Dealing with AIDS

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Dealing with AIDS

• Phrase
  • deal with AIDS和疾病作斗争
  • strengthen the bond of sth 强化……的纽带
  • mature growth 促进增长（情感方面）
  • enjoy life=live life up 享受生活
  • thingd started to change 世事难料
  • hang out 出去玩
  • more than usual 比平时更……
  • hung up 挂断电话
  • blew it off 算了吧
  • pull sb aside 把某人拉到一边
  • regard = as to 关于
  • sick joke 恶作剧
  • things strated to make sense事情开始变得有意义
  • so……that 如此以至于
  • far apart=drift
  • pay with sb's life 用某人的生命付出代价
  • things had gone wrong before 以前也出过问题
  • felt so powerless 感到无能为力
  • rely on 依靠
  • make things better 让事情变得越来越好
  • it seemed that I was the only there for him 我似乎是他唯一的依靠
  • make the decision to tell 下定决心说出来
  • there was no use in hiding 躲藏没有用
  • sooner or later 或迟或早
  • want nothing to do with him 我不想和他有任何关系
  • all of a sudden 突然
  • keep up 跟不上
  • meant everthing to me 对我来说意味着一切
  • turn my back on 转过身去/背弃
  • need me the most 最需要我
  • stuck it out 坚持下来
  • the thing was 问题是
  • for fear that =in case that防止
  • treated this way 用这样的方式对待
  • would have done sth与过去事实相反（虚拟语气）
  • don't know how to react （原因状语从句)
  • as time went on随时间流逝
  • all too quickly 太快
  • not yet anyway 尚未反正
  • went doctor after doctor 一家一家去寻医
  • for his sake=because of 由于
  • attitude means everything 态度决定一切
  • keep things together 打理好一切
  • do me good=benefit sb 对某人有好处
  • were gone（表持续）
  • keep everything in 对自己最想说的话
  • there was no more hope felt 再也没有什么希望了
  • maintain my positive outlook for him 保持我对他的积极态度
  • it wouldn't be long before +一般现在时
  • shouldn't have to 本来不需要
  • towards the end of May 朝着五月末
  • come to realize 逐渐意识到
  • any day now 随时
  • make it through 渡过难关
  • in pain 处于痛苦中
  • hold in=keep in 保持
  • I am no longer that carefree teenager 我不再是无忧无虑的青少年了
  • in mind and spirit 在精神意愿中
• Words
  • invincible 无敌的
  • carefree 无忧无虑的
  • bother 困扰
  • confront 当面对质
  • grown 种植
  • seriousness严重性
  • marked 标记
  • bedridden 卧床不起
  • lesion 身体上的伤害
  • staff 工作人员
  • plague 瘟疫
• Structual analysis
  • Paragraph 1
    • This part indicates the beneficial result from dealing with AIDS and makes clear the exact date when the word AIDS came into the writer's life.
  • Paragraph 2-4
    • This part tells about how the writer knew and felt about his best friend's disease.
  • Paragraph 5-7
    • This part tells us that the writer kept an active and positive attitude for the sake of his friend David and showed great concern to him.
  • Paragraph 8
    • This part points out the specific date that marked the end of David's life,describes the writer's emotions towards David's death,and informs us how the writer keeps his friend's memory alive.