Unit 5
Reading
A brave girl
By Shen Danping
What can you do?
Listening
1. How old is the brave girl?
2. When did she help her neighbour
out of a fire?
3. Where did Wang Fang find her
neighbour?
4. How long was Wang Fang in
hospital?
Helping you
What did Wang Fang do?
Be at homeHear …. / see a lot of smoke
Go in …./see…in the kitchen
Run back quickly
Pour …over
Rush into ….to save
(be not afraid)
Put out …with…/help …out
Can you act?
Main points
L2 help…out of
L4 hear sb. doing
L9 79-year-old
L11 hurt her leg
L13 pour water over
L16 a lot of smoke
L18 put out the fire with a blanket
L19 help sb. out
L21 be in hospital (be in the hospital)
L26 help each other
L29 It’s important to be careful with fire.
Help people
Daniel did not understand some of the words
in the article. Help him match the words with
the meanings 1 2
3
4
5
6
run quickly
keep one’s life from danger
stopped a fire
not careless
by oneself
hurt by fire
(L4)alone
(L14) rushed
(L15) save
(L18) put out
(L30) careful
(L20) burned
Reading comprehension
Daniel is telling his mother about the
brave girl in the article, but he made
some mistakes. Write a T if the
sentence is true. Write an F if it is
false.
1. Wang Fang helped her
classmate out of a fire.
2. Wang Fang’s neighbour
is 79 years old.
3. Mr. Sun couldn’t get out
because he hurt his arm.
4. Wang Fang was afraid
when she saw a lot of smoke.
5. Wang Fang put out the
fire with a blanket and helped
Mr. Sun out.
6. The fire burned Wang
Fang’s neck and leg.
7. Wang Fang was in
hospital for two months.
8. Wang Fang said she was
glad to help others and fire was
not dangerous.
F
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
Jason’s mother finds an
article about Wang Fang on
line, but there are some
words missing. Can you help
her?
The 16-year-old girl Wang Fang
helped her __________ out of a fire.
On 10th May, Wang Fang was at
home __________. __________ she
heard someone shouting “fire!”
Then she saw a lot of __________
__________ (come) from Mr. Sun’s
house. She __________ into his
kitchen and tried to __________ him.
The fire was very hot, but she
was not __________. The fire
__________ her __________, arms and
face. She was in hospital for two
months, and many people
__________ her and brought her
flowers and __________. Wang Fang
said that fire can be very
__________. It is __________ to be
__________ with fire.
neighbo
ur alon
e
Suddenl
ysmok
e
comin
grushedsave
afraid bur ed
neck visited
prese
nts dangerousimporta
nt
careful
What can you do ?
Call 119 for help
Sealed and shuts up the nose with the wet
towel, run away fast sticking the ground if
you can get out of the fire by yourself
If not , stand in the obvious place waiting to
rescue
Do you know more about
fire? Can you talk about the
following pictures?
Be careful with matches. Do not leave the stove on.
Homework
Try to make an interview between you and
the brave girl
Try to talk about the brave girl in pairs, you
can use Part C to help you.
Summary the passage
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