F2F Class Notes (Celeste) [R]

Read the article below and bring any questions you have to your next class.

Problem with Skinny Jeans

Skinny jeans may be trendy and popular with both women and men, but it seems that they could damage your muscles and nerves.

The warning comes after a 35-year-old woman from Australia had to be cut out of a pair of skinny jeans after her calves ballooned in size, as she had spent hours squatting while moving house. Doctors believe that the woman had developed a condition called compartment syndrome made worse by her skinny jeans.

The syndrome is a painful and potentially serious condition caused by bleeding or swelling within an enclosed bundle of muscles. The woman was put on a drip and was able to walk unaided after four days.

Cases where patients developed tingly numbed thighs from wearing skinny jeans have also been reported, although experts add that the chance of this happening is still pretty slim for most people.

Difficult words: balloon (to become larger, swelling (enlargement of a part of the body), drip(drugs in a plastic bag which doctors put into your blood stream), tingly (if a part of your body tingles, you feel a slight stinging feeling, especially on your skin), numbed (not able to feel as much as normally), slim (this is a pun/joke — slim means skinny and it means unlikely).

The bookshop can accommodate groups of 10-40 people at a time.
This office can accommodate 2-4 people maximum.
The third floor of the bookstore can accommodate 30 people for a talk show.

I think many new mothers and many mothers with young children are worried about bacteria.

I’m really fond of sb/sth – I really like sb/sth
eg. I’m really fond of lemon water.
eg. I’m really fond of hot pot.
eg. I’m really fond of water colors.

They will wrap it up before they remove it. – They will cover it with sth to protect it before they take it away.
eg. The sandwich maker will wrap my sandwich up in paper before he gives it to me.
eg. Please wrap the glass pitcher up with bubble wrap and then put it in the box to send to Lyn.

Vocabulary

stock / stocking / stocked v. – to fill something such as a cupboard or shelves with food or goods

tie sth up – to close sth usually with a knot
eg. Every morning, the seller ties the baozi up into a bag and then gives it to me.