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Learning about Language Unit 5 First Aid Learning about Language Ding Liyun from WZMS

First Aid Should my sister be sent to hospital immediately? Besides sunshine, we also get burned by many kinds of things. a variety of various Should my sister be sent to hospital immediately? First Aid

My Experience of carrying out First Aid At first, my sister’s pain is hard to tolerate. Luckily , it’s not a serious accident and I provided some short-time treatment immediately. Squeezing out the cold water, I placed the wet cloth over her hand to cool the burnt area for many times. At last I covered her burned area with a bandage and hold it in the correct position with tape. Fortunately, she felt much better after my first aid! unbearable. a mild temporary over and over again. in place

When a big fire broke out… Tom Jane Jack

Jack got burned in the fire, and the ______ area may soon get infected Jack got burned in the fire, and the ______ area may soon get infected. (burn) burned Look, his clothes are _______. Hope the _____ is not serious. burning burn Use something to cover her nose and mouth, or Jane would get choked by the _________ smoke. (poison) poisonous The smoke which contains some ______ could ______ her. poison poison

Make your own discovery ! Jane got injured when escaping. Her ______ foot needed a first aid badly. (blood) bloody Her foot was ________ and there was a lot of _____ on the ground. bleeding blood Make your own discovery !

Learn to Summarize ~ed ~ous ~y injured sprained choked excited moved … various infectious cautious dangerous delicious … watery rainy windy smelly tasty …

[n.] injury; difficulty; honesty Jane fell down when escaping. Luckily, she only got a mild ______. The _______ girl was rushed to hospital immediately. injury injured [n.] injury; difficulty; honesty

Focus Your Attention 1. omitting of “to do” Many people didn’t know how to carry out first aid at that vital moment, though they had learned to carry out first aid. ( )

What can be omitted? Some words can be omitted (left out) when it is not necessary to repeat them. P37 Ex 2

Attention: “be” can never be omitted here Have a try ! — Do you want to be a volunteer of the rescue work? — Yes, I want to be a volunteer. — Yes, but I want to be. × ( ) Attention: “be” can never be omitted here

× Focus Your Attention 2. omitting in adverbial clause When she was in hospital, Jane received a good care. When Jane was in hospital, the nurse gave her a good care. ( ) When in hospital, Jane received a good care. ( ) When in hospital, the nurse gave her a good care. ×

Certain part of a sentence can be omitted if possible. But make sure the meaning is clear and not confusing.

When Jane was recovered, she attended a first aid course When Jane was recovered, she attended a first aid course. Because she was interested in first aid, Jane went to the school library to search for books in this field. She has read two books of them. The first book she read was more useful than the second book that she read. The teacher said she could renew the books if she wanted to renew them. Jane went over all the knowledge in the course before the exam while her friends didn’t go over the knowledge in the course. To everyone’s delight, she did better in her first aid exam than she was expected to do.

Practice makes perfect ! Ellipsis burn choke injure sprain poison infect vital essential char suitcase …

Homework: Finish off the passage with your partner. Change it with others and try to polish it. Finish off the Exx on P36 and Ex. 3 on P37