Online Class Notes (Jesse)
Vocabulary
prenatal doctor / check up / care
womb – “woom” – the place your baby lives in your tummy
premature – baby born too early
eg. my baby is not premature
blood sugar / glucose levels
everything is on track / on the right track
simultaneous interpreter – someone who translates at the same time as someone is speaking
firing line / front line – at the front, dealing with all the problems
fault / faulty
eg. i have many faults / this computer is faulty
GP – general practitioner (family doctor)
specialist – a doctor that does specific things like heart, etc
curious – sometimes means sth weird / interesting
eg. what a curious thing
picture-perfect = absolutely beautiful
eg. it was a picture-perfect view
arduous – very busy, difficult
eg. Walking up the mountain was a very arduous
precarious – risky, easy to lose, not stable
eg. this ladder is really precarious
Grammar
it didn’t come up to my mind – it’s not coming to me / I can’t think of anything
asked this question to my doctor – I asked my doctor this question
my doctor he recommend a natural birth
Pronunciation
presbyterian – “pres beht teer ree yen”
nucleic acid –“nyou clay yick ass sid”
salmon – “saa men”
experiment – “ecks BEH ri ment”
cuisine – special food (maybe local) – “qui zeen”
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