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Lesson Five Section A The Battle Against AIDS I. PURPOSE Through a series of class activities and practices, present students with more chances to learn: language points and information provided in the text; what we can do to protect ourselves, our families, our friends and neighbours; a general statement supported by a problem-solution pattern writing. to achieve better comprehensive of the text and express their own opinion. FOCUSES: the lessons from the battle against AIDS. 2. Fighting against AIDS entails everyone’s involvement and forces each of us to be an educator and learn to live. TIME 50minutes x 2 IV PROCEDURE 1.Background Information 1.AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is a disease which destroys the natural method the body uses to protect against other diseases. It is a disease caused by the HIV human immunodeficiency virus , but AIDS is different from HIV in that the former usually causes death while HIV may lead to AIDS. HIV is spread in three ways: 1 contact with infected blood; 2 sex; 3 mother-to-child. AIDS usually develops in four stages: 1 In the first stage, there is only infection by HIV and antibody 抗体 production. 2 In the second stage, the lymph nodes 淋巴结 enlarge 肿大 . 3 In the third stage, an infected person may begin to have such signs 症状 as tiredness, fever, and night sweats. 4 In the last stage, AIDS is diagnosed when a person develops certain uncommon, life-threatening illnesses, for example Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia 卡氏肺囊虫肺炎 . In-depth coverage on AIDS and HIV can be found from /fc/Health/AIDS__HIV 2. Latino pl. Latinos Latino pl. Latinos is the name given to Hispanic American citizens in the United States who share the Spanish language in common but may be from different races or religions and different Spanish speaking countries. Latinos are the fastest growing group in the U.S. and expected to more than double in size by 2020. For a comprehensive list of latino resources on the internet, y