最新高中英语课件：高二英语Unit 7 Living with disease.pptxVIP

Unit 7;Warming Up;AIDS has turned into the modern holocaust（大屠杀）, destroying lives left and right. Anyone can be infected by HIV and get AIDS. They could be our parents, our children, our brothers and sisters. They could be our friends and neighbors. They could be just like you and me. Everyone should learn all they can about AIDS. We should learn about effective prevention. We should support others who are victims of this insidious disease. We should get involved in efforts aimed at finding a cure. We should do all we can to stop AIDS; AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Acquired means you can get infected with it. Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the bodys system that fights diseases. Syndrome(综合病症） means a group of health problems that make up a disease. AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. If you get infected with HIV, your body will try to fight the infection. It will make antibodies, special molecules that are supposed to fight HIV. ;HIV and AIDS are not the same thing... ; Today, 40 million people are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS. Of these, 37 million are adults and 2.5 million are children under 15. During 2003, AIDS caused the deaths of an estimated 3 million people, including 2.5 million adults and 500,000 children under 15. Sub-Saharan AfricaThe Middle East and North AfricaEastern Europe and Central AsiaAsia and the PacificLatin America and the CaribbeanNorth America;How to Prevent Aids By Emma F. Back to AIDS Main Page ;;You can get AIDS by:　 blood transfusions ( not very common any more). Being born when their mother is infected, or drinking the breast milk of an infected woman. having unprotected sex with someone who has AIDS. finding a used needle on the ground, picking it up, and getting the infected blood into an open wound. getting blood from someone elses cut who has AIDS, into yours. As you can see, AIDS is hard to get. ;Is There a Cure for AIDS? There is no cure f