1. Unit5
Reading-First aid

2. Brainstorming What things at home can be dangerous?
electrical equipment knives
electric wires hot water
poisons glass
pets gas

3. Pre-reading
What kind of first aid would you perform in this situation? Make a list of your ideas.

4. First aid for burns

5. Words preview skin organ barrier poison ray complex variety liquid
vt.毒害; 使中毒
n. 光线; 射线
adj. 复杂的
n. 变化; 多样化
n. 液体

6. 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

7. 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

8. Expressions preview electric shock 触电; 电休克 squeeze … out 榨出; 挤出
over and over again
触电; 电休克
榨出; 挤出
反复; 多次

9. Fast-Reading 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 5 1 4 2

10. Scanning Read the passage carefully and get
the answers to the questions.
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.

11. 2.You can get burnt by:
___________
__________
_______________________
hot liquids
steam
fire
radiation
the sun
electricity or chemicals

12. 3. How many types of burns are there?
What are they?
1) First degree burns.
2) Second degree burns
3) Third degree burns

13. Label these pictures with first, second and third degree burn.
second degree
first degree
third degree

14. The three layers of skin:
The top layer
The second layer
The third layer

15. III. Detail-reading: Filling in the blanks.
Types
 Characteristics 
First degree burns
Affect the top _____ of the skin.
Dry, red and mildly _____
_____ painful
Turn white when ______.
Mildly
layer
swollen
pressed

16. Types
 Characteristics 
Second degree burns
affect both the _______
_______ layer of the skin.
_____,
red and swollen
extremely painful
_____
watery surface
Third degree burns
affect _____ layers of the skin.
swollen; tissue can be seen.
___________
pain
_____________ and
charred
rough
blisters
top and the second
little or no
black and white
all three

17. 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 again and again until it is less painful .
4. We shouldn’t break the blisters, or they will make the wound infected. W R R R

18. 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 R R W

19. Post-reading
After listening, answer the questions in your own words according to the passage.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. Life is precious
We should care about others, and help people in an emergency.
Try our best to give them effective first aid if they are in danger.

23. Homework Acquire the knowledge of First Aid and apply it to your life.
Find out the important and difficult words and expressions to you and finish exercises on page 36.