Open F2F Class notes 6th August (Eddie)

Vitamin C

A horse walks into a bar. The bartender says “Why the long face?”

one-liner = a very short joke

punch line = the sentence or the word usually at the end of the joke which makes the entire story funny

Recently, a news story shocked us where a tiger in Beijing Zoo preyed on/attacked a woman who got out of her car.

Recently we were shocked by a news story about a Beijing Zoo tiger that attacked and killed a woman who left her car during a visit.

In my opinion, doctors should be respected by others. In recent years, the relations between doctors and patients are being worse. News stories about doctors abused and killed by the patients or their family members frequently are broadcast on TV. The reasons explaining this are complicated because doctors, patients and Chinese government all should be blamed. Chinese government give little money to the public hospitals which just can afford doctors’ retirement pay. Patients have to pay much money to be treated and some doctors get illegal cash from the patients. Sometimes, patients aren’t cured and get worse. Lack of medical knowledge, some patients think it is all doctors’ faults.
I think, Chinese government should do something to relieve the situation without hesitation.

In my opinion, doctors should be respected by others. In recent years, relations between doctors and patients are worsening / getting worse. News stories about doctors abused and killed by patients or patients’ family members are frequently broadcast on TV. The reasons behind this are complicated because doctors, patients and Chinese government all should be blamed. Chinese government gives little money to the public / provide insufficient funds to hospitals which can barely cover doctors’ retirement pay. Patients have to pay significant amounts of money to receive treatment and many doctors accept bribes from the patients. Sometimes, patients aren’t cured and get worse. Lacking medical knowledge, some patients believe it is the doctors’ fault.
I think that the Chinese government should take swift action to remedy this situation.