to do to help others to give up drinking and smoking.

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