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necessarily be money or material comforts. Spiritual care such as encouragement, sympathy and understanding is equally
good and can also serve as the key to a
5. The purpose of the passage is _________.
ignorant a. not knowing facts or information that you ought to know 无知的
virus n. a living thing even smaller than bacteria which causes infectious disease in the body, in plants, etc. 病毒
HIV n. human immunodeficiency virus; the virus which causes the disease AIDS 人体免疫缺损病毒，艾滋病病毒
infection n. [C; U] the act or result of infecting, or a disease spread by infecting 传染，感染；传染病
and AIDS D) to tell people about the two processes of prevention
from HIV infections
3. The second reason for AIDS education is __________.
A) to curb the HIV infection B) to ask hospitals to offer more help C) to improve the quality of life for HIV-positive people D) to give financial aid to AIDS patients
AIDS n. [U] Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; a very serious disease caused by a virus which breaks down the body’s natural defences against infection 艾滋病，获 得性免疫缺损综合征
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• Fill in the missing words according to what you hear from the video clip.
A body/age assessment is a measurement of your
cardiovascular __fit_n_es_s_ , your strength, your flexibility and your _ri_sk__fa_c_to_r_s . And it gives you a number which
2. The first reason given for AIDS education is _____.
A) to prevent new infections from taking place B) to help people know where HIV infections may
happen C) to tell people how to protect themselves from HIV
A) people show little concern about HIV B) no effective cure for AIDS has been found yet C) people are unaware of the danger of HIV D) there is no way to prevent HIV from spreading
cure n. [C, U (for)] treatment or substance that cures; remedy [常 与for连用]疗法；药物
transmit v. [(to)] send or pass from one person, place, or thing to another [常与to连用]传播，传染
Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.
• One of the reasons for the annual increase in HIV infections is that ________ .
healthy life.
Watch the following video clip “Fitness” and then complete the tasks that follow:
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Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily
money, but whatever a man has of encouragement and
sympathy and understanding.
— John D. Rockefeller, Jr
positive a. (of a medical test) showing signs of the presence of a substance or growth （医学试验）阳性的
HIV-positive 艾滋病检查呈阳性的
community n. the people living together and / or united by common background, nationality, etc. 团体；社区
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
— Joseph Addison
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Interpretation: Moods have great influence on both our physical and mental health. As has been proved in medical science, we are less vulnerable to illnesses when we are in a cheerful mood. A good mood is the key to mental health.
• What do you usually do to keep fit?
• What do you think are the criteria of being healthy?
• Do you know anything about the body clock? How is it related to our health?
Interpretation: As a great philanthropist ( 慈 善 家 ),
Rockefeller Jr. believes that giving and
caring for others will bring you a healthy
life. What you offer to others may not
4. The third reason for AIDS education is _________.
A) to reduce the fear of HIV and AIDS B) to bring down the death rate of AIDS C) to prevent the spread of HIV D) to protect HIV-positive people or AIDS patients
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Enhance Your Language Awareness
Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.
Study the following quotes about health. Which quote(s) do you like best? Why?
A healthy body is the guest-chamber (房间) of the soul; a sick, its prison.
complete fitness snapshot adds about 45 minutes to
your exam, but leaves you with a new _p_e_rs_p_e_ct_iv_e on
your well-being.
2. What can we learn from John Humphrey? (Open.)
— Francis Bacon
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Interpretation: Physical health and mental health are closely related. A sick body will certainly affect one’s mood, attitude and character, etc. Here, Francis Bacon compares the sick body vividly to a prison which greatly hampers (妨碍) the development of one’s spiritual life.