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课件网) UNIT 5 FIRST AID Reading and Thinking: Learn about first aid for burns Learning Objectives Sort out the information about first aid for burns (causes, types, characteristics of burns and first-aid treatment). Describe the characteristics and treatment for different kinds of burns. Summarize the stylistic of hospital leaflet. Think of and evaluate other advice about first aid for burns. contents Pre-reading Ⅰ Language Points Ⅴ While reading Ⅱ Homework Ⅲ Ⅳ Post-reading Ⅰ Pre-reading Watch a video and answer the questions as follows: What does the video show us Have you seen this technique used before Do you know how to do it Do you think it’s important for us to learn Why What does the video show us I think the video showed us basic first aid, in particular CPR. Have you seen this technique used before Do you know how to do it I have never seen CPR performed in real life, but I have often seen it performed in films and on TV. I have read about how to do it in books . You press down on the chest of a victim every few seconds. I don’t think I’m confident enough to try it myself. Do you think it’s important for us to learn Why It is important because if someone’s heart or breathing stops, they usually have 3 to 9 minutes before their brain suffers irreversible damage because of a lack of oxygen, unless CPR is performed. However, it may take anywhere from 10-20 minutes before an ambulance comes once you call an emergency service. First Aid If some suffered a burn, what would you do QUESTIONS I knew basically what to do if someone suffers nose blood or gets a cut. It depends on the kind of burn. Most of the burns I’ve ever seen were fairly minor, so the best thing to do was to put it under cool running water to stop the burning. After watching the video, what first-aid technique do you know of Let’s read the passage on page 50 and learn more about first aid for burns. Ⅱ While reading What does the passage mainly talk about Causes, types, characteristics of burns, as well as the first-aid treatment. Understand text types Different kinds of texts can be identified by their styles of writing and language features. By understanding the text type of a piece of writing, you can better understand its purpose. You can also better understand where to find information in the text, and what kind of information it is likely to contain. advertisement: full of persuasive language and colorful descriptions, talk about the benefits of a product, uses the imperative（祈使句） to tell someone to buy something hospital leaflet: factual（真实的）, informational, objective, gives a description of a medical problem, and tells how to deal with it, uses the imperative to give advice newspaper article: factual, informational（信息性的）, objective, answers the who, what ,when, why, and how questions about a recent event blog post: blog stands for web log, so it is a kind of journal or diary, usually ... ...
