Reading I
First aid for burns
What things at home can be dangerous?
electrical equipment
electric wires
poisons
knives
hot water
glass
Brainstorming
gas
pets
Pre-reading
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.
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 ?
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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 :
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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
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