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Unit 5 First Aid
Using Language
Period 2
Lead-in
What do you think the boy on the
right is suffering from?
Choking.
(2) What do you think the Heimlich
manoeuvre is?
It is a way to help the choking victim.
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
(3) What do you know about the
Heimlich manoeuvre? How is it
performed? Is it easy to learn?
2
Reading
Read the article and then put A-E in the correct places in the text.
A Choking victims usually have only about four minutes before they collapse and sometimes die
B If you see someone choking, first call the emergency services
C Chen wasted no time
D With choking victims, every minute counts
E Doing the Heimlich manoeuvre on a small child is not recommended
C
A
B
E
D
Summarize the main idea of the article and analyze the structure of it.
Reading
Part 1 (Para. 1-2): the story of a choking incident
Part 3 (Para 6): comments on the choking incident
Part 2 (Para. 3-5): the introduction of the Heimlich
manoeuvre
The reading article tells a story of a high school student named Chen Wei who used the Heimlich maneuver to save a person’s life.
The article not only describes the process of his rescue of a choking victim, but also introduces the history and operation of Heimlich first aid.
4
Reading
Read the article again and choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
Chen Wei was a friend/complete stranger to Zhang Tao.
When Chen Wei reached Zhang Tao, Zhang Tao was sitting on the chair/standing.
The Heimlich manoeuvre is quite easy/difficult to do.
You will know that the victim is choking if he cannot speak/stops breathing.
To help a small child who is choking, you need to lay the child face up/down on your lap and slap his upper back.
Chen Wei was able to save Zhang Tao because he learnt the Heimlich manoeuvre at school/from a first-aid manual.
Reading
Discover the structure of a narrative essay.
A narrative essay
the set-up
who
what