Heroic Teenager Receives Award

Look at the form of the article. What type of writing can it be?

C. a novel

B. a research paper

C. a student’s composition

D. a newspaper report Read the headline and the first paragraph.

Guess: What’s the story about by reading the title ?

Heroic Teenager Receives Award

1) Who is the heroic teenager?

2) What is the award?

3) Where and when was he awarded?

4) Why does he receive the award? 

A 17-year-old teenager, John Janson.

He was honored at the Lifesaver Awards.

In Rivertown last night.

For carrying out first aid on a neighbor after a knife attack.

(para 1)

Who was Anne? What happened to her?

His neighbour, a mother of three.

Had been stabbed repeatedly…

Bleeding heavily..

Her hands had almost been cut off

What first aid did John perform on Anne?

John _________ Ms Slade’s injuries with ____________;

and then he ________________ to the wounds to ___________________.

dressed tea towels

applied pressure slow the bleeding

• 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.

Read the article again and then put these events in the order that they happened.

Work in pairs.

Retell the story in your own words.

Do you think John was silly or brave to get involved in the situation? Give reasons.

Some possibilities:

2) The attacker was still at the scene of stabbing.

3) The attacker left but returned later.

4) The woman had AIDS.

5) John had performed first aid on the woman but she died anyway.

What do you think of John’s action? Give at least 3 adj.

brave

heroic

quick-thinking

helpful

selfless

fearless

confident

kind-hearted

…

On your way home, you suddenly hear a boy shouting “Help” in the river. Will you jump into the water to save him? If he is pulled out of water, will you give him some first aid and what first aid wil l you perform on him?

Discuss what you will do in the following situation.

1(Para2): John was presented with his award … … present  n. 礼物 ; 目前 adj. 在场，出席，当前的                 v.颁发，授予，赠送 present sth ． to sb. present sb ． with sth

把某物赠送某人

Eg. They presented flowers to their teacher.

He presented a gold cup to the winner.

adj n.

present situation

= gift出席的 / 当前的

礼物

2(Para4):but when nobody could put their hands on any …               

put one’s hand(s) on 常用于否定句、疑问句或条件从句中，意为“找到，得到”。

eg, I’m afraid I can’t put my hand(s) on the book you want.

恐怕我一时找不到你想要的那本书。

３ (Para4): John used these to treat the… injuriesdress:1). clean and bandage (a wound) 包扎

Treat 此处是“处理；治疗”的意思。如：

He was treated for severe sunburn.

他因严重晒伤接受治疗。

Treat 的常用意思还有“对待；把。。。看作；款待；请客”等。如：

The stepmother treated Cinderella very badly.

继母对灰姑娘很不好。

Please treat everything I said as a joke.

请把我所说的一切都看成笑话吧。

I’ll treat you all dinner. 我请你们大家吃饭。

4. There is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid skills he learned at school saved Ms Slade’s life.

There is no doubt that he can recite it. = I do not doubt that he can recite it .

我相信他能把它背下来

We have no doubt of his ability.

5(Para6): It shows that a knowledge of first aid can make a real difference.

Make a(some/no/any/not much/a great deal of) difference

Changing schools____________________ to my life. 转学对我的一生有着重大影响 .It ______________________ to me what you say: I’m not going. 对我来说你说什么都无所谓 , 反正我不去 .The rain didn’t ____________________to the game. 这场雨对比赛没多大影响 .

产生差别 / 有影响 / 起重要作用

有 ( 一些 / 没有 / 任何 / 不太大的 / 很大的 ) 重要性 .

make much difference

makes no difference

made a big difference

Useful expressions at the Lifesaver Awards 在救生员颁奖大会

at a ceremony 在颁奖大会

lifesaving first aid 紧急抢救

a shocking knife attack 骇人听闻的持刀杀人

present sb with sth=present sth to sb 赠送

put one’s hands on =find 找到

the injury to the hand/ arm/ leg.. 手上的伤口

apply pressure to the wound 按住伤口

quick thinking 敏捷的思维

make a difference 产生差别

Find more articles about first aid.

Use the information you find to

write a piece of instruction about

first aid. Please add a title.

Reading Task

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 chairs 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.

Imagine that you want to provide first aid courses. In pairs, write a letter to your principle politely asking whether he or she could organize them. Use the outline and instructions to help you.

Dear ________,

Our class had been studying a unit on first aid_________________________.

Even though the unit has been very interesting and useful, ___________________________

We would like to request that ____ ______________________. We think that a first aid course at the school ________________.

Your sincerely,

____________

Write your principal’s name.

Say why the first aid unit has been useful.

Say why you would like a first aid course.

Say what you want the principal to do.

Say again why a first aid course would be a good thing to do.

Sing your names.