Unit Five Using Language

What’s your first aid IQ?

1.Your friend has an asthma(哮喘 ) attack, but she doesn’t have her medicine. You’d better:

A. Get a paper bag for her to breathe into.

B. Get her a cup of coffee.

C. Take her outside for fresh air.

咖啡因对气管扩张有效。

2.You should wait at least five minutes before touching somebody who has been struck by lightening(闪电 ), or you might get a shock(打击 ).

A. True

B. False

3. The best way to treat a hurt ankle(踝关节 ) is to:

A. Put an ice pack on your ankle.

B. Put a heating pad(电热垫 ) around your ankle.

C. Keep on walking and jumping.

4. If you get a nosebleed(鼻出血 ), gently let your head back to stop the bleeding.

A. True

B. False

此举会使血流进喉咙，

易造成窒息。

5. To treat a burn, you:

A. Rub( 涂 , 擦 ) some butter on it.

B. Hold the burnt part under cold running water.

C. Put salt on the burnt part.

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

A. Call 120

B. Perform CPR(心肺复苏 )

Assessment of results

• All correct: Congratulations! You have a good knowledge of first aid. Maybe you will become a first aid expert in the near future.

• 3 ～ 5: You have some knowledge of first aid, but you should work harder and learn more about it.

• 0 ～ 2: It seems that you are not interested in first aid. If an emergency happens to the people around you, you will have some trouble in helping them.

Will you help ? Will you help ?

How?How?

I. Read the headline：What is the story about?II. Read the first paragraph and fill in the chart.

Who

When

Where

Why

What

John Janson

honored at the Lifesaver Awards

carrying out first aid on a neighbor

Last night

Rivertown

Unit Five Using Language

Heroic Teenager

Receives Awards

III. Fast Reading

4 2 6 1 7 3 5

1. The attacker ran away.2. Anne was attacked and started to scream.3. John performed first aid on Anne.4. John was studying in his house.5. The ambulance arrived.6. John ran outside with his father.7. John found Anne in her garden with terrible

knife wounds.

Put these events in the order that they happened.

IV. What adj. can you find to describe John’s

action?

adj. quick-thinking

helpful

fearless

confident

courageous

heroic

unselfish

Step Three Summary: Fill in the Blanks

Last night, John heard _________ and ______

outside. His neighbor Anne had been _________. She was ___________ heavily.

John and his father asked for _________, but nobody could __________________ them. They got some tea _________ and _________ from their house. John used these to _________ the most severe injuries and ___________ the bleeding by ________ ________ to the wounds.

It was John’s _________ _________ and _________ of first aid that saved Anne’s life.

screaming

knowledge actionquick

bleeding stabbedrushed

applyingpressure

towelsput their hands on

bandagestapedress

slowed

Writing work: Following the structure

of Paragraph One, write a passage.

When 12.00 midnight

Where the crossing near the park

Who

How

Why

Advice