【正文】 ARE YOU AT RISK? H IV i s a virus. A vi rus i s a very sm al l li ving thi ng that causes di sease. There are many di fferent vi ruses, for exam pl e, the fl u vi rus or the SARS vi rus. H IV weakens a person’s imm une system。 that i s, the part of the body that fi ghts di sease. You can have H IV i n your bl od for a l ong tim e, but eventual y H IV wi l damage your im m une system so m uch that your body can no l onger fi ght di sease. Thi s stage of the il lness i s cal l ed AIDS. If you devel op AIDS, your chances of survi val are very sm al l. H IV i s spread through bl ood or the fl ui d that the body m akes duri ng sex. For a person to be e i nfected, bl ood or sexual fl ui d that carri es the vi rus, has to get i nsi de the body through broken ski n or by i njecti on. O ne day sci enti sts wil l find a cure for HIV/AIDS. Unti l that happens, you need to protect yourself. Here are som e thi ngs you can do to m ake sure you stay safe. If you inject drugs: do not share your nedl e wi th anyone el se. Bl ood from another person can stay on or i n the needl e. If a person has H IV and you use the sam e needl e, you coul d inject the virus i nto your own bl ood. do not share anythi ng el se that a person has used whil e i njecting drugs. Blood coul d have spil t on i t. If you have sex wi th a male or a femal e: use a condom . This wi l l prevent sexual fl uid passing from one person to another. The fol lowi ng statem ents are NOT true. A person cannot get H IV the fi rst ti me they have sex. WRONG. If one sexual partner has HIV, the other partner coul d bee i nfected. You can tel l by l ooki ng at someone whether or not they have H IV. WRO NG. zz 步行街 管 理 公 約 z 市 z 物業(yè)服務(wù)有限公司 二 OO 三年一月 l i tl e baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a m ocki ngbi rd. If that m ocki ngbird won’t si ng, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a di am ond ri ng. If that di am ond ri ng turns to brass, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a looki ngglass. If that l ookinggl ass gets broke, Papa’s goi ng to buy you a bi l ygoat. If that bil l ygoat runs away, Papa’s goi ng to buy you another today. O ne of the sim pl est ki nds of poem s are those li ke B and C that li st thi ngs. List poems have a flexi bl e l i ne l ength and repeated phrases whi ch gi ve both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem. Som e rhym e (li ke B) whi l e others do not (l ike C). I saw a fi shpond al on fi re I saw a fishpond al l on fi re, I saw a house bow to a squi re, I saw a person twel vefeet hi gh, I saw a cottage in the sky, I saw a bal loon m ade of l ead, I saw a coffi n drop down dead, I saw two sparrows run a race, I saw two horses maki ng l ace, I saw a girl just l i ke a cat, I saw a ki tten wear a hat, I saw a m an who saw these too, And sai d though strange they al l were true. Our fi rst footbal m atch We woul d have won… if Jack had scored that goal, i f we’d had just a few more mi nutes, i f we had trai ned harder, i f Ben had passed the bal l to Joe, if we’d had thousands of fans screami ng, if I hadn’t taken my eye off the bal , if we hadn’t stayed up so l ate the ni ght before, i f we hadn’t taken i t easy, i f we hadn’t run out of energy. We woul d have won… i f we’d been better! Another si m pl e form of poem that students can easil y wri te is the ci nquai n, a poem m ade up of fi ve li nes. Wi th these, students can convey a strong pi cture i n just a few words. Look at the exam pl es (D and E) on the top of the next page. (D) Brother (E) Summ er Beauti ful , athl etic Sleepy, sal ty Teasi ng, shouti ng, laughi ng Dryi ng, drooping, dreadi ng Fri end and enem y too Week i n, wek out Mi ne Endl es (F) A fal en bl ossom (G) Snow havi ng m el ted Is i ng back to the branch. The whol e vi l age is bri mful Look, a butterfly! O f happy chil dren. (by Mori take) (by Issa) H ai ku i s a Japanese form of poetry that i s m ade up of 17 syl ables. It i s not a tradi ti onal form of Engli sh poetry, but i s very popul ar wi th Engli sh wri ters. It is easy to wri te and, li ke the ci nquai n, can gi ve a cl ear pi cture and create a speci al feel ing usi ng the mi ni m um of words. The two hai ku poem s (F and G ) above are transl ati ons from the Japanese. Di d you know that Engli sh speakers al so enjoy other form s of Asi an poetry – Tang poems from Chi na i n parti cul ar? A l ot of Tang poetry has been transl ated i nto Engli sh. Thi s Tang poem(H) i s a transl ation from the Chi nese. Wi th so m any different form s of poetry to choose from, students m ay eventual y want to wri te poems of thei r own. It i s easi er than you mi ght think and certai nl y worth a try. Where she awai ts her husband O n and on the ri ver fl ows. N ever l oki ng back, Transform ed i nto stone. Day by day upon the m ountai n top, wi nd and rain revol ve. Shoul d the travel er return, thi s Stone woul d utter speech. (by Wang Ji an) I’VE SAVED TH E SUMMER I’ve saved the summ er And I gi ve i t al to you To hol d on wi nter m orni ngs When the snow is new. I’ve saved som e sunl i ght If you shoul d ever need A pl ace away from darkness Where your m ind can feed. And for m ysel f I’ve kept your smi l e When you were but ni een, Til l you’re ol der you’l l not know What brave young smil es can m ean. I know no answers To hel p you on your way The answers l i e som ewhere At the bottom of the day. But i f you’ve a need for l ove I’l l gi ve you al l I own It