Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Bath Safety

Your bathroom can be a dangerous place.

Accidents can occur  anywhere around your home. But your bathroom is one of the most dangerous rooms in the house. Some of the most common dangers include:

# Electricity
   * Keep everything electric away from bath water, sinks and toilets.
   *Put away anything electric after use.
   * Don't use any kind of electric appliance while standing in water or even on a wet floor.
   * Never touch an electric appliance with wet hands. Dry your hands completely first.

# Water
   *Never leave young children alone in the bathroom. A child can drown in a few seconds in just a few inches of water.
   *Always stay within arm's reach of a child in a bathtub.

#Falls
   *Use non-slip mats around the bathtub and shower.
   *Install a bar to hold onto by the tub or shower and near the toilet.

#Poisons
   *Children are curious and will eat or drink brightly colored or interesting-looking things. Keep medicine and cleaning supplies in a safe place away from children.

With just a few changes, you can make your bathroom the safest room in the house.

Grammar Tips:
Aways stay within arm's reach of a child in a bathtub.
arm's reach - a distance between you and something else. very close that you can easy reach.
Fred is so lazy. The TV remote control is within arm's reach, but he still wants somebody to bring it to him.
Kenneth likes to keep his alarm clock within arm's reach so that when it rings in the morning, he could turn it off without needing to move too much.

Vocabulary Tips:
accident-意外something unexpected to happen.
*The climbing accident was caused by severe weather conditions.
*The terrible scene of the car accident stuck in my mind for years.
*The invention of this cleaning technique was originally an accident.
drown-溺毙,淹死,淹没,浸泡 can't not breath in water and die.
*Many animals drowned in the flood.
*The little boy drowned his cornflakes in chocolate milk.玉米片。浸泡
*The man fell out of the canoe and almost drowned.
install -安 装, 设置。in-有“进入“的意思。to put or add something.
*The security company installed several surveillance cameras around the mansion.监视摄影机
*Charles spent hours trying to install this software.

Chat Room:
Bathroom-厕所`
At home we say "bathroom". in the public we can say "bathroom", "restroom", "men's room"男厕,, "ladies room"女厕. but we can't say "women's room".
W.C. - in Europe, people say bathroom "Water Closet"
use the facilities- 上洗手间,婉约的用法。 watch is "facilities" not "facility"要用复数。

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Bath safety is important for people of all ages from children and the elderly. These products decrease the chances of falls in the bathroom.