Fill in the blanks with proper words according to the text.

Aids today

cause

Be caused by a virus called HIV It 1 a person’s blood

And ___2___the body’s immune system

____3____ HIV-positive people have a____4____ immune system, which loses the ___5_____to fight illness. Sometimes infected people have no outward symptoms

Ways of _____6____ ____7_____ sex The most common way, ____8____ for 75 percent

Blood-to-blood ____9_____ Mainly caused by sharing syringes or using infected blood in transfusions.

Mother-to-child spread So some ____10___women seek an abortion

____11___ done by both China and international organizations

The government in China is trying

its best to ____12____ it opened labs to test and __13_____ the disease.

And also started providing free drugs for Aids patients in need.

The UN has ____14____ UNAIDS Providing help to the infected people and testing for people.

____15_____ programmes

Setting up treatment centres

1._____________________ 2.____________________ 3_________________________

4._____________________ 5.____________________ 6._________________________

7._____________________ 8.____________________ 9._________________________

10.____________________ 11.___________________ 12.________________________

13.____________________ 14.____________________ 15.________________________

Phrases of Unit 3

1. make a poster ___________________ 2. be good / bad for ______________________

3. wait for sb to return__________________ 4. no cure for __________________

5.infected people _____________________ 6. outward symptoms _________________

7. a weakened immune system_________________8. fight illnesses_________________

9．At a frightening rate __________________ 10. more than a few______________________

11. subscribe to _____________________ 12. stop this deadly disease _____________

13. devote one’s body and soul to ___________________ 14. in addition __________________

15. be involved in _____________________ 16. It is estimated that_________________

17.have access to _____________________ 18. choke back ______________________

19. in some cases ____________________ 20.in prison _____________________

21. in the first place __________________________

Keys:

Aids today

cause Be caused by a virus called HIV It enters a person’s blood

and attacks the body’s immune system

symptoms HIV-positive people have a weakened immune system, which loses the ability to fight illness. Sometimes infected people have no outward symptoms

Ways of transmission Unprotected sex The most common way, accounting for 75 percent

Blood-to-blood contact Mainly caused by sharing syringes or using infected blood in transfusions.

Mother-to-child spread So some infected women seek an abortion

Measures done by both China and international organizations The government in China is trying

its best to control it opened labs to test and monitor the disease.

And also started providing free drugs for Aids patients in need.

The UN has organized UNAIDS Providing help to the infected people and testing for people

Offering programmes

Setting up treatment centres

Phrases of Unit 3

1. make a poster 制作海報 2. be good / bad for 對。。。有好處/壞處

3. wait for sb to return等待某人回來 4. no cure for 沒有治療方法

5.infected people 被感染的人們 6. outward symptoms 外在的癥狀

7. a weakened immune system變弱的免疫系統 8. fight illnesses抵御疾病

9．At a frightening rate 以令人驚恐的速度 10. more than a few 相當多的

11. subscribe to 同意，贊成，訂閱 12. stop this deadly disease 消滅這種致命的疾病

13. devote one’s body and soul to 全身心地投入到 14. in addition 況且，而且

15. be involved in 被卷入，參加 16. It is estimated that 據估計

17.have access to 使用，運用 18. choke back 控制住，忍住

19. in some cases 在某些情況下 20.in prison 坐牢，被監禁

21. in the first place 首先，一開始