Period 6Using language

ceremony bravery

treat

apply

pressure ambulance

n. 典礼 ; 仪式 ; 礼节n. 勇敢 ; 勇气vi. & vt. 治疗 ; 对待n. 款待 ; 招待vt. 涂 ; 敷 ; 应用 ; 运用vi. 申请 ; 请求 ; 使用 ; 有效n. 压力 ; 挤压 ; 压迫n. 救护车

Words preview

a number of

put one’s hands on

make a difference

若干 ; 许多找到区别对待 ; 有影响 ;

起 ( 重要 ) 作用

Expressions preview

Revision

The skin is an _______ part of your body

and it’s largest______. You have _____lay

ers of skin which act as a barrier _______

disease, _______ and the sun’s harmful ra

ys. The _________ of your skin are also

very _________ : it keeps you _____ or co

ol; it prevents your body from ______ too

much water;

essential

organ

three

against poisons

warm

losing

complex

functions

it is where you feel ____, heat or____ an

d it gives you your_____________. So as

you can imagine, if your skin gets

_______ it can be very serious. First aid i

s a very important first step in the _____

____ of burns.

cold pain

sense of touch

burned

treatment

Suppose you hear someone screaming and you find him sitting on the ground, bleeding heavily from deep knife wounds in his hands, what would you do? Will you help him? Will you call the police and ambulance, or whether you perform first aid?

Scanning: Read the headline and the first

paragraph. Where can you most probably

read this passage?

A. a novel

B. a research paper

C. a student’s composition

D. a newspaper report

Heroic Teenager Receives Award

Seventeen-year-old teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night in Rivertown for giving lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife attack.

Read the headline and the first paragraph, then

answer the following questions.

1) Who? ____________________________________

2) What? _____________________________________

3) Where? _____________________________________

4) When? _____________________________________

5) Why? _____________________________________

______________________

teenager John Janson

honored at the Lifesaver Awards

in Rivertown

last night

for giving first aid on a neighbor after a

shocking knife attack

__ The attacker ran away.__ Anne was attacked and started to

scream.__ John performed first aid on Anne__ John was studying in his house. __ The ambulance arrived.__ John ran outside with his father.__ John found Anne in her garden with terrible knife wounds.

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Read and then put these events in the order .1

Answer the questions

1.What was John honoured for? 2.What did John do when he heard the screaming? 3.What happened to Anne? 4.What saved Ms Slade’s life? 5.What first aid did John perform on Ann5.What first aid did John perform on Anne? e? 6.What adjectives would you use to descri6.What adjectives would you use to describe John’s actions? Give at least three.be John’s actions? Give at least three.

1.What was John honoured for?

2.What did John do when he heard the

screaming?

He was honoured for giving lifesaving

first aid on his neighbour after a shoc

king knife attack.

He rushed outside.

4.What saved Ms Slade’s life?

John’s quick action and knowledge of

first aid saved her life.

3.What happened to Anne?

She had been stabbed repeatedly with

a knife and was bleeding heavily. Her

hands had almost been cut off.

5.What first aid did John perform on Anne?

He used some tea towels and tape to treat the

most severe injuries to Anne’s hands.

He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to

the wounds until the police and ambulance

arrived.

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John dressed Ms Slade’s injuries with tea towels and tape, and applied pressure to the wounds to slow the bleeding.

adj. quick-thinking

helpful

fearless

confidentcourageous

brave

unselfish

heroic

What adjectives would you use to describeJohn’s actions? Give at least three.

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Who What did he hear

Where did he go

John Janson __________ __________of Ms Slade

Read the text and fill in the blanks.

Screaming Front garden

What did he do Where did he get his knowledge

What did he receive

Using some _________and tape to _____ the injuries and ________ pressure to the wounds to ______________

Young Lifesaver Scheme at his _________

_________________________

The Lifesaver Awards

tea towelsdress

applying

slow the bleeding

high school

Discussion

1. Do you think John was silly or brave

to get involved in the situation? Give

reasons.

2. Would you have done the same as

John? Give reasons.

3.Do you think it is worthwhile to take

a course in first aid? Give reasons.

Do you think John was silly or brave to get involved in the situation? Give your reasons. Would you have done the same as John?

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John was silly: The attacker left but returned later. He could have been attacked also. It was none of his business. The woman might have had AIDS. John had performed first aid on the woman but she died anyway.

John was brave: he could have been attacked too, but he didn’t think about his own safety. All he thought about was how to help the victim.

Last night, John heard ___________ a

nd rushed outside. His neighbor Anne h

ad been _______ repeatedly. She was ___

____ heavily.

John and his father asked for ________,

but nobody could ____ ____ ______ __ th

em. They got some tea ______ and ____ f

rom their house.

screaming

bleeding

stabbed

towels

put their hands on

bandages

tape

Summary

John used these to _____ the most

severe injuries and _______ the

bleeding by ________ pressure to the

wounds. It was John’s quick _______

and ____________ of first aid that

saved Anne’s life.

knowledge

action

applying

dress

slowed

Useful expressions

1 在救生员颁奖大会 2 在颁奖大会 3 对某人实施急救 4 紧急抢救 5 骇人听闻的持刀杀人 6 找到 7 手上的伤口 8 按住伤口 9 敏捷的思维 10 产生差别 make a difference

at the Lifesaver Awardsat a ceremony

give first aid on sb

lifesaving first aida shocking knife attack

put one’s hands on =find

the injury to the hand/ arm/ leg..

apply pressure to the wound

quick thinking

1.John was presented with his award at a ce

remony which recognized the bravery of te

n people who had saved the life of another.

be presented with sth=be given with sth

which 引导一个定语从句who 引导一个定语从句

Difficult sentences

present v. 颁发，授予，赠送。例如：The mayor presented the prizes in person.

常用：present sb with sth = present sth to sb 授予 / 赠给某人某物He present a silver cup to the winner.

他把银杯颁给了获胜者。此外， present 作动词还有“呈现，显示；阐述，表达；引见”等意思。例如： The same problem presented itself to her

again. 同样的问题又在她身上出现。

ceremony n. (C) 典礼；仪式 (U) 礼节；礼仪；客套The wedding ceremony was beautiful.

There is no need for ceremony between us.

Expressions:

stand on ceremony 拘泥礼节；讲究客套with ceremony 正式；隆重without ceremony 不拘礼节地；随便地 The head of state was welcomed with full cere

mony.人们以最高规格的仪式欢迎国家首脑。

2. They discovered that Anne Slade, mother

of three, had been stabbed repeatedly with

a knife. repeatedly 是由动词 repeat 的过去分

词加 -ly 构成。 类似的词汇有： excitedly 兴奋地 contentedly 满足地 worriedly 焦急地 unexpectedly 出乎意料地

3. It was John’s quick action and kno

wledge of first aid that saved Ms Slad

e’s life.

It is/was … that… 强调句It was his words that hurt her.

It was her that his words hurt .

It was yesterday that I met him .

4. put one’s hands on 找到 I know their address is here somewhere,

but I can’t put my hands on it ( 找到它 )

right now.

Whatever he puts his hands on ( 他无论 着手做什么 ), he does it extraordinarily

well.

5. John used these to treattreat the most severe i

njuries to Ms Slade’s hand.

1)treat 处理 ；治疗 2)He was treated for severe sunburn. 2) treat 对待，把… 看作，请客The stepmother treated Cinderella( 灰姑娘 ) very badly.Please treat everything I said as a joke.I’ll treat you all to dinner.

6. It shows that a knowledge of first aid

can make a real difference.

make a (some, no, etc) difference

有（一些，没有什么）区别 • It makes no difference to you whether I

like it or not, because you never listen to

me.• It doesn’t make any difference to me

where you come from.

根据括号内所给的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。1. 在交通事故中受伤的人被尽快送往了医

院。 (the injured)

2. 我们急需一些绷带 , 你能找到一些吗 ? (put one’s hands on)

We are in great need of some bandages. Could you put your hands on some?

The injured in the traffic accident were taken to the hospital as soon as possible.

3. 因为干旱 (draught), 我们的水供应已经被切断一个月了。 (cut off)

4. 他认识到自己知识的缺乏 , 准备从头学起。 (recognize)

5. 他们仅对新手实行这些规定。 (apply)

He recognized his lack of knowledge and decided to learn from the beginning.

Our water supply has been cut off for a month because of draught.

They applied these rules to beginners only.

Homework

Write a short description of an

accident and how to deal with the

injuries in the accident.