Unit 5

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What is first aid?

>First aid is the kind of_____ given to

someone who suddenly ______ or gets

______ before a doctor can be found.

Often the illness or injury is _________, but

there are _________ when giving first aid

quickly will ____________.

help

falls ill

injured

not serious

other times

save one’s life

Lead-in

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Can you guess what will happen to the girl?

How will her mother deal with the burn?

Look at the picture on the left. What has happened?

The girl has pulled boiling water onto herself.

She will get bad burns.

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Fast Reading> In which order are these topics covered in the

text? Number them from 1 to 5.

_____ the three types of burns

_____ what to do if someone gets burned

_____ the purpose of skin

_____ the symptoms of burns

_____ how we get burns

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First Aid For Burns

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Careful-reading

>Read the text part by part to get the details and the main idea of each part.

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Part1:Fill in the blanks( based on the 1st Para.)

1. Our body’s largest organ:_____

2. We have ______ ______ of the skin.

3. Your skin keeps you _____ or _____.

4. It prevents your body ______ ______

______.

5. It gives you your _____ _____ _____ .

skinskin

three layersthree layers

warm

warm

coolcool

from

from

losing

losingwaterwater

sensesense ofof touchtouch

The function of our skin

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You can get burnt by :

___________

______

__________

__________

_______________________

_______________________

hot liquids

steam

fire

radiation

the sun

electricity or chemicals

Part2 Causes of burns

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First degree burns

Affect the

top______

of the

skin.

Dry, red

and mildly

______.

_______

painful.

Turn white

when

______.

Second degree burns

Affect both the ____ & the ______ layer.

________,

red and

swollen.

Extremely

painful.

________

watery

surface

Third degree burns

Affect_____

________

layers of

the skin.

Swollen;

______ can

be seen.

______ or

____ pain.

Black and

white and

_______.

Types & characteristicsTypes & characteristics of burnsof burns

1. Types1. Types 2. Characteristics2. Characteristics

layer

topsecond

all three

swollen

Rough

tissue

Mildly

Littleno

pressed

Blisters

charred

Part3&4

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According to the form above, label these pictures with

first degree burns, second degree burns and third degree

burns.

first degree burnssecond degree burns third degree burns

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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. We should put damp cloths on the second degree burns.

3. We shouldn’t break the blisters, or they will make the wound infected.

4. Sometimes, we can put oil or ointments on burns to stop the infection.

5. If burns are on the face, we should make the victim sit up.

W

R

R

W

R

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How will her mother deal with the burn?

Summary of first aid treatment

1. ________ clothing and jewellery near the burns.

2. ______ the burns with cool water.

3. ______ cool, clean wet cloths on the burns.

4. ______ the burned area gently.

5. ______ the burned area with a dry clean bandage.

6. ______ the burned area ______ than the heart, if possible.

7. ______ the victim ____the doctor or hospital, if possible.

Take off

Cool

Place Dry

Cover

Keep higher

Get to

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Ex 3 Answer the questions (discuss)

1. 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 Because the cold water stops the burning process, stops the pain and prevents or process, stops the pain and prevents or reduces swellingreduces swelling（肿）（肿） . .

Because in a third degree burn the Because in a third degree burn the nerves have been damaged. If there are nerves have been damaged. If there are no nerves, there is no pain.no nerves, there is no pain.

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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 Because bacteria from the clothes and jewellery could infect the burns.jewellery could infect the burns.

Because all layers of the skin have Because all layers of the skin have been burnt showing the tissue been burnt showing the tissue

underneath.underneath.

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HomeworkHomework

Read the text and find Read the text and find

out the new phrases out the new phrases

and difficult sentences and difficult sentences

in the text.in the text.

Learning English Part Learning English Part

1.1.

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