Using Language

Heroic teenager receives award

Let’s do some revision.

Fill in the blanks.

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

Read the article and then put these events in the order .

__ 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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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 5.What first aid did John perform on Anne?Anne?

6.What adjectives would you use to 6.What adjectives would you use to describe John’s actions? Give at least describe John’s actions? Give at least three.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 f

irst 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.

6.What adjectives would you use to

describe John’s actions? Give at

least three.

brave, quick-thinking, helpful,

heroic, courageous,

unselfish, fearless, confident

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.

1. John was presented with his award at

a ceremony which recognized the bravery

of ten people who had saved the life of an

other.

Difficult sentences

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

2. They discovered that Anne Slade,

mother of three, had been stabbed r

epeatedly 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worriedly 焦急地

contentedly 满足地

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 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.