英语听力—环球英语 1108 First Aid: Choking
时间:2019-02-21 作者:英语课 分类:环球英语 Spotlight
英语课
Voice 1
Welcome to Spotlight 1. I’m Liz Waid.
Voice 2
And I’m Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1
Do you know what to do when someone has an accident? Do you know how to help them? When there is an emergency, people need help quickly. Treating a hurt person quickly is called first aid. First aid does not require expert medical help – anyone can learn first aid. Today’s Spotlight is the first program in a series 2 on first aid. In these programs, we will give you information about first aid. How can you help in an emergency?
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Imagine you are sitting with a friend. You are eating dinner together. Suddenly, your friend begins to cough. His face turns red. He cannot breathe. He is choking 3 on his food! What would you do?
Voice 1
At some time you have probably experienced 4 choking. You swallow some food. It feels like it has ‘gone down the wrong way.’ It has not travelled down the food tube 5. It has travelled down the windpipe. It becomes difficult to breathe. You start to choke 6. But then, you cough. And the piece of food comes up out of the windpipe. You can breathe again.
Voice 2
But it is not always this easy. Sometimes the food does not come back up. Sometimes a person continues to choke. A person with a blocked windpipe can die in only three or four minutes. So what do you do when your friend begins choking?
Voice 1
The first step of any first aid is to call for medical help. Some countries have an emergency phone number. Loudly ask someone to call this number. Or ask someone to go and get the medical expert in your area. Then, you can help your friend who is choking.
Voice 2
If your friend cannot cough up the food, he needs your help. Encourage him to bend forward at the waist 7. Then, hit him on the back, between the shoulders. Use the bottom of your hand. Use sharp firm hits. Stop after each hit to see if it has worked. Try this for up to five times.
Voice 1
If this fails, stand behind your friend. Place your arms around the top of his stomach. Close one hand into a ball shape. Make your thumb point upwards 8. Hold your ball shaped hand with your other hand. Then, pull both hands towards you. Do this upwards and inwards. Use quick strong movements, like you are lifting your friend. You are trying to push the upper stomach against the bottom of the lungs. This is to push out the remaining air - using it to force out the food. Look in your friend’s mouth. See if the food has come out. If not, do this again - for up to five times. This is called the Heimlich maneuver 9.
Voice 2
If this fails, combine the hits and the stomach pushes. Hit your friend on the back five times, and then push his stomach five times. Do this up to three times. If your friend does not cough out the food, call again for medical help.
Voice 1
Children often choke on small objects. Young children are always putting things into their mouths. Also, a child’s windpipe is much smaller than an adult’s windpipe. It is easier for a child to choke. For example, a child cannot take medicine in small hard pills or tablets 10. An adult can swallow this medicine easily. But a child may choke. Children should take only liquid medicine. Or, if only pills are available, they can be crushed 11 and mixed with clean water.
Voice 2
If a child is choking, you can do first aid. But you need to be gentle. It is easy to damage a child’s body. Use only one hand when pushing their stomach up. Do not hit the child’s back.
Voice 1
If a baby is choking you need to be even more careful. Babies are any child younger than one year old. If a baby is choking you must first sit down. Hold the baby so that she is lying along your arm. Her face should be down, on your hand. Rest your arm on your leg. Support her head and chest 12. Then, gently but firmly hit the baby between the shoulders. Use the bottom of your hand.
Voice 2
If this does not work, turn the baby over. She should still be lying along your arm. Her head needs to be lower 13 than her chest. Feel for her breastbone, where her rib 14 bones come together on her chest. Use only two fingers, and press gently but firmly on the center of the breastbone. Press five times, quickly. If this does not work, repeat these actions three times. Then get medical help.
Voice 1
Sueanne is sixty years old. One Saturday she was looking after her ten month old grandson, Robert. Robert was learning 15 how to walk. Usually, Sueanne watched him all the time. She was very careful, so that he did not hurt himself. But that day, the telephone rang. [sfx] Sueanne went to answer it. She was only away for a minute. But in that minute, Robert found a toy for playing - his older brother’s small car. Robert pulled the wheel off the car. And he swallowed the wheel.
Voice 2
The wheel became trapped 16 in his windpipe. When Sueanne went back to Robert, he was choking. Robert could not breathe. He was turning a blue grey colour. He was not getting enough air. Sueanne knew that she had to do something quickly. She knew that, without help, he could die. She sat Robert on her knee. Gently, she hit his back. On the fifth hit, the wheel came out of his mouth. It landed on the floor. Seconds later, Robert was breathing normally 17 again. Sueanne said,
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“It was the most terrible experience of my life. I knew that Robert was dying 18 in front of me. He could not breathe. But my first aid training helped me. I acted as the experts had trained me to do - and it worked. I think that everyone should know first aid. It is so simple to learn. But it can save lives. You never know when you are going to need it.”
Voice 1
There are many different kinds of accidents. Each of them needs different first aid help. The right, quick, action can save a person’s life.
Voice 2
In another programme we will look at first aid for some other injuries and accidents. If you are interested in first aid, you can learn more. Ask your local doctor or hospital where you can train in first aid. You never know - you could save a life.
Voice 1
The writers of this program were Marina Santee and Elizabeth Lickiss. The producer was Michio Ozaki. The voices you heard were from the United 19 States and the United Kingdom. All quotes 20 were adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight. You can listen to this program again, and read it, on the internet at http://www.radioenglish.net This .program is called, ‘First Aid - Choking’.
Voice 2
We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye.
n.公众注意的中心,聚光灯,探照灯,视听,注意,醒目
- This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
- The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
n.连续;系列
- The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
- He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
adj.窒息的,憋闷的,透不过气来的v.填塞( choke的现在分词 );(使)窒息;(尤指感情激动)而哽咽;因紧张而失灵
- He was choking on a piece of toast. 他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。
- The pungent, choking smell of sulphur filled the air. 空气中弥漫着刺鼻呛人的硫磺气味。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.有经验的;经验丰富的,熟练的
- Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
- Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好,你比我更有经验。
n.(英)地铁;管,软管,隧道;vt.把…装管,使通过管子
- You may get to the railway station by tube.你可以乘地铁到火车站。
- Take care not to break the test tube!当心别把试管打碎了!
vt.窒息,阻塞,噎,抑制;vi.窒息,阻塞,噎;n.窒息,噎,阻气门
- He started to choke as he was eating too fast.他吃得太快,噎住了。
- The fish bone in her throat made her choke.她喉咙中的鱼骨使她哽噎。
n.腰,腰部,腰身,背心
- The coat is a bit tight at the waist.这件上衣腰身瘦了点。
- The sound is from the waist of a violin.声音是从小提琴的中间部分发出的。
adv.向上,在更高处...以上
- The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
- The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。
n.策略[pl.]演习;v.(巧妙)控制;用策略
- All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后,所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
- I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。
n.药片( tablet的名词复数 );(木、竹)简;碑;一块肥皂
- The tablets may make you feel drowsy. 这药片可能会使你昏昏欲睡。
- Take two tablets with water before meals. 每次两片,饭前用水冲服。
a.压碎的,倒碎的
- The car was completely crushed under the truck. 小轿车被卡车压得完全变形了。
- The box was crushed when the car ran over it. 汽车辗过箱子时把它给压碎了。
n.胸,大箱子,金库,资金,一箱,密封室,衣橱
- The bear's chest is hairy.那只熊的胸部毛茸茸的。
- Mother has a pain in her chest.母亲胸口疼.。
adj.较低的;地位较低的,低等的;低年级的;下游的;vt.放下,降下,放低;减低
- Society is divided into upper,middle and lower classes.社会分为上层、中层和下层阶级。
- This price is his minimum;he refuses to lower it any further.这个价格是他开的最低价,他拒绝再作任何降价。
n.肋骨,肋状物
- He broke a rib when he fell off his horse.他从马上摔下来折断了一根肋骨。
- He has broken a rib and the doctor has strapped it up.他断了一根肋骨,医生已包扎好了。
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
- When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
- Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
adv.正常地,通常地
- I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
- My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。
adj.垂死的,临终的
- He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
- She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子,那里有一个垂死的人。
adj.和谐的;团结的;联合的,统一的
- The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
- The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。