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1、Unit4DealingwithAIDS   DealingwithAIDSstrengthensthebondoffriendship,encouragesemotionalandmaturegrowth.BeforethesixteenthofOctober1995,Iwasthemostcarefreepersonintheworld.Ihadnoworriesandwasjustlivinglifeup.Ineverthoughtthatanythingcouldhappentomeormyfriends.Wewereinvincible.Thatis,untilt

2、hewordAIDScameintomylife.   For10yearsDavidandIwerethebestoffriends.Thenwegottohighschoolandthingsstartedtochange.Wewereindifferentclasses,sowedidn'thangoutasmuch.ItbotheredmebutIthoughtthatwewerebothjustgrowingup,andthereweremorefriendswherehecamefrom.ThenIbegantonoticethathewasn'tinschoo

3、lalot,andwassickmorethanusual.SoIcalledhimandhehunguponme.Ididn'tknowwhattodo,soonceagainIblewitoff.ThenonedayIsawDavidinthemallandIconfrontedhimastowhywewerenotfriendsanymore.Hepulledmeasideandbrokedownintearsandsaidthathewasdying.Ididn'tbelievehim.Sure,IhadheardaboutAIDS,butthatitwasahom

4、osexualdiseaseanditdidn'taffectyoungpeople,soIsaidthatitwasasickjokeandleft.   WhenIgothomethingsstartedtomakesense.Irantomyroomandcried.Davidwasonly17;hecouldn'tdie.ThenIfeltsobadthatwehadgrownsofarapart.IcalledDavid,askinghimtocomeoversowecouldtalk.WhenhecameoverIsawaseriousnessinhimthat

5、Ihadneverseenbefore.Helookedsoold,toooldforhisage.Iaskedhowithappened.Davidhadhadunprotectedsexonceandnowhadtopaywithhislife.Iwassoangry.Ihaveneverfeltsopowerlessinmywholelife.Whenthingshadgonewrongbeforethis,Icouldalwaysrelyonmyparentstomakethingsbetter.Therewasnothingthattheycoulddothist

6、ime.Ihadtohandleitallonmyown.   DavidandIbecameverycloseagain,anditseemedthatIwastheonlyonethereforhim.Davidmadethedecisiontotellpeopleabouthisdisease.Therewasnouseinhidingit;soonerorlaterpeoplewouldfindout.Peoplelookedathimasifhehadaplague,andourfriendsfromschoolwantednothingtodowithhim.S

7、oonafterthattheywantednothingtodowithme.AllofasuddenIfeltthatIhadthedisease.Ididn'tknowwhattodo.MywholelifewaschangingsofastthatIcouldn'tkeepup.OnceagainIwasgrowingupandrealizedthatourfriendshipmeanteverythingtome.Also,Icouldn'tturnmybackonhimwhenheneededmethe