H. Fact

G. Fact

E. Fact

D. Fact

C. Fact

B. Fact

Myth 7

Myth 6

Myth 5

Myth 4

Myth 3

Myth 2

Myth 1

Exercise2. A. Here are seven myths about AIDS. Study them, discuss with a partner and write your opinion whether they are true.

Teenagers aren’t really at risk.

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Mostly gay men and drug users get it.

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There is a cure, but only very rich people can afford it.

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You only need to get tested if you don’t know your sex partner well.

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You can tell someone has AIDS just by looking at him.

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You shouldn’t kiss, hug, or share a meal or drink with someone who is HIV positive or has AIDS.

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It’s really only bad in the developing third-world countries.

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B. Read the facts. Match facts and myths. Compare your opinion. Who was right?

A. Fact HIV basically progresses in four stages. The first stage is kind of flu-like and people often don’t know they are infected. The second stage is called clinically asymptomatic – it can last as long as ten years and infected people open show no symptoms of all. It’s not until the 3 stage when the body’s immune system begins to fail, that symptoms really begin to appear. Stage 4 is when symptoms become severe and HIV is diagnosed as AIDS.

Here is how the disease is passed

- through having unprotected sex with an infected partner;

- through blood – if you use a needle or a syringe that has been used by someone who is infected;

- from a pregnant woman with AIDS to her baby, or through breast milk.

You can’t get if from the following:

- sharing glasses, spoons, forks, clothes, etc;

- kissing and hugging;

- mosquito bites.

Actually, young people have the fastest growing rate of infection worldwide.

There is still no cure for AIDS, but there’re drugs that can slow down the HIV virus and slow down the damage to the immune system. But there is no way to get all the HIV out of your body. Scientists are hopeful that a vaccine against the HIV virus will be found in the near future.

The epidemic is spreading all over the world, including Kazakhstan.

Anyone, anywhere, can get AIDS.

You need to be tested regularly for HIV/AIDS if you are sexually active. You should especially have yourself checked out if you have had unprotected sex.

Exercise3. Read the statements and put them into appropriate columns. Which position do you take?

A. You never see a tiger or a lion feeling sorry for its victims, do you?

B. It’s stupid to say everybody must be a vegetarian. In some places, it’s very difficult to get enough to eat. People have to eat what they can get.

C. I don’t think it’s necessary to kill to eat. It’s cruel to let animals suffer so much

D. Why is killing an animal different from killing a human?

E. I’ll never become a vegetarian. I love fast food so I eat lots of hot dogs and hamburgers.

F. Organic foods are full of pesticides. That’s the use of becoming a veggie.

G. Some people still believe that you can’t live without meat. But modern scientific research shows that all the nutrients we need for a healthy life can be found in plants.

H. My family and I are vegetarians we don’t eat meat. We eat lots of vegetables, fruit and meat. I think that being a veggie is good for health.

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