高二（ 11 ）班

教师：袁先忠

First Aid First Aid for burnsfor burns

READING

What is first aid?

the fist kind of help given to someone who suddenly falls ill or gets injured before a doctor can be found.

What words can you think of when you talk about accidents and first aid?

AccidentFirst aid

drown

bleed chokeburn/catch fire

cut

a bloody nosea snake bite

a sprained ankle

a broken arm

BrainstormingBrainstorming

What would you do in the following situations?

What could we do to prevent these accidents?

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 bleeding, you should put a bandage on the wound and apply pressure to reduce the bleeding.

A. True

B. False

4. 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

5. To treat a burn, you:

A. Rub( 擦 )some butter on it.

B. Hold the burnt part under cold

running water.

C. Put salt on the burnt part.

6. You should wait at least five minutes

before touching somebody who has been

struck by lightning, or you might get a

shock ( 打击 ).

A. True

B. False

7. To treat a choke, you should make him / her spit by patting him / her on the back.

A. True

B. False

8. If someone is having a heart attack, you should first:

A. Call 120

B. Perform CPR ( 心肺复苏 )

What kind of first aid would you perform in this situation?

Pre-reading

What has happened?

Place burns under gently running water for about 10 minutes.

Take clothing off the burned area unless it is stuck to the burn.

Take off other clothing and jewellery near burns.

Dip the burns under cool water to stop the pain and prevent or reduce swelling.

Place cool, clean, wet cloths on burns until the pain is not so bad.

If the injuries are second degree or third degree burns, get the victim to the doctor or hospital at once.

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

Let’s read

and check your ideas.

Pre-reading

1. What will the passage be about?

2. What do they tell you about the passage?

First aid for burns.

Causes, types, characteristics and first aid treatment for burns.

skinorgan

barrierpoison

ray complex

varietyliquid

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

Words preview

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. 膨胀 ; 隆起

scissors

unbearable

basin

bandage

vital

n. 剪刀adj. 难以忍受的n. 盆 ; 盆地n. 绷带adj. 至关重要的； 生死攸关的

electric shock

squeeze … out

over and over again

触电 ; 电休克榨出 ; 挤出反复 ; 多次

Expressions preview

Fast ReadingIn 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

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Find out how many parts there are and the main idea of each part:

Part1.

Part2.

Part3.

Part4

part5

The purpose / function of skin

Causes of burns

Types of burns: First degree burns,

Second degree burns, Third degree burns

Characteristics of burns

First aid treatment

hot liquids, steam, fire, radiation, the sun, electricity, chemicals

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.

Tell if the following statements are true or false:

5. Put cool 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.

1. Get more about first aid from the newspaper, magazine or the Internet.

2. Review the text carefully and finish the comprehending on page 35.

3. Find out the important and difficult words and expressions to you and finish exercises on page 36.