F2F Class Notes (Nick) [S]

What do you plan to do in Wuxi?

OR

How was you trip to Wuxi?

Vocabulary

Nursing – studying how to be a nurse
e.g. I studied nursing, not a particular field of medicine.

Philosophy – 哲学
Politics / Political Science – 政治学

Big fish in a small lake – someone who is very important in a small place (like a high school, or small town), but is not very important in a bigger place (like a university or a capital); someone who really thinks that they are important, but not really
e.g. He really likes to talk about what he has been doing, but he’s only a big fish in a small lake.

Semester – 学期

Grammar

Not for particularly ward – a particular

My parents suggested me – suggested [what] to me
— The suggestion goes right after the word suggest, but the person getting the suggestion has to be made clear by using “to” before
e.g. He suggested the pizza to me (He told me that I should order the pizza)

Several days ago when I am at work, two French come to our ward. The man looked that he had a ache. Someone told them they should go to our ward, but I didn’t know how to tell them that they should go to emergency first. They seemed they didn’t understand me, so I was sorry for that I can’t help them. I just search the dictionary for emergency and outpatient clinic. They couldn’t get treatment by going to ward. They need make appointment first.

Several days ago when I was at work, two French people came to our ward. The man looked that like he had an ache. Someone told them they should go to our ward, but I didn’t know how to tell them that they should go to emergency / the emergency room first. They seemed they didn’t** not to understand me, so and I was sorry for that I couldn‘t help them. I just searched the dictionary for “emergency” and “outpatient clinic.” They couldn’t get treatment by going to ward. They needed to make an appointment first.***

** It seemed that they didn’t understand me

*** They should have made an appointment first

Pronunciation

N vs. L – “L” is narrow and the sound goes around your tongue, usually it is the sound you make when pulling your tongue away from the top of your mouth; “N” uses your tongue to close your mouth so the sound has to go through your nose