高中英语译林版选修10学案：Unit3Word版含解析.doc

Unit 3　Protecting ourselves Five young Americans spent two months traveling across the United States recently on a two-month bus journey.But this was not a romantic cross-country trip of self-discovery.These five youths were on a mission to raise money to combat AIDS in Africa.The driver of a yellow school bus revs its engine.A black-and-white mural painted on the buss side shows childrens faces, the phrase “Close the Gap”， and a large number “three”． According to the UNAIDS organization, nearly three million people were newly infected with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa last year.Nearly three million people around the world last year died of AIDS. Five young Americans spent two months of their summer on this renovated school bus.They traveled across the country, with stops in 23 U．S.states, and speaking engagements at dozens of schools, churches and youth rallies. The five share one mission—educating young Americans about the AIDS crisis in Africa. Eighteen-year-old Nathaniel Elliot came up with the idea after he learned a sobering fact. “Two years ago, I found out that, by the time I graduated from high school, there would be more than 40 million people HIV-positive, and mostly in Africa, and, for some reason, that grabbed me (caught my attention)，” said Elliot.So, the teenager decided to see what he could do to help. “Originally, my friend and I had always planned, just for the fun of it, to drive across the country—no reason, just for fun for our senior year，” Elliot explained.“But, when I found out that fact, I realized we could use it for something good, and not just our own pleasure.And, through that, the idea of building schools came around, you know, spreading awareness is a major goal.” Elliot spread the word that he was looking for people to share his mission of educating young Americans, and getting them involved.An anonymous donor gave him the bus.And about 30 people applied for the trip.Elliot helped select four of them, ages 17—23. During the coast-to-co