1. Welcome

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. When a big fire broke out…
Tom
Jane
Jack

6. 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

7. 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 !

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

9. [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

10. 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.
( )

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

12. 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

13. × 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. ×

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

15. 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.

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

17. 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