Unit3ProtectingourselvesFiveyoungAmericansspenttwomonthstravelingacrosstheUnitedStatesrecentlyonatwomonthbusjourney.Butthiswasnotaromanticcrosscountrytripofselfdiscovery.ThesefiveyouthswereonamissiontoraisemoneytocombatAIDSinAfrica.Thedriverofayellowschoolbusrevsitsengine.Ablackandwhitemuralpaintedonthebus'ssideshowschildren'sfaces,thephrase“ClosetheGap”，andalargenumber“three”．AccordingtotheUNAIDSorganization,nearlythreemillionpeoplewerenewlyinfectedwithHIVinSubSaharanAfricalastyear.NearlythreemillionpeoplearoundtheworldlastyeardiedofAIDS.FiveyoungAmericansspenttwomonthsoftheirsummeronthisrenovatedschoolbus.Theytraveledacrossthecountry,withstopsin23U．S.states,andspeakingengagementsatdozensofschools,churchesandyouthrallies.Thefiveshareonemission—educatingyoungAmericansabouttheAIDScrisisinAfrica.EighteenyearoldNathanielElliotcameupwiththeideaafterhelearnedasoberingfact.“Twoyearsago,Ifoundoutthat,bythetimeIgraduatedfromhighschool,therewouldbemorethan40millionpeopleHIVpositive,andmostlyinAfrica,and,forsomereason,thatgrabbedme(caughtmyattention)，”saidElliot.So,theteenagerdecidedtoseewhathecoulddotohelp.“Originally,myfriendandIhadalwaysplanned,justforthefunofit,todriveacrossthecountry—noreason,justforfunforoursenioryear，”Elliotexplained.“But,whenIfoundoutthatfact,Irealizedwecoulduseitforsomethinggood,andnotjustourownpleasure.And,throughthat,theideaofbuildingschoolscamearound,youknow,spreadingawarenessisamajorgoal.”ElliotspreadthewordthathewaslookingforpeopletosharehismissionofeducatingyoungAmericans,andgettingtheminvolved.Ananonymousdonorgavehimthebus.Andabout30peopleappliedforthetrip.Elliothelpedselectfourofthem,ages17—23.Duringthecoasttocoasttrek,thefiveyoungmenstoppedinWashingtontospeakataChristianyouthrally.Theylooklikeaveragecollegeagedboys—shorthair,shortsorjeans.Buttheystandapartfromthethousandsofyoungpeopleinthecrowd.TheyareeachwearingabrightorangeandblackTshirtemblazonedwithamapofAfricaandthenameoftheirmissionmotto:“LivingHope.”[诱思导读]1．WhatisthemissionthatfiveyoungAmericansspenttwomonthstravelingacrosstheUSA?2．WhatdoyouthinkwecandotohelpthepeoplewhogetAIDSinAfrica?【答案】1.ThemissionistoraisemoneytocombatAIDSandtoeducateyoungAmericansabouttheAIDScrisisinAfrica.2．略Ⅰ.词义搭配1．batheA．suddenandunexpected，ofteninanunpleasantway2．abruptB．allthethingsthatneedtobedoneorthatneedtobethoughtaboutorsolved3．weepC．towashsomeoneinabath4．sneezeD．anattempttodosomething5．bidE．todecidethatsomethingistrueafterlookingatalltheevidenceyouhave6．agendaF．totreatsb.unfairlybecauseoftheirreligion，race，orotherpersonalfeatures7．concludeG．anactorsoundofsneezing8．discriminateH．tocrybecauseyoufeelunhappyorhavesomeotherstrongemotion【答案】1.C2.A3.H4.G5.D6.B7.E8.FⅡ.短语填空burstonthescene；befamiliarwith；devote...to；dieof/from；aswellas；atarate；sofar；haveaccessto1．Everystudentherethelibraryonweekends.2．Aterriblediseaseafterthebigearthquake.3．ThenumberofthepeoplewhogetAidsisincreasingfrightening.4．Wethecauseofthedisease.5．InAfrica，nowmorechildrenAids.【答案】1.hasaccessto2.burstonthescene3．ata；rate4.arefamiliarwith5.diedofⅢ.背诵下列教材中出现的句型，体会黑体部分的用法1．HIVisspreadingacrosstheworldatahighrate,withabout7,000peoplecatchingthevirusdaily.艾滋病毒在全球以高速度传播，大约每天有7000人受到感染。2．Theworkofinternationalorganiza...
