Using Language
Heroic teenager receives award
Let’s do some revision.
Fill in the blanks.
The skin is an _______ part of your body and it’s largest______. You have _____layers of skin which act as a barrier _______disease, _______ and the sun’s harmful rays. The _________ of your skin are also very _________ : it keeps you _____ or cool; it prevents your body from ______ too much water;
essential
organ
three
against
poisons
warm
losing
complex
functions
it is where you feel ____, heat or____ and it gives you your_____________. So as you can imagine, if your skin gets _______ it can be very serious. First aid is a very important first step in the _________ of burns.
cold
pain
sense of touch
burned
treatment
Read the article and then put these events in the order .
__ The attacker ran away.
__ Anne was attacked and started to scream.
__ John performed first aid on Anne
__ John was studying in his house.
__ The ambulance arrived.
__ John ran outside with his father.
__ John found Anne in her garden with
terrible knife wounds.
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2
6
1
7
3
5
Answer the questions
1.What was John honoured for?
2.What did John do when he heard the screaming?
3.What happened to Anne?
4.What saved Ms Slade’s life?
5.What first aid did John perform on Anne?
6.What adjectives would you use to describe John’s actions? Give at least three.
1.What was John honoured for?
2.What did John do when he heard the screaming?
He was honoured for giving lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife attack.
He rushed outside.
4.What saved Ms Slade’s life?
John’s quick action and knowledge of first aid saved her life.
3.What happened to Anne?
She had been stabbed repeatedly with a knife and was bleeding heavily. Her hands had almost been cut off.
5.What first aid did John perform on Anne?
He used some tea towels and tape to treat the most severe injuries to Anne’s hands.
He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the police and ambulance arrived.
6.What adjectives would you use to describe John’s actions? Give at least three.
brave, quick-thinking, helpful, heroic, courageous,
unselfish, fearless, confident
Read the text and fill in the blanks.
Screaming
Front garden
The Lifesaver Awards
tea towels
dress
applying
slow the bleeding
high school
Discussion
1. Do you think John was silly or brave to get involved in the situation? Give
reasons.
2. Would you have done the same as
John? Give reasons.
3.Do you think it is worthwhile to take a course in first aid? Give reasons.
1. John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the bravery of ten people who had saved the life of another.
Difficult sentences
be presented with sth=
be given with sth
which 引导一个定语从句
who引导一个定语从句
2. They discovered that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed repeatedly with a knife.
repeatedly 是由动词repeat的过去分词加-ly构成。类似的词汇有：
excitedly 兴奋地
worriedly 焦急地
contentedly 满足地
unexpectedly 出乎意料地
3. It was John’s quick action and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life.
It is/was … that… 强调句
It was his words that hurt her.
It was her that his words hurt .
It was yesterday that I met him .
4. put one’s hands on 找到
I know their address is here somewhere,
but I can’t put my hands on it (找到它)
right now.

Whatever he puts his hands on (他无论
着手做什么), he does it extraordinarily
well.
5. John used these to treat the most severe injuries to Ms Slade’s hand.
1) treat 处理 ；治疗
He was treated for severe sunburn.
2) treat 对待，把… 看作，请客
The stepmother treated Cinderella(灰姑娘) very badly.
Please treat everything I said as a joke.
I’ll treat you all to dinner.
6. It shows that a knowledge of first aid can make a real difference.
make a (some, no, etc) difference
有（一些，没有什么）区别
It makes no difference to you whether I like it or not, because you never listen to me.
It doesn’t make any difference to me where you come from.
根据括号内所给的提示将下列句子翻译成
英语。
1. 在交通事故中受伤的人被尽快送往了医院。 (the injured)

2. 我们急需一些绷带, 你能找到一些吗?
(put one’s hands on)
We are in great need of some bandages. Could you put your hands on some?
The injured in the traffic accident were taken to the hospital as soon as possible.
3. 因为干旱(draught), 我们的水供应已经被切断一个月了。 (cut off)
4. 他认识到自己知识的缺乏, 准备从头学起。 (recognize)
5.他们仅对新手实行这些规定。 (apply)
He recognized his lack of knowledge and decided to learn from the beginning.
Our water supply has been cut off for a month because of draught.
They applied these rules to beginners only.
Homework
Write a short description of an accident and how to deal with the injuries in the accident.