Reading Aloud

Read the following sentences aloud, paying special attention to pausing and sentence stresses.

1. I' never thought | that 'anything 'bad could 'happen to me | or my 'friends.

            

2. Then'one day | I'saw David in the'mall | and I con'fronted him | as to 'why we were 'not friends any'more.

         

3. I was being 'treated this way | because 'teenagers are 'not used to 'dealing with situ'ations like this, | and'don’t know 'how to re'act.

          

4. 'This to'me meant |'death was'sure to'come | and'all'too quickly.

          

5. 'Everyone said | that I must'keep a'positive'attitude for'his sake, |because'attitude means'everything.

           

 

Cultural Information

1. Quote

Ban Ki-Moon:Speaking at the"Light for Rights" on World AIDS Day held at the Washington Square Park Memorial Arch in New York, he said: "We are here tonight to denounce the discrimination they (people living with HIV/AIDS) face — the fear and stigma, the shame and rejection, the threat of losing their jobs ... For too long and in too many places, too many people have been pushed beyond the reach of prevention and treatment, care and support ... We must respond by shining the full light of human rights on the challenge ... I call on all countries to dismantle legal frameworks that institutionalize discrimination against peopleliving with HIV and people are at most risk of infection."

2. AIDS：Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

 

     AIDS, a very serious illness which spreads very fast today,had been one of the most horrible killers of human beings.

     AIDS is caused by HIV virus. Now in theworld there is no useful medicine that can cure AIDS, but it spreads only in limited ways. AIDS spread in three basic ways: first, through sexual intercourse; second, through contact with diseased blood; and third froman HIV mother to baby. And people who are intravenous drug users may infect HIVvirus too.

     The actual patterns of spreading of the AIDS virus change from culture. People should do something to solve the problem and prevent the spreading of AIDS in the world. People can do something inthese ways: first, a program should be established to educate citizens about AIDS, letting people know what causes it and how it spreads, so that people canknow it clearly and prevent it easily, instead of being afraid of it; second, i ncrease scientific technology to fight against AIDS; third, make healthyand civilized social environment, so there will be less sexual intercourse actions, and less drug users.

      Although AIDS is very horrible, weshouldn't fear, worry or have prejudices about it, we should confront it and fight against this devil.

    

Audiovisual Supplement

 

 

 

Text Analysis

1. What is the theme of the text?

Dealing with AIDS strengthens the bond of friendship and encourages emotional and mature growth.

2.  What is the style of the text? Give your reasons.

    The style of the narrative is colloquial and simple because many simple words, colloquial expressions and concise sentences are used, which are easy and smooth to read.

 Colloquial words: about,cried, go, let, so, sure, things

 Simple or colloquial phrases: blew it off, living life up, feel so bad, had the disease, stuck it out, make it through, etc.

Structural analysis

1.  How is this narrative story organized?

    The narrative is organized in the chronological order withthe activities and events related in the true story.

2. Work out the structure of the text by completing the table. 

Paragraph(s)          1	This paragraph gives the instructive message of the story, and makes clear______1_____ when AIDS became known to the writer.
2-4	This part provides an account of how the writer came to know the fact that his friend was suffering from AIDS, how he felt, what ___2____ he adopted, and how others responded to it.
5-7	This part tells us that the writer maintained ____3_____attitude towards his   friend.
8	This paragraph mentions the specific date that marked _______4________, describes the writer’s feelings towards David’s  death, and tells us how the writer ______5_______.