Warming up and reading
What happened just now?
What will you do
in such a situation?
So ….
There were 760,327 traffic accidents in
China last year, resulting in 106,367
deaths. 71.16% of the deaths were due to
the lack of timely first aid.
First aid is important for the victims (受害
者), and necessary for us to learn about.
!
First aid is a ____________________
given to someone who suddenly
_______ or __________ before a
doctor can be found. Often the _____
or ______ is not_______, but there
are other times when giving
________________will save ______ .
temporary form of help
falls ill gets injured
illness
injury serious
first aid quickly lives
What situation can you think of that needs
first aid?
流血 失血
给 某人 放血
bleed
> bled bled
blood
bloody
血;血统
出血的;血染的;血腥的
sprain 扭伤
sprained 扭伤的
choke (使)噎住;(使)窒息
Quiz
How much do you know about
First Aid ?
110
119
120
Are you familiar with the following numbers?
Police department
Fire department
Medical emergency(急救) centre
1. The best way to treat a sprained ankle
is to:
A. Put some ice on your ankle.
B. Put a heating pad(垫子)around your
ankle.
C. Keep on walking and jumping.
2. If you get a nosebleed, gently let your
head back to stop the bleeding.
A. True
B. False
(It may lead the blood into
the throat and easily cause
choking.)
3. To treat a burn, you should:
A. Rub(擦)some butter on it.
B. Hold the burnt part under cold
running water.
C. Put salt on the burnt part.
4. To treat a choke, you should make him
/her spit by patting him/her on the back.
A. True
B. False
(吐)
5. To treat a bleeding, you
should put a bandage on
the wound and apply
pressure to reduce the
bleeding.
A. True
B. False
6. To treat a broken arm, you:
A. move the broken bone in
no time.
B. keep the arm still using a
sling to support the broken
arm
Can you guess what
will happen to the
girl?
How will her mother deal with the burn?
Look at the picture on
the left. What has
happened?
The girl has pulled
boiling water onto
herself.
She will get bad burns.
Pre-reading
First Aid for
Reading
Burns
an ambulance
bandage
first-aid-kit
Fast Reading
> In which order are these topics covered
in the text? Number them from 1 to 5.
_____ the three types of burns
_____ what to do if someone gets burned
_____ the purpose of skin
_____ the symptoms of burns
_____ how we get burns
3
5
1
4
2
Scanning
Read part1—part4. Then answer the
following questions.
Part 1
What can skin do for our body ?
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
1. Protect you against diseases,
poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.
2. Keep you warm or cool
3. Prevent you from losing water
4. Give you your sense of touch
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CAUSES of burns
steam
radiation
hot liquids
chemicals
H2SO4
fire
Part 2
Part 3 Types of burns
There are _______ types of burns depending on
which _______of the skin are burned.
_______________ affect only the _____ layer and
should feel better within _______________.
________________ affect both the _____ and the
_______ layer. These burns are _______ and take
______________ to heal.
________________ affect all ______ layers and
any ______ and ______ under the skin. They are very
_______ injuries and the victim must go to ________
at once.
three
layers
First degree burns top
a day or two
Second degree burns top
second serious
a few weeks
Third degree burns three
tissue organs
severe hospital
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ypesdifferent t of burns
B
A
C
Extremely
painful
Mildly swollen
Often tissue
under them
can be seen.
Read part 4
second
degree burn
first
degree burn
third
degree burn
First
degree
burns
Affect the
top______
of the skin.
Dry, red
and mildly
______.
_______
painful.
Turn white
when
______.
Second
degree
burns
Affect both
the ____ &
the ______
layer.
________,
red and
swollen.
Extremely
painful.
________,
watery
surface
Third
degree
burns
Affect_____
________
layers of
the skin.
Swollen;
______ can
be seen.
______ or
____ pain.
Black and
white and
_______.
layer
top
second
all
three
swollen
Rough
tissue
Mildly
Little
no
pressed
Blisters
charred
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1. If you are burned, you must remove clothing
even if it is stuck to the burn.
2. We shouldn’t rub the burns.T
Treatment
True or False:
3. Sometimes, we can put oil or ointments on
burns to stop the infection.
4. We should make sure the bandage won’t
stick to the skin when it is used.
5. If burns are on the face, we should make
the victim lie down.
F
F
T
sit up
Funless
Never can we
How will her mother deal with the burn?
Summary of first aid treatment
1. ________ clothing and jewellery near the burns.
2. ______ the burns with cool water.
3. ______ cool, clean wet cloths on the burns.
4. ______ the burned area gently.
5. ______ the burned area with a dry clean bandage.
6. ______ the burned area ______ than the heart, if
possible.
7. ______ the victim ____the doctor or hospital, if
possible.
Take off
Cool
Place
Dry
Cover
Keep higher
Get to
Try our best to give them effective
first aid if they are in danger.
We should care about others , and
help people in an emergency.
Homework
• 1. Learn the new words by heart.
• 2. Read the passage “First aid for burns”
• carefully and pay attention to the useful
• words and expressions.
• 3. Finish Exx.1-2 on page 36.
Answer the questions
• 1. Why should you put cold water on a burn?
• 2. Why doesn’t a third degree burn hurt?
• 3. Why do you think clothes and jewellery near
burns should be removed?
• 4. If someone has a third degree burn, why might
you see tissue?
Words competition
Example: k n o c h i g
t e m e n t r a t
b r e k o n
i u j r n y
b e l d e
e t m r o r p a y
k l e a n
d g e r e e
d a a n b g e
s o p m t y m
choking
treatment
broken
injury
bleed
temporary
ankle
degree
bandage
Symptom