Book 5 Unit 5 Period 1 Reading

Book 5 Unit 5 Period 1 Reading
Learning Aims
1. Talk about some basic information about first aid
2. Improve the basic reading skills, and know more about first aid
3. provide others with some necessary help by learning it
Learning Methods
1. Do fast-reading to get the main information of the text.
2. Learn some details by careful reading
Backgrounds
First aid is emergency care for a victim of sudden illness or injury until more skillful medical treatment is available．It may save a life or improve certain vital signs including pulse，temperature，a clear airway(气道)，and breathing．In minor emergencies，first aid may prevent a victim's condition from turning worse and provide relief from pain．First aid must be administered as quickly as possible．In the case of the critically injured，a few minutes can make the difference between complete recovery and loss of life．First-aid measures depend upon a victim's needs and the provider's level of knowledge and skill．Knowing what not to do in an emergency is as important as knowing what to do．
Teaching Procedures
Step 1: Warming Up
1. Nowadays there are a lot of unexpected accidents. What would you do in such situations? Next, let’s do some quiz to test whether you have mastered some basic knowledge about first aid.
2. What is first aid?
First aid is ____________ ____given to someone who suddenly ________ or ___________before a doctor can be found. Often the or is not , but there are other times when giving will save .
Step 2: Pre-reading
Turn to p3 and look at the picture and answer the following Qs.
1 .What has happened to the little girl?
2. Can you guess what will happen to the girl?
3. How will her mother deal with the burn?
Step 3: Fast reading
Skim the text and match main idea with each part
Part1 causes of burns
Part2 the functions of skin
Part3 first aid treatment
Part4 the symptoms of burns
Part5 types of burns Step 4 :Careful reading
Ⅰ.Scan Part 1 to 4 to answer three questions
1.What are the functions of the skin?
It keeps you _____ or _____. It prevents your body ____ ____ ____.
It is where you feel ____,___or____. It gives you your _____ ____ _____
2.What are causes of burns?
3.What are types and symptoms of burns?
II. Read part5 and answer the following true or false questions:
( ) 1. If you are burned, you must remove clothing even if it is stuck to the burn.
( ) 2. We shouldn’t rub the burns.
( ) 3. Sometimes, we can put oil or ointments on burns to stop the infection.
( ) 4. We should make sure the bandage won’t stick to the skin when it is used.
( ) 5. If burns are on the face, we should make the victim lie down.
II1. Choose the best answer.
l. How to judge first, second or third burns according to the text?
A. See whether the burns are dry, red or mildly swollen.
B. Depend on which layers of the skin are burned.
C. Depend on whether the burns are rough, red or swollen.
D. Depend on whether the tissue under the burns can be seen.
2. Which of the following is NOT the reason for cooling burns?
A. Stopping the burning process.
B. Preventing the pain becoming unbearable.
C. Reducing swelling.
D. Preventing breaking any blisters.
3. Before the medical help can be got, you should_______
A. remove the victim from the source of the burn
B. remove the victim’s clothing stuck to the burnt area
C. break the blisters to prevent the victims getting infected
D. try to keep the heat of the burnt area
4. You can treat burns at home in all the following cases Except_________
A. the burnt area is slightly swollen
B. Only the first layer of skin is affected
C. you don’t feel any pain after being burnt
D. the burn covers only a very small area
5. What is the RIGHT treatment for the first degree burns?
A. Get the victim to the doctor or hospital.
B. Put butter, oil or ointments on burns as they don't keep the heat in the wounds and may decrease infection.
C. Place cool, clean, wet cloths on them until the pain is not so bad.
D. Keep cloths cool by putting them back in the cold water.
当堂检测：
1.课文语法填空
The skin is an essential part of your body and its largest organ, _______ can protect you _______ disease, poisons and so on. It has complex functions. But when your skin gets _______(burn) it can be very serious, so it is very important to know first aid for burns. A _________(various) of things can burn your skin, and there are three types of burns. If you’ve got burns, first, removing clothing ________(use) scissors if necessary. For first degree burns, place cool, clean, wet cloths on them. For second degree burns, keep cloths cool by putting them back in a basin of cold water,
_______(squeeze) them out and placing them on the burned area over and over _______ for about an hour. Next, dry the burned area _______(gentle), then cover the burned area with a dry, clean bandage without sticking _____ the skin, and hold ________ in place with tape. If you’ve got second or third degree burns, you’d better go to hospital at once.
2. 课文短文改错
What is well-known that the skin is essential to us, and it acts as a barrier against being burned as well as gives us sense of touch. However, our skins can sometimes be burned due to our careless. Therefore, first aid is of important. General speaking, burns, that are caused by hot liquids, fire, radiation and so on, can be divided into three types—first degree, second degree and third degree burns depend on the injured layers of the skin. All various degree burns needs first aid. If one is burned, you should not only take clothing off the buried area unless it is stuck to it, and also other clothing and jewellery near the burn. But to severe burns, get the victim to the doctor at no time.
Step 6 :Discussion
Why is first aid important in our daily life?。