VIP Class Notes (Ally)

Meeting new people

Vocabulary

sophisticated: 复杂的; 精密的; 先进的; 老练的; 见多识广的; 见过世面的; 复杂巧妙的; 水平高的; 在行的

chapter of your life: stage of life

on rotation: shift

all hands on deck : everyone is standing by on call

consultations: 咨询; 请教; (与某人)商议，商量(以得到许可或帮助决策); 查阅; 查询; 参看

confrontations: 对抗; 对峙; 冲突;

rowdy: 吵闹的; 惹是生非的; 捣乱的

intimidating: 吓人的; 令人胆怯的 intimidated (adj)  intimidate (v)
ie. My boss is intimidating. the police is intimidating.
ie. I feel intimidated by my boss. I was intimidated by the team of doctors.
ie. The team of doctors intimidated me. I don’t mean to intimidate you, but if you keep missing class, I will kick you out.

at capacity

She’s so easy – she sleeps around

spring up : (past tense) sprung up
ie. My ….bad ankle… sprung up again.

distance myself – emotionally go away

impeccable; 无可挑剔的; 完美的; 无错误的; 无瑕疵的 perfect

doctors’ bedside manners

clock-in to work

Grammar

fluent vs frequent

It is +adj + for sb + to do sth
-info about a topic
ie. It’s easy for people to learn English.
ie. It’s too tiring for me.

SVO
ie. I feel too tired.

Sometimes you don’t have any time to have meals
… for meals/to eat

you even don’t have sleep
you don’t have any sleep at the night shift
you can’t get any sleep during the night shift

there aren’t a lot of hands on deck

the disease of people is all kinds
People in the ER have all kinds of diseases/are suffering from all different kinds of…

consult with doctors

irrational requests

the disease is difficult to handle, but they want to be in-patient
They have difficult/complex/hard-to-handle diseases, so/and they want to be in-patient/hospitalized

Some fevers is hard to find the reason
Some fevers are hard to diagnose
It’s hard to diagnose/find the reasons for some fevers

People are easy to have cardio and respiratory diseases in the winter.
Getting cardio and respiratory diseases is easier in the winter.
It is easier for people to get…

People go to the department frequently./

Meeting patients is not as frequently as now.
I don’t have to meet patients as frequently. (as I do now)
It’s … It wouldn’t happen as frequently. (as it does now)

I hope I can get a break from the exhausting work