Listening for specific information
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Correct first-aid treatment, if it is given properly and promptly, can save lives. Of course, if the situation is serious, the first thing to do is seek medical attention. How good is your knowledge of first aid?
Ðrå-listening task
What would you do in these circumstances?
1. Someone has a minor burn; should you:
a. put cold water on the burned area?
b. put a tight bandage on it?
c. put butter on it?
2. Someone has a bad burn; should you:
a. put cold water on the burned area?
b. put a tight bandage on it?
c. put a loose, clean covering on?
3. You are the first to arrive at the scene of a car accident; should you:
a. lie the victims flat and keep them warm?
b. avoid moving the victims and keep them warm?
Listen to this interview with a doctor and check your answers.
What do you think?
Doctor Clarke advises people to find out as much as they possibly can about first aid.
Do you know how to: give artificial respiration?/stop bleeding?
What would you do if someone: is choking?/has an electric shock?/has swallowed some kind of poison?
Discuss your answers. If you're not sure, find out the right answers.
—34.Discuss in pairs the ideas on health expressed by the great minds of the world. Suggest the Ukrainian for the quotations:
1.”What cannot be cured must be endured” /F.Rabelais/
2. “Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies”. /F.Burgess/
3. “Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the
year.” /F.P.Adams/
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