课标人教实验版高二 Module 5

Unit 5

Extensive reading and Writing

What things at home can be dangerous?electrical equipment

electric fires

poisons

ladders

What to do?

knives

hot waterwindows

Discussion

How to prevent us from being injured

at home?

The kitchen

Fill in the blanks._________ the floor is not ________.Make sure slippery

Always use a _______to _____ high cupboards.

ladder reach

Always ________ from your body when you use a knife.

cut away

______ all appliances, especially irons, after use.Unplug

Keep matched ______________ of children.out of the reach

Things we do Things we shouldn’t do

In the kitchen

• We always let the floor dry after it is washed before we use the kitchen again.• We keep a window open when we use gas fires.

• I shouldn’t stand on a chair to reach things. • We shouldn’t leave matches anywhere.

In the bedroom

In the bathroom

•My mother keeps bottles of medicine on a high shelf out of the reach of children.

•I shouldn’t light candles in my room.•My father should never smoke in bed.

•I always unplug the hairdryer after I’ve used it.

•We shouldn’t take an electric heater into the bathroom.

Electricity

Make sure that electric wires are safe and that children can’t touch them.

More advice

Things in mouth

Don’t leave small things on the floor or table which a baby can put in its mouth.

Poisons:

Don’t pour poisons into other containers,for example, empty bottles. Keep them on a high shelf out of the reach of children.

What must you do if you are badly burnt?Cool the area of skin at once .Wash the area of skin under the cold tap for several minutes. Put a piece of dry clean cloth over the area of the burn.

How do you deal with a simple cut? Wash the area of the cut, dry it and cover it with a piece of dry clean cloth.

Write more advice

Gas fires: If you are using one of these,

check that a window is open.Water: Make sure that young children

can not get close to pools, lakes

and rivers by themselves.

Ladders:

Don’t use the one a wet floor. Get

someone to hold the ladder for you.

Don’t reach sideways while standing on

a ladder. Get down first and move the

ladder.

Writing Write a letter to your principal politely

asking whether he or she could organize the first aid courses.

Dear ___________, Our class has been studying a unit on first aid, ___________________________ ____________________________________________________________.

Write your principal’s name

Say why the first aid unit has been useful.

it has been very useful because we have learnt about what to do to help someone who has had an accident

Even though the unit has been very interesting and useful,__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________.

Say why you would like a first aid course.

we would like to be able to do a first aid course. A first aid course would give us information about many more situations. It would also give us information about many more situations. It would also give us the chance to practise first aid treatments.

We would like to request that_________________________________. We think that a first aid course at the school ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .Yours sincerely,_____________

Say what you want the principal to do.Summarize why a first aid course would be a good thing to do.

Sign your names.

the school organises a first aid course.

is a necessary part of our education and will make us more useful members of our society. Perhaps we will even save someone’s life one day.

Dear (your principal’s name),

Our class has been studying a unit

on first aid. It has been very useful

because we have learnt about what

to do to help someone who has had

an accident.

Sample writing:

Even though the unit has been very

interesting and useful, we would like to

be able to do a first aid course. A first

aid course would give us information

about many more situations. It would

also give us the chance to practise first

aid treatments.

We would like to request that the

school organizes a first aid course. We

think that a first aid course at the school

is a necessary part of our education and

will make us more useful members of our

society. Perhaps we will even save

someone’s life one day.

Yours sincerely,

(Sign your names)

Homework

Finish the homework in

workbook

Write an article about first aid.