VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Next Class Focus

Pronunciation focus – read SE@home and keep practicing TH, S, eh (egg), a (apple).

Also tell me the funny story about your roommate’s love life

Pronunciation

relapse – “REE lapss”

Vocabulary

symptoms –  the affects of a sickness
eg. I don’t have any symptoms but I know I have a problem

there’s nothing I can do – mei ban fa

biopsy – to cut something and test it
eg. I had minor surgery and they cut out most of the tumor and did a biopsy

minor surgery < > major surgery  

 local anesthetic < > general anesthetic – “a ness theh tick”
eg. I had minor surgery on my eye and they gave me a local anesthetic but it still hurt

blurry – not clear vision
eg. my right eye is a little blurry sometimes

proactive – to do sth without waiting to be asked
eg. I think it’s important for nurses to be proactive and help me with problems if they see them

wait for instructions < > proactive

watch and see / wait and see 


If you were the chief, what would you do? 

Can’t they just give your patients to other doctors? Yes they can, but they don’t want to.