第一步 作业检查
Ask students to tell what they have found through the net.
Ask studentes to make a list of materials of first aid kit.
第二步 导入新课
Ask students to look at the picture and answer the questions in pre–reading.
1. What has happened in this picture?
（The little girl has pulled boiling water on to herself.）
2. What sort of injures will she get?
（She will have bad burns.）
3. What should the mother do? Can you give her some advice?
第三步 预测文章内容
2. Ask the students to read the title “First Aid for Burns” and look at the pictures, then guess what the passage may be about.
Ask one or two students to give their point of view.
第四步 阅读文章
Fast reading
1. Give students one minute to scan the passage, then answer: How many parts are mentioned? What are they?
The New Course focuses on the Ss' abilities to gather information；deal with information；solve problems and the abilities to think and express in English. It first introduces the importance of the skin to our body, then introduces types of burns, characteristics of burns and certain steps of first aid treatments. It is hoped that through the passage, the Ss will know how to perform first aid procedures for burns and do first aid calmly during an emergency.
2. How is the information organized within the headings of types of burns and characteristics of burns.
The information is organized according to the types of burns: first degree,second degree, third degree burns.
3. Do Ex1 on Page35:
Intensive reading
1. Do Ex2 on Page35.Ask students to tell from which part the answers can be found.
（Characteristics of burns.）
2. Answer some questions:
Why is skin very important to our body?
(Skin protects us against dieases, poisons and the sun' harmful rays；keeps us warm or cool；prevents our body from losing water；it gives you sence of touch.)
Why should you put cold water on a burn?
(The cool water stops the burning process, stops the pain and prevents or reduces swelling.)
Why dosen't a third degree burnt hurt much?
(Because the nerves may be damaged.)
3. Read the part with the heading of First aid treatment and make a list of dos and don'ts.
Dos
Cool burns with running water.
Take off the clothing and jewellery near burns.
Place cool, clean, wet cloth on the first, second degree burns.
Dry the burned area gently.
Cover the burned area with dry, clean bandge and hold it in place with tape.
Don'ts
Take off colthing stuck to the burn.
Put cold water on the third degree burns.
Rub the burns, break the blisters.
Put butter, oil, ointments on burns.
Detailed reading.
1. Read the text again and tell true or false.The skin is the largest organ of our body.
1) The skin is the largest organ of our body.
2) If a person gets a third degree burn, he will feel great pain.
3) Sunburn just belongs to the first degree burn.
4) Take off clothing and jewellery near burns.
5) If a person gets a third degree burn, he must cool burns immediately with cool but not icy water and then go to see a doctor.
Keys: 1.T; 2.F; 3.F; 4.T; 5.F.
2. Ask the students to do Exercise 3 on Page 36 and exchange their information in pairs.
第五步 作业布置
1. Learn the text by heart and try to find out some important or difficult words and expressions.
2. Write a short summary of the passage.
3. Preview “Learning about Language —Discovering useful words and expressions”.
