他决定帮助这个可怜的女孩完成学业。

　　fall ill生病

　　①She had to stay at home because her son fell ill yesterday.

　　昨天因为儿子生病她得待在家里。

　　[辨析比较]　fall ill, be ill

fall ill 强调突然病倒。短暂性动词短语，不与表示一段时间的状语连用 be ill 表示生病的状态。延续性动词短语，可与表示一段时间的状语连用 　　②The teacher fell_ill suddenly while she was giving class. Since then she has_been_ill for half a year.

　　那位老师上课时突然生病。自那时起她已经病了半年了。

　　[名师点津]　fall短语大集合

　　①fall silent　　　　　　　　 安静下来

　　②fall asleep 入睡；睡着

　　③fall in love with ... 爱上......

　　④fall into the habit of ... 形成......习惯

　　⑤fall into debt 欠债

　　2．(教材P33)Often the illness or injury is not serious, but there are other times when giving first aid quickly can save lives.

　　通常情况下这种疾病或损伤不是很严重，但也有一些时候迅速实施急救能挽救生命。

　　injury n．损伤；伤害

　　do an injury to sb.＝ do sb. an injury

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 伤害某人

　　be an injury/injuries to sb./sth. 对某人/某物的伤害

　　①Don't do that. You'll do yourself an injury.

　　别那样做。你会把自己弄伤的。

　　②What you said was an injury to her fame.

　　你所说的话有损她的名声。

　　3．(教材P34)You can get burned by a variety of things: hot liquids, steam, fire, radiation (by being close to high heat or fire, etc), the sun, electricity or chemicals.

你可能由于各种原因而烧伤：灼热的液体、水蒸气、火、辐射(由于靠近高温或火等)、阳光、电或化学物品。