T:Oh, you are careful.I'1l explain to you.Here “were ”is used as the subjunctive form to talk about events and situations which are not certain to hap—pen--which we hope will happen,or imagine might happen or want to hap—pen.For example, the sentence “I wish I could remember more about my mum.”means “It is a great pity that I don’t remember much about my mum.”The sentence “If I were to live long enough to have a job,I would choose to be a doctor,helping these AIDS patients “means” I want to become a doctor, helping these AIDS patients, but I can’t, because l won’t live long enough to have a job.”The sentence“…not act as if I were a bad or dangerous person.”means “I hope people don’t treat me as a bad or dangerous person.”1s that clear? Ss:Yes. T:Well, now please listen to the tape and try to understand it further.Then read it aloud for a while and talks about these two questions on the screen in groups of four. (Teacher shows the questions on the screen.) 1.How do you think you would react if you were Xiao Hua? 2.How should we act towards people who have AIDS What can we do to help them? (After the students listen to the tape and talk about the questions for a few minutes, teacher asks some students to give their opinions.) T:Well,stop.Who’d like to give us your opinion about the first question? Volunteers? S1:If I were Xiao Hua,I might be discouraged,but after l read the story about her,l think l should try to live 1ike her and do some meaningful things for the AIDS patients and the society. S2:If 1 were Xiao Hua.I think 1 would appreciate every minutes of each day before my death and leave my smiles to my friends and patients. S3:… … T:What about the second question? S4:We should not have the wrong attitude towards people who have AIDS.Don’t consider them as bad and dangerous persons and look down upon them.On the contrary,we should try our best to help them and care about them.We can help to spread the knowledge about AIDS, such as the major ways for HIV to spread and prevention and treatment treasures. This way, AIDS patients would feel less lonely and more people can be prevented from being infected. S5:… … (责任编辑:admin) |