Unit 5
First
aid
skin
organ
barrier
poison
ray
complex
variety
liquid
n. 皮; 皮肤
n. 器官
n. 屏障; 障碍 (物)
n. 毒药; 毒害
vt.毒害; 使中毒
n. 光线; 射线
adj. 复杂的
n. 变化; 多样 (化)
n. 液体
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radiation
mild
mildly
pan
stove
tissue
swell
n. 辐射; 射线
adj. 轻微的; 温和的
adv.轻微地; 温和地
n. 平底锅; 盘子
n. 炉子; 火炉
n. 组织; 手巾纸
vt. & vi. (使) 膨胀; 隆起
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swollen
scissors
unbearable
basin
squeeze
bandage
vital
adj. 肿胀的
n. 剪刀
adj. 难以忍受的
n. 盆; 盆地
vt. & vi. 榨;挤;压榨
n. 绷带
adj. 至关重要的;
生死攸关的
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electric shock
squeeze … out
over and over again
触电; 电休克
榨出; 挤出
反复; 多次
Expressions preview
FIRST AID FOR BURNS
Reading
Skimming
to get
general ideas
(1) What is the topic of the text?
(2) How is the information organized?
(3) How is the information organized within
the heading of “types of burns and characteristics o
f burns”?
(4) Why is the information under the heading
of “First Aid Treatment” numbered?
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
(1) It’s about first aid for burns.
(2) The information is organized
according to causes, types, characteristics an
d first aid treatment for burns
Skimming
Suggested Answers:
(3) The information is organized
according to the types of burns: first
degree, second degree and third degree
burns.
(4) The numbers indicate the steps you
should take to treat a burn, in the
order that they should happen.
Skimming
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 functions of the skin
the symptoms of burns
how we get burns
3
5
1
4
2
Skimming
Reading Comprehension II
Scanning
to get
detail information
1. Our skin has three layers.
2. We will never get burned by the sun.
3. Burns are divided into three degrees
according to the degree of pain.
4. Third degree burns are the most
serious and painful.
Reading Comprehension III
True or False
Scanning
5. Put cold water on any burns to cool
them.
6. Don’t rub the burns.
7. It’s better that you put some
butter or oil on burns.
8. If burns are on the face, the victim
should sit up.
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?
Reading Comprehension IV
Scanning
1. Why should you put cold water on a
burn?
2. Why doesn’t a third degree burn
hurt?
Because the cold water stops the
burning process, stops the pain and
reduces the swelling.
Because in the third degree burn the
nerves have been damaged. If there
are no nerves, there is no pain.
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?
Because bacteria from the clothes and
jewellery could infect the burns.
Because all the layers of the skin have
been burnt showing the tissue
underneath.
ØThe functions of the skin:
1) Protect you against _______, _______
2) and ____________________;
3)2) Keep you _______ or _____;
4)3) Prevent your body from __________
5) ___________;
6)4) Give you _____________.
losing too
sense of touch
warm cool
diseases poisons
the sun’s harmful rays
Part 1
Detailed Reading
much water
steam
fire
the sun electricity chemicals
hot liquids
radiation
Part 2 ØCauses of burns
ØTypes of burns Part 3
second degree burns
first degree burns
third degree burns
the top layer of the skin
the top and the second
layer of the skin
all three layers of the skin
Which layer of the skin does the different
types of burns affect?
C
rough, red and
swollen with
blisters…
dry, red and
mildly swollen…
black and white
and charred…
second degree
burns
first
degree burns
third degree
burns
ØCharacteristics of burnsPart 4
B
A
Characteristics
1. ________ clothing and jewelry near
the burns.
2. ______ the burns with cool but not icy
water.
3. ______ cool, clean wet cloths on the
burns.
4. _____ the burned area gently.
Take off
Cool
Place
Dry
Dos
ØFirst aid treatmentPart 5
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 the injuries are second or
third degree burns.
Cover
Keep higher
Get
Dos
to
Don'ts
1. Do not _______ the clothing that is
2. stuck to the burns.
2. Do not cool the burns with _____ water.
3. Do not put cool water on _____ degree
burns.
4. Do not ____ butter, oil, ointment on
burns.
5. Do not ____ the burns, it will break the
blisters.
remove
icy
third
put
rub
http://www.healthy.net/clinic/firstaid/
If you want more tips about first aid and
ways to deal with common injuries, refer
to the following websites.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/
http://mi.essortment.com/firstaid_rfrg.htm
1. Get more about first aid from the newspaper,
magazine or the Internet.
2. Find out the important and difficult words and
expressions to you and finish exercises on page 3
6.
Homework