Dealing with AIDS翻译：应对艾滋病应对艾滋病可以加固友情，增进情感交流并促进人们的成熟。
在1995年l0月16日之前，我是这个世界上最无忧无虑的人，我没有任何担忧，享受着快乐的生活。
我从来没有思考过会有任何事情发生在我或是我的朋友身上。
我们是战无不胜的。
直到艾滋病这个词进入到我的生活。
我和戴维是长达十年的最好朋友。
然而在我们进入高中时代后，事情开始有了变化。
我们分在了不同的班级，所以我们不经常一起出去闲逛了。
这困扰着我，但是我想我们都只是在渐渐地长大，他也会遇到更多的朋友。
之后我开始注意到他经常不在学校，而且生病的次数也比往常要多。
所以我打电话给他，但是他却挂掉了。
我不知道该怎么做，所以我再一次放任不管。
后来有一天，我和戴维在商场遇见，我当着他的面询问他为什么我们不再是朋友了。
他推开我然后失控地大哭，告诉我他快要死了。
我不敢相信他。
的确，我听说过艾滋病，但是那是一种同性恋疾病并不会感染年轻人，所以我说这真是一个令人恶心的玩笑然后离开了。
当我回到家之后，事情开始变得清晰有理。
我奔向我的房间大哭。
戴维只有17岁，他不能死。
我对于我们变得如此遥远陌生而感到悲伤。
我打电话给戴维，让他来谈一谈。
当他到了的时候，我发现他病得很严重，之前我从未注意到过。
他看上去很老，不符合他年龄的老。
我问他怎么会发生这样的事。
戴维曾经有过一次没有保护措施的性行为，现在要以生命为此付出代价。
我感到很愤怒。
我在我的整个生命中从未感受到如此无力。
在这以前，当事情出差错的时候，我可以依赖我的父母弥补过失。
但是这一次他们也对此无能为力。
我不得不靠我自己去解决。
戴维和我再一次变得亲近，似乎我是他身边唯一支撑他的人了。
戴维决定告诉人们他的病情，隐藏是无济于事的，人们过不了多久就会发现这一切。
人们看他好像他得了瘟疫一样，我们的朋友不想和他一起做任何事。
很快，他们也不想和我扯上任何关系了。
突然之间我感觉我好像也生了病。
我不知道我该做什么。
综合英语1（第2版）unit4课文及练习详解Unit 4 Dealing with AIDSSection One Pre-reading Activities (2)I. Reading aloud (2)II.Cultural information (2)III. Audiovisual supplements (3)Section Two Global Reading (4)I. Text analysis (4)II. Structural analysis (4)Section Three Detailed Reading (5)Text I (5)Section Four Consolidation Activities (17)I. Vocabulary Analysis (17)II. Grammar Exercises (23)III. Translation exercises (25)IV. Exercises for integrated skills (27)V. Oral activities (28)VI. Writing Practice (29)VII. Listening Exercises (31)Section Five Further Enhancement (33)I. Text II (33)II. Memorable Quotes (36)Section One Pre-reading ActivitiesI. Reading aloudRead 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'frontedhim | 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.II.Cultural information1. QuoteBan 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 people living with HIV and people are at most risk of infection."2. AIDS：Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeAIDS, 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 the world 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 from an HIV mother to baby. And people who areintravenous drug users may infect HIV virus 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 in these 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 can know it clearly and prevent it easily, instead of being afraid of it; second, increase scientific technology to fightagainst AIDS; third, make healthy and civilized social environment, so there will be less sexual intercourse actions, and less drug users.Although AIDS is very horrible, we shouldn't fear, worry or have prejudices about it, we should confront it and fight against this devil.III. Audiovisual supplementsWatch a video clip and answer the following questions.1. What is the librarian trying to do?2. Why does the man sitting in front of Andrew leave the desk?Answers to the Questions:1. He is trying to persuade Andrew into using the private research room.2. He thinks that Andrew carries the HIV and he is afraid of the disease.Video Script:Librarian:Sir, this is the supplement. You’re right. There is a section on HIV-related discrimination.Andrew: Thank you. Thank you very much.Librarian: We do have a private research room available.Andrew:I’m fine right here. Thank you.Librarian: (sigh) Wouldn’t you be more comfortable in the research room?Andrew: (cough) No. Would it make you more comfortable?Joe:Oh … Er … Beckett, how are you doing?Andrew: Counselor… huh.Librarian: Whatever, Sir.Figurant: Excuse me.Section Two Global ReadingI. Text analysis1.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, thingsSimple or colloquial phrases:blew it off, living life up, feel so bad, had the disease, stuck it out, make it through, etc.II. Structural analysis1.How is this narrative story organized?The narrative is organized in the chronological order with the activities and events related in the true story.2. Work out the structure of the text by completing the table.Paragraph(s) Main idea1 This paragraph gives the instructive message of the story, and makes clearthe specific date 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 attitude he adopted,and how others responded to it.5-7 This part tells us that the writer maintained an active and positive attitude towards his friend.8 This paragraph mentions the specific date that marked the end of David’slife, describes the writer’s feelings towards David’s death, and tells us howthe writer keeps his friend’s memory alive.Section Three Detailed ReadingText IDealing with AIDS1.Dealing with AIDS strengthens the bond of friendship, encourages emotional andmature growth. Before the sixteenth of October 1995, I was the most carefree person in the world. I had no worries and was just living life up. I never thought that anything could happen to me or my friends. We were invincible. That is, until the word AIDS came into my life.2.For 10 years David and I were the best of friends. Then we got to high school and thingsstarted to change. We were in different classes, so we didn’t hang out as much. It bothered me but I thought that we were both just growing up, and there were more friends where he came from. Then I began to notice that he wasn’t in school a lot, and was sick more than usual. So I called him and he hung up on me. I didn’t know what to do, so once again I blew it off. Then one day I saw David in the mall and I confront ed him as to why we were not friends any more. He pulled me aside and broke down in tears and said that he was dying. I didn’t believe him.Sure, I had heard about AIDS, but hat it was a homosexual disease and it didn’t affect young people, so I said that it was a sick joke and left.3.When I got home things started to make sense. I ran to my room and cried. David wasonly 17; he couldn’t die. Then I felt so bad that we had grown so far apart. I called David, asking him to come over so we could talk. When he came over I saw a seriousness in him that I had never seen before. He looked so old, too old for his age. I asked how it happened.David had had unprotected sex once and now had to pay with his life. I was so angry. I have never felt so powerless in my whole life. When things had gone wrong before this, I could always rely on my parents to make things better. There was nothing that they could do this time. I had to handle it all on my own.4.David and I became very close again, and it seemed that I was the only one there forhim. David made the decision to tell people about his disease. There was no use in hiding it;sooner or later people would find out. People looked at him as if he had a plague, and our friends from school wanted nothing to do with him. Soon after that they wanted nothing to do with me. Al l of a sudden I felt that I had the disease. I didn’t know what to do. My whole life was changing so fast that I couldn’t keep up. Once again I was growing up and realized that our friendship meant everything to me. Also, I couldn’t turn my back on him when he needed me the most. So I stuck it out and lost most of my friends. The ones that still talked with me didn’t come too close in fear that they would catch the disease.The thing was, I didn’t even have AIDS, so why did my friends treat me like this? I was being treated this way because teenagers are not used to dealing with situations like this, and don’t know how to react. So how could I blame them since I would have done the same thing?5.As time went on, David became very ill. There was nothing that I could do but watchhim die. David found out that he had full-blown AIDS. This to me meant death was sure to come and all too quickly. I wasn’t ready to let him die, not yet anyway. There were so many things that I wanted to do and say, but couldn’t find the words.I went to doctor after doctor with him, and saw him go through so much. Everyone said that I must keep a positive attitude for his sake, because attitude means everything. So, in times of stress I was the one that had to keep things together. I pushed all my emotions aside and was strong for him.6.My mom had had a trip planned for the whole family for some time now, and stillwanted to go. She thought that the trip would do me good; she said that I was not the one that was dying. I couldn’t beli eve that sh e said that to me, but to make her happy I went. We were gone for about two weeks, and when I came back the first thing I did was go to see David.That was when I saw AIDS for the first time. I didn’t even recognize him. David had lost weight, had purple l esions all over his body, and was very pale. He couldn’t even get up when he saw me. He was bedridden. I still had to be the strong one and keep everything in. I had brought him stuff from the ocean, his favorite place. We talked about my trip and anything else we could think of. Then he fell asleep because he could no longerstay awake for long periods of time.7.On the second of May 1996, David was put in hospital. This gave him the feeling thatthere was no more hope left, and that he was going to die. I still had to maintain my positive outlook for him. He needed that in me. One day he looked at me and said, ―Faye, I am dying;let’s accept that and deal with it. I know what I did was wrong and now I have to deal with it.All I want you to do is to reme mber me, enjoy life and be careful.‖ For the first time in front of him, I cried. I knew that it wouldn’t be long before he was gone forever. He shouldn’t have to deal with this at such a young age. Towards the end of May he became so sick that the hospital staff had a bubble around him, so he wouldn’t catch our bad germs. I hated to see him like that, and every day it became worse. I had come to realize that any day now he would die. At night I would wonder if he would make it through. School was over now, so I spent every hour I could in the hospital. He was everything to me. I felt bad for the time that we had lost and how I wasn’t even going to fight for our friendship.8.The fifth of June, 1996 marked the end of my best friend David’s life. He wentpeacefully. That was a comfort all in its own. In a way I was glad that it was over, for he was no longer in pain. All the emotions that I had held in came rushing out as I realized that I would never see David again. His mother said that I had kept him alive and that she was grateful that I was her son’s last friend. It hasn’t been a year yet, but I have done so much since then that I am no longer that carefree teenager. I now educate people about AIDS, which to me is keeping David’s memory alive. Eventhoug h David is gone, he is still with me and always will be in mind and spirit.Words and ExpressionsParagraph 1Questions:1) What does the first sentence of Paragraph 1 tell us?It points out the significance of dealing with AIDS,which is the theme of the text.2) The last sentence of Paragraph 1 is a sentence fragment. It is actually part of the precedingsentence. Why does the author separate them from each other?By separating them from each other, the writer succeeds in accentuating the two parts of the sentence with more information. It is precisely for the purpose of emphasis that a sentence is divided into two or more than two parts by means of full stops.Words and Expressions1. strengthen: vt. to make something stronger or more effective, or to become stronger or more effectivee.g. The wind strengthened during the night.夜里风刮得更大了。
