VIP Class Notes 9th May (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

sharp pain < > dull pain

frustrating / annoying
eg. it’s very frustrating because I can’t exercise and I don’t know if the treatment is working

placebo effect

average / normal – pu tong de / not very high level

specialises in law, politics etc, not science, sport, etc. 
eg. my university specialises in law and politics and doesn’t offer many majors

ambulance – ji zhou che

swollen – zhong zhang
eg. my foot is swollen

quit – don’t continue working at a job
eg. my colleagues all quit

suitable – shi he
eg. i don’t think this job is suitable for me

obvious – dang ran
eg. I just think it’s obvious… so everyone should know it.

in a city / country / room
at a place

thank = to say “thank you” / to give a gift
appreciate = sometimes just a thought / sometimes to say / gift
eg. I really appreciate my parents for all their support

for instance / for example / including 

blame (n)
blame (v)
eg. The patients blamed me, but I don’t take the blame, because I’m not god.

loved ones = family and friends / kin

get = become / receive / arrive
eg. I got married last year
eg2. I got a new phone
eg3. I got to work at 10AM.

If you are not healthy, you might get sick. I have gotten sick many times this year. My patient is sick, because he got a sickness. I hope he gets better after he gets to hospital.

I often met patients who got serious disease, e.g. heart attack, stroke and poisoning when I was in emergency room. Although I worked hard and did my best to help them, I couldn’t save them many times. Most of patients’ kinsfolk could understand it and thanked for my did but a few of them couldn’t accept it, they would blame the doctor.
Now I am a school doctor. In general, the students in university got minor disease e.g. cold and scrape because they are young and healthy and I can treat them by simple way. Last Sunday when I was on duty, a student knocked the door of my duty room. He told me his classmate was injured when they were playing basketball .I arrived playground quickly and found his arm was broken, so I had to call 120 for sending him to hospital because I couldn’t treat him.
I often met patients who have serious diseases / who were very ill / sick, for example heart attack, stroke and poisoning when I was in the emergency room. Although I worked hard and did my best to help them, there were many times that I couldn’t save them. Most of the patients’ family and friends / loved ones could understand it and thanked me for my work / for what I did, but a few of them couldn’t accept it, and they blamed the doctor.
Now I am a school doctor so in general, the students in university got minor illnesses / problems for example cold and scrapes because they are young and healthy and I can treat them in a simple way / by using a simple treatment. Last Sunday when I was on duty, a student knocked on the door of my duty room. He told me his classmate was injured when they were playing basketball. I arrived at the playground quickly and found his arm was broken, so I had to call an ambulance to send him to hospital because I couldn’t treat him.

Grammar

reason 
to do (verb)
for sth (noun)
because + sentence
because of + noun

I called the doctor to help the patient.
I called the doctor for the patient.