1. Reading

2. First aid for burns

3. Pre-reading
What kind of first aid would you perform in this situation? Make a list of your ideas.

4. Cool the area of skin;
Wash it under the cold running water.
Cover the wound with bandage/ clean
cloth.
See a doctor if necessary.

5. Reading Skim for general idea and then number them from 1 to 5.
__ the three types of burns
__ what to do if someone gets burned
__ the functions of the skin
__ the symptoms of burns
__ how we get burns 3 5 1 4 2

6. Comprehension I. Read the passage carefully and get
the answers to the questions.
1.What can skin do for our body?
______________________________
_______________________
____________________________
_________________________
1.Act as a barrier against disease,
poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.
2.Keep you warm or cool.
3.Prevent you from losing water.
4.Give you sense of touch.

7. 2.You can get burnt by:
___________
__________
_______________________
hot liquids
steam
fire
radiation
the sun
electricity or chemicals

8. 3. How many types of burns are there?
What are they?
1) First degree burns.
2) Second degree burns
3) Third degree burns

9. II. Label these pictures with first, second and third degree burn.
second degree
first degree
third degree

10. The three layers of skin:
The top layer
The second layer
The third layer

11. III. Detail-reading: Filling in the blanks.
Types
 Characteristics 
First degree burns
Affect the top _____ of the skin.
Dry, red and mildly _____
_____ painful
Turn white when ______.
Mildly
layer
swollen
pressed

12. Types
 Characteristics 
Second degree burns
affect both the _______
_______ layer of the skin.
_____,
red and swollen
extremely painful
_____
watery surface
Third degree burns
affect _____ layers of the skin.
swollen; tissue can be seen.
___________
pain
_____________ and
charred
rough
blisters
top and the second
little or no
black and white
all three

13. Post-reading
Answer the questions in your own words according to the passage.

14. Read the first aid treatments for these burns
Read the first aid treatments for these burns. If the treatment is right, write R. If it is wrong, write W and explain why.
1. Sam knocked over a kettle full of boiling water onto his legs. His legs became red, swollen and covered with blisters. Sam broke the blisters and poured icy water from the fridge onto the skin ( ) W

15. 2. While ironing clothes, Miss Good accidentally touched the iron
2. While ironing clothes, Miss Good accidentally touched the iron. Her wrist blistered and became watery. It hurt a lot. She put her wrist under the cold water tap and then kept placing cool, clean, damp cloths on it until it was less painful. Then she went to see the doctor ( ) R

16. 3. Mrs Casey’s sleeve caught fire while she was cooking
3. Mrs Casey’s sleeve caught fire while she was cooking . Her arm looked terrible but it didn’t hurt. The skin was charred. Her husband took off her blouse and picked off bits of the blouse stuck to the burn. He then placed butter on the burn and covered it with a wet bandage. ( ) W

17. 4. After an hour in the sun, Lily noticed her arms were red and hurt a bit. She went home and put them under cool running water ( ) R

18. Task 4: Fill in the blanks
First aid is the kind of help __________ to someone _______ falls ill or gets injured before a doctor can __________. Of course, the illness or injury is not serious. Now let’s talk about FIRST AID for burns. You have three layers of skin that protect yourself ___________ diseases, poisons and the harmful rays _________ the sun. Your skin also gives you your __________ of touch. First aid is a very important step in the ___________. People can get burned by many things, _________ hot liquids, steam, fire, radiation, the sun, electricity, etc. There are three types of burns. Burns are called first degree, second degree or third degree burns, depending on _________ layers burned. Different degree burn can be treated in a different ________. Let’s keep these things in mind.
given
who
be found
against/from
from
sense
treatment
such as/ like
which
way

19. 补充 sense sense of touch 触觉 sense of sight sense of hearing 视觉
sense of taste
sense of smell
sense of humour
sense of beauty
sense of urgency 触觉 视觉 听觉
sense 味觉 嗅觉
幽默感 美感
紧迫感