VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Today we focused on:

talked about 2020 and focused on vocabulary

Speaking exercise

I take an annual leave for the last 2 days. but only stay in Shanghai, we have a plan to travel to Sanya but pending.
You need to take a flight a pass an airport, it is a high risk area so just at home and enjoy the family and cook and play with my kid.

We have a party at home so I have time to prepare things and cook and invite friends.

Xmas in China is more like a commercial celebration.
The restaurants and the stores, everywhere have the discounts for all the things.
During xmas for about 1 week they all have discounts so it is time to buy something but it is still happy to receive any gifts

the real /actual product is often different from the picture.

that might be not suitable for you / that might not suit you

we deal with patients according to the severity of the situation the more severe the wound the faster we need to rescue them and if the wound is mild we could delay for a while.

Some patients and their family cannot understand the medical science and the medical situation, they thought doctors are like gods and once they came to the hospital the doctors could solve all the problems but medicine is a science it is not unpredictable so a lot of things could happen during the procedure so before the doctor could tell the family all the possible outcomes and sign a consent form but even though they still can’t and get angry and even they lost their family or money they get annoyed and sue you.

For this group they have high hopeless and they thought doctors could solve all the problems

when we back after 2 days there are no flights to abroad, I feel I am so lucky.
It is also an annual leave holiday.

I think the speed is not too fast, they think they don’t need any helmet because of traffic jams.

In HK they found a covid positive from the dog’s fur but no symptoms.

when football players retire they often get hurt during the competition.
They do training everyday and do the competition so they will easily be get hurt. I think boxers, a half year before he comes to do a health check and complained about headache issues and we do a brain MRI, we found chronic and old fractures in brain and the neck.


I took an annual leave for the last 2 days. but I only stayed in Shanghai, we have a plan to travel to Sanya but it is still pending.
You need to take a flight and pass an airport, it is a high risk area so we prefer to just at home and enjoy the family and cook and play with my kid.

We had a party at home so I had time to prepare things and cook and invite friends.

Xmas in China is more like a commercial celebration.
The restaurants and the stores all have discounts  / everything is discounted for the holiday.
During xmas for about 1 week they all have discounts so it is time to buy something but it is even better to receive gifts

the real /actual product is often different from the picture.
that might not suit you

we deal with patients according to the severity of the situation the more severe the wound the faster we need to rescue them and if the wound is mild we can delay for a while.

Some patients and their family cannot understand the medical science and the medical situation, they think doctors are like gods / they think doctors are almighty and once they come to the hospital the doctors can solve all the problems/diseases but medicine is a science it is not always predictable so a lot of things can happen during the procedure.
Before a procedure the doctor tells the family all the possible outcomes and asks them to sign a consent form but even though they still can’t understand and get angry and even if they lose their family or money they get annoyed and sue you.

For this group they have high expectations / they are full of hope and they think doctors can solve all the problems

I think the speed is not too fast, / people think they drive slowly,  they think they don’t need any helmet because of traffic jams. / they think wearing a helmet is not necessary

In HK there was a covid positive test from the dog’s fur but no symptoms.

before football players retire they often get hurt during the competition. / athletes often get hurt during their career
They do training everyday and do the competition so they will easily be get hurt. I think boxers, a half year before he comes to do a health check and complained about headache issues and we do a brain MRI, we found chronic and old fractures in brain and the neck.

Vocabulary

athlete (n)professional sports person
there won’t be Olympic Games if athletes cannot fly to Japan

stimulus  / stimuli (2+) (n)
We use an electric stimulus to test the brain

to stimulate (v)
If we stimulate this area we will see a reaction

face shield (n): something you use to protect your face
the staff at the airport has to wear a mask and a face shield

shield (n)something used as protection 盾牌
He used a shield to protect himself

armor (n)盔甲
knights wear an armor

helmet (n)头盔
I wear a helmet when I ride a bicycle

almighty (adj) : having complete power
Superman is almighty

outcome (n) result
we are not sure of the outcome

To retaliate (v): fight back / do something in revenge
They fired at us so we retaliated and it started the war

retaliation (n)
I will do something in retaliation

casualty (n) : people hurt or killed
A bomb exploded but there were no casualty

mobility (n) : ability to move
This year we had lower mobility because of the covid lockdowns

impeachment (n)

to impeach (v) 弹劾
The president is facing impeachment because he abused his power

to acquit (v) to judge not guilty
He went to court and was acquitted

to convict (v) to judge guilty
He was convicted of the crime and went to jail