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.
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