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Wednesday November 24, 2004 Intermediate + THE ARTICLEThe United Nations has warned that the world is facing a “unique development challenge” with an acceleration in the spread of AIDS. New data revealed there are nearly 40 million HIV sufferers worldwide, a 1.6 million increase from last year. Of these 3 million will die of AIDS this year, a record toll in the 23-year history of the killer virus. The UN warned that without urgent action “the world is unlikely to gain the upper hand over AIDS, … The time of quick fixes and emergency responses is over. We have to balance the emergency nature of the crisis with the need for sustainable solutions.” The report says Sub-Saharan Africa remains by far the worst-affected region in the world. In South Africa 5.3 million people are infected, with “ no sign yet of a decline in the epidemic.” India has the second largest number of HIV sufferers in the world (5.1 million), while East Asia has seen a 56 percent increase in HIV cases, mainly attributable to an explosive rise in China. Women now constitute over half of all new cases contracting HIV/AIDS due to poor sexual education, the sex trade, unprotected sexual intercourse, and a greater natural susceptibility to contract the virus than men. POSSIBLE WARM UPS / COOL DOWNS1. CHAT: Talk in pairs or groups about the AIDS crisis, the UN and WHO, world responsibility, solutions… 2. EDUCATION: Brainstorm what the students know about HIV and AIDS to gauge general class awareness. 3. MY COUNTRY: Students briefly tell what they know of the situations in their own countries (group students according to nationality in multi-lingual classes?). 4. WORLD AIDS DAY: is on December 1st. Brainstorm what the students, school … can do to raise money to fight AIDS in the next week. PRE-READING IDEAS1. ‘EPIDEM~’ / ‘VIRU~’: Look in the dictionary to find words beginning with each of these prefix-like forms. 2. ABBREVIATIONS: Students try the following abbreviations and provide a definition for each one (they may need a dictionary):
3. TRUE/FALSE: Students predict whether they believe the following statements are true or false: 4. PHRASE MATCH: Students match the following phrases based on the first paragraph of the article:
WHILE READING ACTIVITIES1. GAP-FILL: Put the missing words under each paragraph into the gaps. New UN AIDS Warning
2. TRUE/FALSE: Students check their answers to the T/F exercise. 3. PHRASE MATCH: Students check their answers to the word match exercise. 4. QUESTIONS: Students make notes for questions they would like to ask the class about the article. 5. VOCABULARY: Students circle any words they do not understand. In groups pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find the meanings. POST READING IDEAS1. GAP-FILL: Check the answers to the above gap-fill exercise.2. QUESTIONS: Students ask the questions they thought of above to their partner / group / class. 3. VOCABULARY: As a class, go over the vocabulary students circled above. 4. STUDENT-GENERATED SURVEY: Pairs/Groups write down 3 questions based on the article. Conduct their surveys alone. Report back to partners to compare answers. Report to other groups / the whole class. 5. TO BE A PARTICIPANT: In pairs students brainstorm ideas on the issues that need resolving in battling the AIDs pandemic. They share their ideas and discuss whether and why (not) these will be resolved in the next 5, 10, 20 years. 6. REPORT THEMES: The report focused on the following themes. In pairs/groups, take one theme, discuss it and create a presentation and conclusion to be presented to other groups, who will ask you questions: HOMEWORK1. VOCAB EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or the Google search field to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information on AIDs. Share your findings with your class next lesson. 3. REPORT THEMES: Choose one theme from the report and write a short article outlining your ideas to provide a sustainable solution (not a ‘quick fix’). 4. LETTER TO GEORGE W.: Write a letter to the President of the United States of America explaining your concerns for AIDs victims and explaining what you feel the leader of the free world should do. ANSWERSABBREVIATIONS: Students try the following abbreviations and provide a definition for each one (they may need a dictionary): Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome TRUE/FALSE: Students predict whether they believe the following statements are true or false: PHRASE MATCH: Students match the following phrases based on the first paragraph of the article:
GAP FILL The United Nations has warned that the world is facing a “unique development challenge” with an acceleration in the spread of AIDS. New data revealed there are nearly 40 million HIV sufferers worldwide, a 1.6 million increase from last year. Of these 3 million will die of AIDS this year, a record toll in the 23-year history of the killer virus. The UN warned that without urgent action “the world is unlikely to gain the upper hand over AIDS, … The time of quick fixes and emergency responses is over. We have to balance the emergency nature of the crisis with the need for sustainable solutions.” The report says Sub-Saharan Africa remains by far the worst-affected region in the world. In South Africa 5.3 million people are infected, with “ no sign yet of a decline in the epidemic.” India has the second largest number of HIV sufferers in the world (5.1 million), while East Asia has seen a 56 percent increase in HIV cases, mainly attributable to an explosive rise in China. Women now constitute over half of all new cases contracting HIV/AIDS due to poor sexual education, the sex trade, unprotected sexual intercourse, and a greater natural susceptibility to contract the virus than men. Help Support This Web Site
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