VIP Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

it’s just an example

They(The doctors) found many pulmonary nodules in her CT scan(image).

we have no way to help them

many patients get surgery

it doesn’t help them

get off – to finish working, finish your shift

eg: I got off work at 5:30 in the afternoon.

eg: I had to work 30 minutes overtime.

eg: I usually finish work at 5 in the afternoon.

get out – to be released from a place or thing

eg: My son gets out of school at 4.

eg: My husband gets out of prison in 2 years.

get out of (doing something, a situation) – 1. you agreed to this, or you must do this, but you will try to NOT do this, or NOT be in that situation.

eg: They asked me to work overtime tomorrow. I said yes, but I changed my mind. Now I need to get out of working overtime tomorrow.

eg: I have to go to my cousins’s wedding next week, but I wanna get out of it. It’s gonna be so boring.

eg: My professor asked me to have a meeting tomorrow. I said yes, but now I need to get out of it.

eg: I need to get out of my meeting with the professor tomorrow.

eg: I need to get out of class. (1. leave the room)      I need to get out of class. (cancel, before it starts)

cousin – your Aunt or Uncle’s children

eg: I have 200 cousins.

cancel – to stop doing something or to decide that something will not happen

eg: Sorry, we have to cancel class today.

eg: They cancelled my flight, I need to find a new one.

eg: My flight was cancelled, so I had to find a new one.

scan V. N.  scanner N. – to make an image by using technology to analyze the image surface.

eg: I need to scan my head. I will get a CT scan of my head this afternoon. The CT scanner is a really expensive machine.

Pronunciation

example – eggs-zAm pull

just an example – Jus Tan-negg zam Pull

pool – pOOOl

pull – pE’ll

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