It was a very cold morning as it had been raining very heavily the previous night. As my mother was feeling a little uncomfortable, my sister volunteered to drive me to school. I overslept and as a result, was a bit late for school. We got into the car hurriedly. The roads were already jammed with traffic. It appeared that everyone was late as well.
My sister was a careful driver and despite the fact that I was late, she refused to drive fast on the slippery road. I was lucky she was such a determined and careful person because a few hundred meters away from the school, we witnessed an accident.
It all happened in an instant, as most accidents do. A car took a left turning without signaling and a school bus crashed into it heavily. A few cars behind the school bus hit the bus as they could not stop in time and soon it became a pile-up. The car was damaged badly while the school bus also had some damage. And the already crowded road became more jammed with vehicles, which came to a mess. We wanted to help the victims. My sister drove to a stop at the roadside not too far from the accident spot.
The scene that greeted us was terrible. I first rushed to the car. The driver, a lady, lay trapped behind the wheel, unable to move. Three schoolchildren were in the back seat, their faces white with fear. Two of them were seriously hurt and bleeding from the head and hands. They were conscious although too weak and frightened to realize what had happened. We called an ambulance and while waiting, we tried as much as possible to help the victims. As a result of our joint efforts, the driver and the children were moved to safety and taken care of.
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Then, I rushed to the bus filled with children’s cries.
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After the ambulance had left, two policemen asked me about the accident.
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2 . When You Get a Cut …
Your skin’s most important job is to keep out the billions of harmful bacteria that swarm over every surface. Any wound that penetrates the dermis (真皮) layer and causes bleeding will allow bacteria to get in, so we have evolved a precisely coordinated mechanism to seal up the gap as quickly as possible. The healing process uses extra collagen (胶原) protein for the repair, so the new skin is actually stronger than before. This shows as a visible scar.
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| 1. HAEMOSTASIS (止血) When the skin is cut, blood vessels contract and platelets (血小板) release fibrin proteins (纤维蛋白) that tangle together to form a clot (血凝块) and seal the wound. | 2. INFLAMMATION Next, the blood vessels expand again to allow white blood cells to flock to the wound site. These attack any bacteria that got past the clot. | 3. PROLIFERATION After a few days, fibroblast cells (成纤维细胞) arrive and produce collagen. This protein acts like a scaffold (脚手架), while the dermis cells reproduce to close up the wound. |
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| 1. KEEP IT CLEAN Wash the open cut to prevent bacteria getting trapped inside. Don’t use disinfectant (消毒剂) because this will kill your own cells that are trying to repair the wound. | 2. SEAL IT A plaster keeps dirt out and helps the clot form. If the wound is still bleeding after 10 minutes with a plaster on, you may need stitches (缝针). | 3. SCARRING The skin continually rebuilds the collagen matrix (基质) for up to a year after the cut. This scar tissue will fade slightly for another year after that. |
| A．collagen protein | B．dermis cells | C．fibrin proteins | D．blood vessels |
a. clot
b. collagen
c. white cells
d. platelets
e. dermis cells
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| A．Disinfectant should be applied right after the cut. |
| B．White blood cells will reproduce to close up the wound. |
| C．Once a clot is formed, there are no bacteria inside. |
| D．Stitches are needed when a plaster fails to stop the bleeding. |
3 . Last week when I was reading at home, my younger sister rushed in and told me an old man was lying on the ground in front of our building. I immediately took my first-aid (急救) kit and ran downstairs. He was suffering a slight heart attack. And I performed CPR on him. Luckily, an ambulance came soon and he was taken to hospital. Later that day I was told by the hospital what I did helped rescue the old man’s life. I was happy to hear that.
You can gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to act in an emergency. You never know when you might need them — maybe at home, at work, at school or on holiday. If you have the skills, you can act whenever you’re needed.
You can stay safe at work.
It’s useful for your future career (事业). The first-hand experience you gain through learning first aid and using your skills could help you decide if you want to pursue (追求) a career in the healthy profession.
| A．But at the same time I felt a bit sad. |
| B．You can easily get a job in this profession. |
| C．You can be a helper in your community. |
| D．Illness and injury can happen anytime in the workplace. |
| E．You can take first-aid courses (课程) in your community for free. |
| F．It’s necessary for everyone to learn some basic first-aid techniques. |
| G．It also shows your commitment to the career in the health profession. |
4 . There have been several incidents in recent years where people died because of unsafe crowd conditions and stampedes (人群的蜂拥), the latest one unfolding in Seoul, South Korea, with at least 155 deaths reported. This may leave some people thinking there’s little you can do to survive a stampede.
The key to staying safe in a crowd begins as soon as you arrive at the location, says Randy Atlas, a safety consultant based in Fort Lauderdale.
If there’s a sudden panic and crowds begin to push in a certain direction, your instinct (本能) may be to fight back and push the opposite way.
As you move forward with the crowd, it’s best to move in a diagonal (对角线的) direction so you can potentially angle your way out of the situation. The goal is to get to the edge of the stampede where it’s less likely that you’ll end up stuck at a choke-point, like a doorway.
In many stampede events, people die simply because they are crushed to the point they can’t breathe. But a possible way to avoid this is to place your arms in front of you, almost in a boxer-like position. That could give you some very valuable breathing room — literally.
| A．Another potential way is to shelter yourself. |
| B．But that could be a big mistake, Atlas warns. |
| C．In this case, you don’t necessarily have to wait and let time slip by. |
| D．Namely, to take note of where the nearest exits are. |
| E．It’s a simple pose, but surprisingly effective and possibly life-saving. |
| F．Other events, such as a Halloween gathering, are likely to turn deadly. |
| G．Indeed it’s a frightening situation and circumstances may make it impossible to escape. |
