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Unit 9: A FIRST-AID COURSE

A. Language Focus:
1. In order to , so as to.
2. Future simple.
3. Modal “will” to makes requests, offers and promises
B. Vocabulary:
1. ambulance (n): xe cứu thương, xe cấp cứu
2. bandage (n): baêng
3. bee sting (n): veát ong ñoát
 have a bee sting: bị ong đốt
4. bleed – bled – bled (v): chảy maùu
 have a nose bleed: chảy mau cam
5. burn (n): choã boûng, veát boûng
 have a burn: bị boûng
6. calm down (v): laøm cho bình tónh, chaán tónh
7. conscious (a): tænh, tænh taùo => consciousness (n)
# unconscious (a): baát tænh
8. cotton ball (n): bông gòn
9. crutch (n): caùi naïng
10. damage (v,n): laøm hö haïi (v); söï toån thöông (n)
11. ease (v): laøm dòu (söï ñau ñôùn, noãi lo aâu, khoù chòu)
12. elevate (v): naâng leân
13. emergency (n): sự khẩn cấp, tình trạng khẩn cấp.
14. eye chart (n): baûng kieåm tra thò löïc
15. fainting (n): côn ngaát (xæu)
 faint (v): xỉ u
16. first-aid (n): sự cấp cứu, sự sơ cứu
17. force (v): eùp buoäc, baét eùp
18. handkerchief (n): khaên tay
19. hurt – hurt – hurt (v): laøm bò thöông, laøm ñau
 hurt (n): veát thöông, söï ñau ñôùn
20. injection (n): muõi tieâm (thuoác)
21. minimize (v): laøm giaûm ñeán möùc toái thieåu # maximize (v)
 minimum (n) : tố i thiể u # maximum (n)
22. overheat (v): laøm cho quaù noùng
23. oitment (n): thuố c mỡ
24. paramedic (n): ngöôøi phuï giuùp veà coâng vieäc y teá
25. patient (n): bệnh nhân
26. promise (v,n): höùa; lôøi höùa
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27. revive (v): tænh laïi, soáng laïi
 revival (n)
28. shock (n): cuù soác, söï choaùng
29. sterile (a): voâ truøng
 sterilize (v): khử truøng
 sterilization (n): sự khử truøng
30. stretcher (n): caùi caùng
31. tissue (n): moâ
 tissue damage: hủ y hoạ i moâ
32. towel (n): khaên taém, khaên lau
33. treatment (n): söï ñieàu trò
 treat (v): chữ a trị
34. victim (n): naïn nhaân
35. wheelchair (n): xe laêng
36. wound (n): veát thöông
Notes:
1. send…to 6. put pressure on: đ ặ t áp lực lên
2. fall off: té 7. force sb to do sth: bắt ai đó làm gì
3. fall asleep: ngủ thiế p đ i 8. so as (not) to / in order (not) to +V(1) :
4. feel sleepy: buồ n ngủ để
5. keep … awake
Hold
Make + O + Adj
Keep
Find
Ex: I find the book interesting
Go/ get/ turn/ become + adj
Ex: get cold

Force + O + to v1: bắt ai làm gì đó

Make + O + V1: bắt ai làm gì đó
C. Exercises:
I. Combine each pairs of sentences, using in order (not) to or so as (not) to:
1. He always drives carefully. He doesn’t want to cause accidents.
He ..............................................................................................................
2. The boys stood on the benches. They wanted to get a better view.
The boys .....................................................................................................
3. She wore warm clothes. She didn’t want to get cold.
She .............................................................................................................
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4. Nam is studying very hard. He wants to keep pace with his classmates.
Nam ...........................................................................................................
5. We turned off the lights. We didn’t want to waste electricity.
We .............................................................................................................
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets: Simple future or simple present
1. We _________________ (go) out when the rain _________________ (stop).
2. She _________________(not come) until you _________________ (be) ready.
3. I _________________ (come) and _________________ (see) them before I leave here.
4. We _______________ (phone) you as soon as we_______________ (arrive) in Ha Noi.
5. When I ___________(see) Mr. Bike tomorrow, I ____________(give) him your massage.
6. He promises he _________________ (leave) before the sun _________________ (rise).
7. They _________________ (move) to their new house at Christmas this year.
8. Who _____________ (look after)the children when your sister ___________ (be) away?
III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the brackets:
1. She was _________________ for days after the accidents. (conscious)
2. His speedy _________________ after the operation was amazed all the doctors.(revive)
3. The _________________ of water caused the dam to burst. (press)
4. A monument was erected to soldiers who _______________ for the revolution. (bleed)
5. Come by the fire. You must be _________________ to the bone. (chill)
6. I want an _________________ reply. (immediately)
7. The victim who has a dog bite needs an anti-tetanus _________________. (inject)
8. She is very _________________ about her mother’s health. (anxiety)
9. She has cut herself and it’s _________________ quite badly. (blood)
10. The lecturer is giving us first-aid _________________. (instruct)
11. People use first-aid to ease the victim’s pain and _________________. (anxious)
12. Relax for some minutes and you’ll feel more _________________. (comfort)
IV. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D:
1. She fainted but the brandy soon _________________ her.
A. arrived B. injected C. revived D. elevated
2. These medicines can _________________ your backache.
A. bleed B. hurt C. burn D. ease
3. After about fifteen minutes, an ambulance ________ and she was taken to the hospital.
A. minimized B. arrived C. went D. revived
4. Her mother _________________ her to lie in the bed all day yesterday.
A. overheat B. forced C. covered D. lowered
5. Don’t _________________ her head higher than her feet.
A. elevate B. give C. get D. minimize
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6. The wound is bleeding. Please give me a _________________.

A. tissue B. bandage C. blanket D. drink
7. Cool the burns immediately so as to _________________ tissue damage.
A. ease B. relieve C. minimize D. maximize
8. The lane is _________________ Nguyen Trai Street and Tran Hung Dao Street.
A. near B. between C. beside D. on
9. _________________ you post this letter for me, please?
A. Will B. Do C. Are D. Won’t
10. She promises she _________________ back in about half an hour.
A. is B. be C. has been D. will be
11. _________________ I do the washing-up? – No, thanks. I can do it myself.
A. Can B. Would C. Shall D. Won’t
12. People use first-aid _________________ ease the victim’s pain and anxiety.
A. so that B. in order to C. so as not to D. in order that
13. _________________ is used to check one’s eyesight.
A. Eye-shade B. Eyeglass C. Eyepiece D. Eye chart
14. Leave the victim _________________ flat and don’t let him_________________
chilled.
A. lying/ to become B. to lie/ become C. lying/ become D. to lie/ to become
15. That bag is heavy. I _________________ you with it.
A. will help B. am going to help C. am helping D. help
16. These medicines can _________________ your headache.
A. ease B. relieve C. revive D. affect
17. He is working very hard _________________ get poor marks.
A. in order to B. in order not to C. to D. so not to
18. _________________ is a type of bed used for carrying the sick or injured people.
A. Stretcher B. Ambulance C. Bandage D. Crutch
19. I forgot to thank them _________________ helping me.
A. on B. for C. since D. in
20. _________________ is a chair with wheels for somebody who cannot walk.
A. Stretcher B. Ambulance C. Wheelchair D. Crutch

V. Identification the error by circling:

1. He is going to get to work earlier in order impress the boss.
A B C D
2. They are planting trees by the roadside so that reduce the traffic noise.
A B C D
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3. It’s a secret between us and I promise I don’t tell anybody.

A B C D
4. You don’t have to keep medicines where children can get them.
A B C D
5. The room got quietly when the professor came.
A B C D
6. David sang so badly that I had to look away not so as to laugh at him.
A B C D
7. If you look carefully, you are finding writing scratched on the glass.
A B C D
8. Matt was trying to calm the baby out by singing to her.
A B C D
9. I was very tired and I tried keepimg my eyes open but I couldn’t.
A B C D
10. They pulled the boy out of the river and tried reviving him.
A B C D
11. The land was bought quickly to not delay the building work.
A B C D
12. I put a mat under the hot cup for stopping it damaging the table.
A B C D
13. I think you are enjoying the party tomorrow.
A B C D
14. Why don’t you come across this evening and we’ll talk about it then?
A B C D
15. Try to giving as much detail as possible in your answer.
A B C D
VI. Choose the word that is pronounced different ly from the others:
1. A. ambulance B. bandage C. damage D. patient
2. A. hit B. tight C. injection D. sting
3. A. forget B. present C. overheat D. emergency
4. A. faint B. aid C. pain D. wheelchair
5. A. crutch B. school C. handkerchief D. chart
6. A. calm B. badly C. handkerchief D. flat
7. A. bite B. revive C. promise D. minimize
8. A. happened B. helped C. burned D. bored
9. A. invite B. faint C. patient D. victim
10. A. about B. house C. drought D. wound
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VII. Reading comprehension:

A. Read and decide whether the statements are True, False or Not information:
This is the emergency room in a large hospital. A paramedic is wheeling a patient on a
stretcher into the emergency room where a doctor is waiting to treat the patient. The
patient doesn’t look well. His head is bandaged and his eyes are closed.
A nurse is pushing an empty wheelchair towards the exit. She is probably taking it to a
patient in the ambulance.
The eye chart on the wall is used to check people’s eyesight. The chart consists of
about 28 letters ranging in size from about 5 centimeters in height at the top of the
chart to about 1 centimeter at the bottom.
A doctor is trying to weigh a crying baby on the scale. The baby’s mother is standing
nearby. She’s trying to stop her child from crying.
The crutches, which are from someone with a broken leg, are leaning against the wall.

T F N
1. A doctor’s waiting a patient in the emergency room
2. There is a wheelchair in the emergency room.
3. The patient is unconscious.
4. The eye chart is used to check people’s eyesight consisting of
26 letters.
5. The baby’s mother is trying to weigh her child.

B. Read and choose the best answer for the blanks:

How can we keep our teeth (1) __________? First, we ought to visit our (2) __________
twice a year. Secondly, we should brush our teeth (3) __________ a toothbrush and
fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day, once after breakfast and once before we go to
bed. We can also use toothpicks (4) __________ between our teeth after meal. Thirdly,
we (5) __________ eat food that is good (6) __________ our teeth and our body: milk,
fish, brown bread, raw vegetables, fresh fruit, ect.
1. A. health B. healthy C. healthily D. unhealthy
2. A. dentist B. doctor C. teacher D. engineer
3. A. on B. of C. by D. with
4. A. clean B. to clean C. cleaning D. to cleaning
5. A. should B. ought to C. need D. A & B
6. A. for B. at C. on D. to
VIII. Write:
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1. They bring back all drink cans for recycling.

All .........................................................................................................
2. People break up glass into many small pieces.
Many small pieces ..................................................................................
3. This toy /make / recycled cans.
This toy ..................................................................................................
4. This cloth bag /use / again and again.
This cloth bag ........................................................................................
5. I / too excited / do / anything.
I .............................................................................................................
6. She /pleased / hear /the new information.
She ........................................................................................................
7. We/ delighted/ you /interested/protect /the environment.
We ........................................................................................................
8. Tam/ intelligent enough/ finish /the test /an hour.
Tam .......................................................................................................
9. Your grandfather/I / delighted/ you / pass / English exam.
Your grandfather ....................................................................................