1、SpeakingWarming up What do you see in these pictures?A person who has got AIDS is being treated in hospital.A person is using drugs by injecting.A person is smoking.A person is drinking.SpeakingA:We think drinking is the most serious problem.One reason is that drinking too much is bad for our health
2、.Many diseases are caused Choose one picture and discuss.by drinking.The second reason is that sometimes drinking may ruin some important meetings,negotiations and so on.And the last one is that drinking can threaten our lives.It is reported that many traffic accidents are caused by drinking too muc
3、h.So we think drinking is the most serious one.B:We dont agree with you.Have you carefully thought about smoking?In our opinion,smoking is the most serious.A:What makes you think that drinking isnt the most serious?B:You know,if you want to avoid unhappy events and accidents,you can just drink a lit
4、tle.And it is said that drinking properly can do good to health.A:But could you please explain the reasons why you think smoking is the most serious?B:Medical research shows that smoking is the biggest enemy of lung cancer,because cigarettes contain a lot of nicotine,which can make people ill.Beside
5、s,smoking not only does harm to the person who is smoking,but also to people who take in the smoke around him.And it is said that every year smoking persons caused a lot of fires,which lead to many deaths and losses of possesses.So we think it is the most serious.We dont think either of you is right
6、.Drinking and smoking are just bad personal habits.If you have a strong will,you can get rid of them.And then you can avoid troubles.But AIDS is a hidden enemy.If a person doesnt know he has got AIDS and heC:he offers blood,there will be a lot of people who can be infected.In this way,many people wi
7、ll suffer this kind of incurable disease.And people can contract AIDS in other ways such as unprotected sex,birth,injection and so on.But if we improved our medical condition and treatments,we would find good ways to cure AIDS patients.And people who have got AIDS have normal minds and can make cont
8、ributions to society for some years.But What about takingD:drugs?As we know,drugs like cocaine and heroin are disastrous substances.Once people take drugs,they will be addicted to it day by day.Even when they realize that they are wrong,they cant control themselves.They can do nothing but spend endl
9、ess money on drugs until they have nothing left.And at last they will end up in terrible and unbearable death.Taking drugs not only can do harm to ones health and spirit,but the family,even society.So I think it is the most serious social problem.E:We want to say something about gambling.Although it
10、 is not among the most serious problems,it does great harm to persons and society.Gambling is the practice of risking money or possessions on something that is uncertain,such as a horse race,card games,mahjong,and so on.It can bring people excitement by its unexpectedness,while it can also trap peop
11、le into chasing the losses and gaining more money.Therefore,gambling will cause many problems if people dont pay attention.For example,it may cause fights or stealing if a person suffers a lot of loss when gambling.And very often gambling may break up families or cause other family problems,such as
12、financial problem.And if a person sits there gambling for a long time,his health will break down.So I think gambling is also a serious problem.Talking on P124 Should the student with HIV be allowed to stay or not to stay?Discussion A:Headmaster B:The parent of the student with HIV C:Teacher D:The pa
13、rent of another student E:The school doctor Acting as the parent of the student with HIV.B:I think that my son should be allowed to stay in school because even though he is unhealthy in body with HIV,he is in a good state in mind and wants to stay with his classmates in school.He has the right.Whats
14、 more,most of the time he isnt a danger to others.A:Can you give us a good reason?B:Of course.As we know,though AIDS is an incurable disease,the AIDS virus cannot be transmitted to others by communicating between people.Therefore it is safe to stay with people with AIDS.And I think we should keep it
15、 a secret because it is good for my son and others.In this case,others will not look down upon my son and it cannot cause others fear.I agree with the parent.The student should be allowed to stay in school only if we know more about the disease and try to find good ways to prevent it when we are get
16、ting on with the student withC:Acting as the teacher.HIV.I think it is safe to communicate with him.And I also think that we should not tell the other students about this because not everyone knows this disease very well,maybe some of the students will think he is dangerous to them and will keep a c
17、ertain distance from him,which will make the student feel self-contemptuous and if everybody knows that it will do great harm to his sick body.A:Others,what are your opinions?Acting as the parent of another student.D:I think that the student should not be allowed to stay in school because it will ca
18、use other students fear about this disease.Whats worse,in case something unexpected happens and HIV is contracted to others,what should we do?Its terrible.And it is unfair to other people.A:Do you think we should keep it a secret?And tell us the reason.D:I dont agree with the parent and the teacher.
19、I think everybody should have the right to know the truth.If they have to stay with him in school,they should be told how to prevent themselves from getting HIV.If theydont have a knowledge of AIDS and dont know how to deal with such a disease,who can ensure that other students will not be infected
20、with AIDS?I am a school doctor.It is not necessary to worry about it.Of course I also think we must tell others because it is a good chance to tell others what the disease AIDS is like and how to prevent it.But the E:Acting as the school doctor.student should be allowed to stay in school because med
21、ical studies show that HIV cannot be transmitted via cups,glasses,toilet seats,swimming pools,mosquitoes,other insects.HIV spreads through blood and other body liquids,especially by having unprotected sex,or by receiving infected blood transfusions.It is impossible in school.So I think it is very sa
22、fe to stay with the student with HIV in school.Besides,we can give the student help and care in order not to make him lonely.This can help cure him and make him live longer.Now I have known the different opinions about this matter.I agree with the doctor.You know,he knows more about it than all of u
23、s.And I think what he said is reasonable.So I will make the following decision:A:The student should be allowed to stay in school and we must tell others about it.The meeting is over.Homework Tell the other students why you think one of the four problems is the best one,using at least four or five sentences.
