第3/708期初二教案

边晓霏

 

 

Training in first aid (P2)

 

 

I. Pre-reading

·Guess: What is first aid training?

·Do you have first aid classes at school? Do you think they are necessary?

·What should you do if your friend is drowning (溺水)?

 

II. While reading

·Why is first aid a useful skill to have?

  Because you can use it to save lives.

 

·True or false.

  In China, more than 1 percent of adults have first aid knowledge. (F)

 

·What did the Red Cross Society of China ask all public schools to do?

  It asked all public schools to provide first aid courses.

 

·What were the results of the 2019 survey?

  64.6 percent of schools have first aid courses, but they have not gone well.

 

·What’s the main idea of the last two paragraphs?

  Other countries have made efforts to provide first aid training to their citizens.

 

·True or false.

  In Germany, all citizens learn first aid. (F)

  (In Germany, 80 percent of people have received first aid training.)

 

Choose the answer:

1. The MOE is bringing first aid training to schools because _____.

A. few Chinese people have first aid knowledge

B. the World Health Organization said it is needed

C. there are not enough doctors and nurses

D. it can help people live longer lives

 

2. What might we know from the 2019 survey?

A. Students didn’t get high scores in their courses.

B. The first aid training courses didn’t go well.

C. The first aid training went better than expected.

D. Students were interested in learning first aid.

 

3. The last two paragraphs are written to show _____.

A. first aid training is common in Asian countries

B. teaching first aid is not easy

C. people in some fields should learn first aid knowledge

D. other countries have provided first aid training to their citizens

 

4. What is the story mainly about?

A. We can save others with first aid knowledge.

B. More people will need first aid in the future.

C. We need more time to train people in first aid.

D. China is making first aid training part of its school courses.

 

III. Further reading

The Importance of First Aid

·When can you give first aid?

  When a person is injured or in danger and medical help is delayed or not available.     

 

·What should you do if your friend’s arm is burnt?

  A. Flush the burned area with hot water.

  B. Cover his arms with cloth.

  C. Move the injured arm away from the heat source.

  D. Rest the injured arm in a cool place.

 

·Which of the following can help you avoid heatstroke?

  A. Wearing tight clothing.

  B. Drinking pure water.

  C. Staying in a warm place.

  D. Taking part in rough activities.

 

·First aid workers_______. 

  A. often wear uniforms

  B. don’t have much training

  C. only provide first aid at home

  D. often get together in public

 

IV. Post reading

       Write a short passage about what you should do if someone has heatstroke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back when our world was cold (P6)

 

 

I. Pre-reading

·Guess: How cold was Earth during the Ice Age?

·Do you know what global warming is? What can cause global warming?

·What’s an Ice Age?

 

II. While reading

·True or false.

  (1) Nowadays, Earth is cooling down. (F)

  (2) So far, Earth has gone through five Ice Ages. (T)

 

·What happens if the global average temperature drops by 6 degrees?

  Earth will experience a huge change.

 

·True or false?

  Greater cooling happened at higher latitudes. (T)

 

·During the Ice Age, glaciers covered half of the Americas and Europe and many

  parts of Asia.

 

·What can past temperatures tell us?

  They can tell us what happens when the temperature changes and help us know what to expect in the future.

 

Choose the answer:

1. The average global temperature today is about _____.

A. 1.8 C

B. 6 C

C. 7.8 C

D. 13.8 C

 

2. When the average global temperature goes down, _____

A. the temperature will drop by the same amount everywhere

B. we won’t notice much of a change in temperature

C. all land will be covered with glaciers

D. higher latitudes will experience greater changes

 

3. Tierney thinks that _____.

A. we can learn from past temperature changes

B. we are about to go through a new Ice Age

C. we can do nothing to change global weather

D. we don’t have to worry about global warming

 

4. What is the point of the story?

A. Earth will cool down again in the future.

B. Global warming isn’t a big problem.

C. Earth has experienced cold periods before.

D. The Ice Age is not over yet.

 

III. Further reading

The Ice Age

·True or false.

  1. There was an Ice Age one million years ago. (T)

  2. The glaciers pushed northward to North America. (F)

  3. All glaciers are two miles thick. (F)

 

·True or False.

  1. Animals moved to escape the glaciers. (T)

  2. The glaciers left behind a mixture of rocks, soil, ice and snow that formed new hills, lakes and rivers. (T)

 

·True or False.

  1. The melting glaciers formed the Great Lakes. (T)

  2. The Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio system never changed its shape. (F)

 

IV. Post reading

Have you seen the movie “Ice Age”? In order to protect our environment, what should we do to prevent global warming?