Unit7 Living with diseases

1 be/becom/ get infected with被…感染， 染上.病

2 there be.. doing/left有…剩下

3 cure sb. of 治愈某人的…病，該掉某人的…惡習

a cure for…的一種治療方法

4 persuade sb. (not)to do sth.說服/勸服某人

(不) 做某事

persuade sb. into doing sth. 說服/勸服某人做某事

persuade sb. out of doing sth. 說服/勸服某人不做某事

5 explain sth. to sb.向某人解釋某事

6. break down 破壞，分解 /（車輛）壞了 /（身體）垮了

7. be alive還有氣，還沒死

8. under treatment正在治療中

9. die of（死于年老/情感/饑餓/疾病）

die from（死于其他原因， 也可用于死于疾病）

10. cheer (…) up（使）感到振奮/高興

11. be to do sth按計劃或安排做某事

12.. suffer from 受痛苦，受損害

13 throughout the year=all through the year

= all the year round一整年，一年到頭

14. take sb. to hospital送某人去醫院（就醫）

15. for the moment暫時，目前

16. free from/ of不受…的影響；沒有…的

17. accept…as承認/認為……是

18. to the full/ fullest 1)盡情地,充分地2)非常

19.go to end到了盡頭

20.support/challenge ideas反對/挑戰某觀點

21.a lack of 缺乏，缺少

22．Give somebody a hug擁抱一下

23.shake hands with握手

24.on the contrary正相反，相反地

25.take every chance利用時機，碰碰運氣

26. inject drug 注射毒品

27.get/be tested接受檢測

28. transmit virus傳播病毒

29.give blood獻血

30.people living with HIV ，HIV攜帶者

1. I can become infected with HIV by swimming in a pool, holding hands or kissing someone with HIV.

2. Medical studies show that the AIDS virus cannot be transmitted via the following routes: …

3. Take notes of what you hear on the tape and use your notes to tell your partner about Jane’s work,…

4. People who see Xiaohua would never guess that she is one of millions of children in the world living and dying with AIDS…人們怎麼都不會想到，她是世界上數百萬患有艾滋病并隨時會喪命的孩子中的一個。

5. AIDS is a disease that breaks down the body’s immune system and leaves a person defenceless against infections and illnesses.

艾滋病是一種破壞人的免疫系統、使人體對感染及疾病沒有抵抗能力的疾病。

6. “I wish I could remember more about my mum,” Xiaohua says, “I wish that she were here with me and that we weren’t sick.”“我真希望能記得關于媽媽的更多情況”小華說，“要是她跟我在一起，我們都沒有病該多好。”

7.If I were to live long enough to have a job, I would choose to be a doctor, helping these AIDS patients.

8.I wish people would find out the facts and not act as if I were a bad or dangerous person

9.If I were you, I would give an AIDS patient a hug.

10. As with most diseases and disasters, the young suffer the most. 就…說，最遭罪的是年輕人。

11. Many people don’t know very much about AIDS and are afraid that any contact with people who have AIDS is dangerous.許多人不太了解艾滋病，害怕與艾滋病人接觸，認為這會有危險。

12. Xiaohua is trying to change this by creating a network of patients and doctors that can persuade hospitals and companies to spend more money on AIDS research and education. 小華正在努力改變人們的這種看法，她建立了一個病人和醫生的聯絡網，想通過她的勸說醫院和公司能給艾滋病的研究和教育投入更多的資金。

13.Xiaohua has learnt to live with HIV and the fact that she will one day develop AIDS.

小華學會了與病毒的和平共處，并且接受了自己有一天會患艾滋病的現實。

14. “My life may have to be short,” she says, “but there’s no reason why it can’t be beautiful.”

15.The disease is spreading fast in Africa and parts of Asia, mainly because of a lack of proper health care, prevention and education.

16.The drugs that are available are much too expensive. 能買到的藥價格實在太貴。