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刊物:空中英語教室
日期:2012-02-02
难易度:High
关键字:advancement, positive, priority, HIV-positive, anti-, medication
Welcome back, friends.
I'm so glad you're back there helping us stop the spread of AIDS.
Now we've been talking about this for a while.
And I want to encourage you to do all that you can to help educate people as
well as educate yourself in how to stop the spread of AIDS.
Do some research online and find out what is in your area that you can join to
help prevent the spread of AIDS.
Well, join us as we finish up our tips on how to stop this on line 4.
Stop the Spread of AIDS.
So experts fear young people are forgetting that AIDS remains a fatal disease
with no cure.
And although medications have improved, HIV-positive people must take them every
day for the rest of their lives.
Also, since the drugs are expensive, many low- and middle-income countries may
never be able to offer universal treatment to their HIV-positive citizens.
That means some countries are at risk of losing a generation due to the lack of
life-saving drugs.
Since that first report in 1981, AIDS has claimed more than 30 million lives.
People everywhere, both young and old, should make stopping the spread of HIV a
priority.
So we know that so many of the people affected by AIDS are under the age of 25.
So experts - those are people who are doing this research - are afraid that
young people are forgetting that AIDS is still a fatal disease, which means they
could die from it.
Exactly. Now AIDS was very popular in the news not too long ago, and people saw
how dangerous it was.
But they think that now young people kind of have forgotten about that.
They think it's not really around anymore, which is not true.
That's right. There're a lot of young people think that we can just fix it, but
there is still no cure.
And a cure is what can help you get rid of the disease.
It solves the problem.
Well, there are medications that have improved, though.
Yes. Now a "medication" is referring to a medicine or something you can take to
help you feel better or to heal or cure a disease or sickness.
So people can take these medications to help cure or help to prevent this fatal
disease from getting worse.
Of course, "fatal" means it can eventually kill you.
That's right. Now we have learned that there are drugs that can help prevent
getting this disease.
But once you have it, there are also medications that can help people that are
HIV-positive and help them not progress into AIDS,
although they have to take this drug every single day for the rest of their
lives.
Yeah, for the rest of their lives.
And that is a lot of medication to take.
That can be very difficult to always take that.
And of course, you always have to remember to take it.
But there's another problem here, Kaylah.
That's right.
You know, since there are these drugs, it's great to know that they can help,
but that's... it's not a full fix, Ryan.
There is a lot of things.
For example, drugs are just really expensive.
Exactly. And that can be a problem for people with a low or even middle income.
In these countries, they are not able to offer universal treatment for
HIV-positive citizens.
Now when we say something is universal, that means it includes everybody or
includes everything.
So these poor "low- and middle-income countries" means they don't have enough
money cannot give everybody that needs it these drugs.
Right. So people in these poor countries are not able to get the treatment that
they need to help prevent HIV from turning into AIDS.
And of course, Kaylah, that would end up being fatal.
Yes. That... that means a lot of countries are at risk of losing an entire
generation because they don't have the ability to give these drugs to save
lives.
Exactly. And of course, a generation is referring to an entire group of people
born in a certain time.
And so now we see that people now that are born with this disease, they end up
dying.
We would lose that entire generation.
Well, Ryan, that includes not only the people that are possibly born with it.
We learned you could get it from your mother.
But that is including anyone under the age of 25.
That is a large portion of the generation.
And since so many are affected, this could be a major problem.
Right. So it is a big problem.
It is very dangerous.
And that is why it's important to learn how to treat and avoid HIV and AIDS.
Well, since it was first reported in 1981, AIDS has claimed more than 30 million
lives.
That is 30 million people that have died because they were just not prepared,
not educated.
Yeah, it's very sad. And of course, people everywhere, whether they are young or
old, they need to make stopping the spread of HIV a priority.
Now when something is a "priority," that means it comes first.
It is something we do because it is important.
Yes. And it is very important.
It should be a priority, especially for you if you are under the age of 25, to
avoid getting AIDS.
But we also saw that for both young and old, you need to be active in helping
stop the spread,
educating people, helping different organizations around the world, making sure
the next generation is not affected the same way.
Make this a priority in your life.
Exactly. Do what you can to avoid having unprotected sex, use abstinence
whenever possible and if not use a condom.
Now we have Grammar on the Go with Liz.
And then let's look at today's skit.
Hello, friends. How are you doing today?
My name is Liz, and it's time for Grammar on the Go.
Our article today is about the HIV.
And we read: People everywhere, both young and old, should make stopping the
spread of the HIV a priority.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence. It just means:
Everybody, no matter if the person is young or old, should make stopping the
spread of the HIV a priority.
However, saying it that way is much wordier than the way we see it in the
article.
Notice how today's Grammar Tip sentence begins with "People everywhere, both
young and old." The pattern,
"subject + everywhere, (comma) both adjective and adjective" is a great pattern
to use when you want to talk about how a situation is the same for a wide range
of subject.
For example, let's say there is a new law that requires every citizen in the
country to pay an additional tax no matter what their financial income is, so we
can say:
According to the new law, citizens everywhere, both rich and poor, have to pay
the additional tax.
Or suppose the government is going to provide extra money for every elementary
school in the country, so we can say:
Elementary schools everywhere, both public and private, will benefit from the
extra government funding.
If you'd like to see some more example sentences, they're available in today's
Grammar Tip section in your Studio Classroom magazine.
That's it for today.
This is Liz with Grammar on the Go, signing off.
Bye-bye.
So have you learned anything about AIDS on the website?
Yes, lots.
Did you know that there are drugs that can help you not get HIV?
Yep. Did you know that there's a drug that can help HIV-positive people stay
healthy and stronger longer?
I see that. But there's a problem.
What do you mean?
That drug is expensive and people have to take it every day for the rest of
their lives.
That is a problem.
A lot of people can't afford it.
And even with these preventive drugs, there's still no cure for AIDS.
That's why we need to educate people.
Over 7,000 people are infected with HIV each day.
That's a huge number.
And to make it worse, over half are under 25.
That's a whole generation that could die of AIDS.
We really do need to tell people about the risk of AIDS and how important it is
to live a healthy lifestyle.
I'm glad you want to help.
Over 30 million people have died of AIDS since it was first reported.
That is a lot of people.
OK. What can I do to help?
You can start by joining NAPWA's National HIV/AIDS Testing Day every year on
June 27.
Oh, I see that. OK, great.
But that is just one day.
What can I do the rest of the time?
Educate yourself.
Read the World Health Organization and UNAIDS websites to learn how HIV/AIDS is
affecting your area.
Once I know how and whom it's affecting, I can choose different ways to
volunteer and help stop the spread of AIDS.
That's right! Let's do it together.
All right!
Let's see, World Health Organization...
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
And time really flies.
Make sure you come back next time for more Language Tips.
Thank you, Michelle.
Well, putting an end to the worldwide epidemic of AIDS will be a colossal
effort.
It will require huge sums of money and the cooperation of lots of different
people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
You are right, Kaylah.
And that's what the International AIDS Conference is all about.
Held every two years, the conference is a time for teachers, community leaders,
doctors, government officials,
business leaders and people living with HIV and AIDS to come together to work
together to make AIDS a problem of the past.
The 2012 International AIDS Conference takes place this summer in Washington,
D.C.
Friends, I know this high-level lesson wasn't so... well, easy.
So please be sure to take some time later to review what we've learned.
And then join us tomorrow for a new lesson.
Have a great day.
Good-bye, everybody.