Unit 5
First Aid
reading
Senior English Module 5
Reading I
What is first aid?
First is the kind of_____ given to someone who suddenly ______ or gets ______ before a doctor can be found. Often the illness or injury is _________, but there are _________ when giving first aid quickly will ____________.
help
falls ill
injured
not serious
other times
save one’s life
Warming up & Lead-in
What situation can you think of that needs first aid?
Brain storm
vi. 流血;失血vt. 给(某人)放血
bleed
> bled bled
blood
bloody
n. 血;血统
adj. 出血的;血染的;血腥的
sprain
vt. 扭伤
sprained
adj. 扭伤的
choke
vt. & vi. (使)噎住;(使)窒息
Discuss what kind of first aid you should give in the following situations.
Press the wound;
Wrap bandage.
Cool the injury with ice.
Fasten with bandage.
Pinch the nostrils and press upward.
Cool the bridge of the nose.
Discuss
Can you guess what will happen to the girl?
Look at the picture on the left. What has happened?
The girl has pulled boiling water onto herself.
She will get bad burns.
What kind of first aid would you perform in this situation? Make a list of your ideas.
Cool the area of skin; wash it under the cold running water.
Cover the wound with bandage/ clean cloth.
See a doctor if necessary.
First aid for burns
I. Skim for general idea and then 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
1
4
2
5
1.What can skin do for our body ?
______________________________
______________________________
_______________________
____________________________
_________________________
1.Act as a barrier against disease,
poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.
2.Keep you warm or cool.
3.Prevent you from losing water.
4.Give you sense of touch.
II. Scanning
2.You can get burnt by :
___________
___________
__________
__________
_______________________
_______________________
hot liquids
steam
fire
radiation
the sun
electricity or chemicals
3. How many types of burns are there?
What are they?
1.First degree burns.
2. Second degree burns
3.Third degree burns
Ex 2 Label these pictures with first, second and third degree burn.
second degree
first degree
third degree
The three layers of skin:
The third layer
The second layer
The top layer
III. Detail reading: Filling in the blanks
layer
swollen
Mildly
pressed
top and the second
all three
rough
little or no
blisters
black and white
Fill in the blanks( based on the 1st Para.)
Our body’s largest organ:_____
We have ______ ______ of the skin.
Your skin ______ you _____ or _____.
It ________ your body ______ ______ ______.
5. It gives you your _____ _____ _____ .
skin
three layers
keeps
warm
cool
prevents
from
losing
water
sense
of
touch
IV. Read the passage and decide whether the first aid treatment is Right (R) or Wrong (W).
1. When someone is burned, you should place some ice on his wound.
2. The function of cool water is to prevent and reduce swelling.
3. We should put damp cloths on the second degree burns.
4. We shouldn’t break the blisters, or they will make the wound infected.
W
R
R
R
5. Sometimes, we can put oil or ointments on burns to stop the infection.
6. We should make sure the bandage won’t stick to the skin when it is used.
7. If burns are on the face, we should make the victim sit up.
8. Cold water can be used in three types of burns.
W
W
R
R
Ex 3 Answer the questions
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 prevents or
reduces swelling（肿）.
Because in a 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 layers of the skin have
been burnt showing the tissue underneath.
1. Sam knocked over a kettle full of boiling water onto his legs. His legs became red, swollen and covered with blisters. Sam broke the blisters and poured icy water from the fridge onto the skin. ( )
W
Ex 4 Right or Wrong
2. While ironing clothes, Miss Good accidentally touched the iron. Her wrist blistered and became watery. It hurt a lot. She put her wrist under the cold water tap and then kept placing cool, clean, damp cloths on it until it was less painful. Then she went to see the doctor. ( )
R
3. Mrs Casey’s sleeve caught fire while she was cooking . Her arm looked terrible but it didn’t hurt. The skin was charred. Her husband took off her blouse and picked off bits of the blouse stuck to the burn. He then placed butter on the burn and covered it with a wet bandage. ( )
W
4. After an hour in the sun, Lily noticed her arms were red and hurt a bit. She went home and put them under cool running water. ( )
R
补充
sense of touch
sense of sight
sense of hearing
sense of taste
sense of smell
sense of humour
sense of beauty
sense of urgency
触觉
sense
视觉
听觉
味觉
嗅觉
幽默感
美感
紧迫感
aid 帮助,援助,赞助
first aid 急救
come/ go to sb’s aid 援助某人
with the aid of 在… 的帮助下
aid sb with sth 帮助某人做某事
aid sb in doing sth 帮助某人做某事
Eg. ① He came to my aid at once.
② He was able to find the museum with the aid
of a map.
③ We aided him in raising the money.
④He aided me with money.
Language points
2. fall ill 生病 属短暂性动词, 不与
for + 时间段连用
be ill 指生病的状态,是持续性行为, 可与
for + 时间段连用
His wife suddenly fell ill last week.
He has been ill for a week.
fall 用作连系动词,后常接形容词.
fall asleep 睡着
fall silent 沉默不语
3. treatment 不可数名词 “ 对待, 待遇,处理; 治疗
工人们受到政府优厚的待遇.
The workers received good treatment from the
government
可数名词 . “ 疗法”
他们正在实验一种治疗癌症的新疗法.
They are trying _____________________________
a new treatment for cancer
be under treatment 在治疗中
be under one’s treatment 接受某人的治疗
for treatment 进行治疗
treatment for + 疾病的名词 治…病的方法
①她仍在医院接受治疗.

②他接受了医生的治疗, 不久就痊愈了.

③他已去伦敦住院进行特殊治疗.

④他已试验过许多治疗皮肤病的方法.
She’s still under treatment in hospital.
He soon recovered under the doctor’s treatment.
He’s gone to hospital in London for special treatment
He has tried many treatments for skin disease.
4. mild 轻微的, 温和的, 温柔的
我们校长是一个很温和的人.

他只是受到了轻微的惩罚
Our headmaster is a mild person.
He was given a mild punishment.
这个季节天气非常宜人.
The weather is very mild for the season.
5. iron n. 铁, 熨斗 irons 镣铐
v. 烫熨
这个杀人犯的双脚被套上了镣铐。
The murderer’s legs were put in irons.
这种材料很好烫。
This material irons well/ easily.
6. swell v. 膨胀，隆起
①她的腿肿得很厉害。

②风鼓起了帆。

③大雨使河水上涨了。
Her leg has swollen badly.
The wind swelled the sails.
The heavy rain swelled the river.
swollen 可作形容词，表示“ 肿胀的”
Her eyes were red and swollen with weeping.
她的眼睛哭得又红又肿。
7. damage v. 损害， 损坏
n. 损害， 毁坏， 破坏 （ 不可数）
①这场战争损害了两国之间的关系。
②地震造成了重大破坏。
The war damaged the relations between the
countries.
The earthquake caused great damage.
区别damage, destroy 和ruin
damage “损坏”, 意味着损坏后的价值或效率降低,
一般是部分性的。
destroy 指十分彻底地“ 破坏”， 含有不能或很难修复
的意思。
ruin 指某物被损害到不能再修复，不能再使用
的程度。
I damaged my shoes in basketball practice today.
今天练篮球时我把鞋弄坏了。
The building was completely destroyed by fire.
那所房子被烧得一干二净。
My new sweater is ruined.
我的新毛衣全完了。
8.jewellery 和jewel 的辨析：
两者均有“ 珍宝首饰” 之意，jewellery 为集体
名词， 不可数；jewel 为可数名词
① She appeared at the party wearing some of
Her finest________.
jewels B. jewelleries C. jewel D. jewellers
② I want to buy ____ as a birthday gift for my
daughter.
some jewel B. a piece of jewel
C. a jewellery D. a piece of jewellery
A
D
9. squeeze out 榨出， 挤出
他们被年轻人挤出了就业市场。
They have been squeezed out of the job
market by young people.
squeeze money from sb 向某人勒索钱财
squeeze money out of sb
那个年轻人经常向那个小学生勒索钱财。
The young man often squeezes money from/
out of the pupil.
10. over and over again 反复多次
again and again , time and again
over and over, time and time again
11. wound n.伤，创伤 v. 伤害，使受伤
区别wound, injure, harm 与 hurt:
wound 一般指外伤，如枪伤，刀伤等， 尤指
在战场上受伤；也可指在感情上荣誉方面的创伤。
injure 常指因意外或事故而造成的损伤，还可
表示在感情上，荣誉上的伤害，可用于人或物。
harm 指损害有生命的或无生命的东西；也可指
肉体上或精神上的损害。
hurt 指任何肉体或精神上的伤害。尤其指
打伤，刺伤；还可表示“疼痛”。
①He died from the sword wound.
他死于这次剑伤。
②The bullet wounded him in his arm.
子弹打伤了他的手臂。
③He was injured in a traffic accident.
他在一次交通事故中受了伤。
④We won’t do anything that will harm the cause
of peace.
我们不会做任何危及和平事业的事。
⑤He fell off the ladder and hurt his leg.
他从梯子上摔下来，上了腿。
12. In place 在适当的位置， 适当
out of place 不在适当的位置， 不适当
in place of / in one’s place 代替
take the place of 代替
She likes everything _______________ before
she starts work.
Her criticisms were quite_____________.
( 她的批评太不相宜了）
Let me go ____your _____.
to be in place
out of place
in
place
Homework
Recite the new words and expressions of this unit.
Find out the new phrases and difficult sentences in the text.