VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

****next class do health related vocabulary – teach formal + casual words

If you have time, try a wechat class. Also, use the vocabulary from today in some writing – or, just review the words and write them down so you can remember them

I used to be a doctor in changning hospital where I could meet a lot of different patients. I think as a good patient, he (she) should respect doctors in first and then he should provide the true information with his illness. He has good compliance in treatment that he takes the medicine on time and doesn’t do anything which the doctor forbids. Most patients I met are good, but I also met bad patients who couldn’t understand that doctors aren’t god and a lot of diseases couldn’t be cured by present treatment. I met a patient who sent to emergency room by ambulances for hematemesis. He didn’t tell me he had portal hypertension with esophageal varies. After infusion with hemostatic the condition was improved, but he ate an apple although I repeated that he couldn’t eat anything including water . he vomited a large of boold again and died at last.

I used to be a doctor in changning hospital where I could meet a lot of different patients. I think as a good patient, he should respect doctors in first and then he should provide the true information about / of / regarding his illness. He has good compliance of his treatment that he takes the medicine on time and doesn’t do anything which the doctor forbids. Most patients I met are good, but I also met bad patients who couldn’t understand that doctors aren’t god and a lot of diseases couldn’t be cured by present treatment. I met a patient who was sent to emergency room by ambulances for hematemesis. He didn’t tell me he had portal hypertension related to esophageal vessels. After infusion with hemostatic medicine the condition was improved, but he ate an apple although I repeated that he couldn’t eat anything including water, he vomited a large amount of blood again and died at last.

Vocabulary

throw up / vomit / spew – tu
eg. he threw up many times last night

cough – ke song
eg. when I get sick I cough a lot at night

looked them up – cha zi dian / to find some information somewhere
eg. try not to look up words in your dictionary

when I started working i was an intern at a hospital

surgery / operation (n) – shou shu
eg. I did surgery / I performed an operation

a large number / a large amount 
eg. I have a large number of patients and a large amount of money

nervous – jin zhang
eg. she’s really nervous because of her tests tomorrow

she will have a test on 3 different subjects 

monthly test / exam
weekly
yearly
daily

i used to dissect animals in university 20 years ago so i am used to blood / seeing blood / being around blood

makes my eyes water (v)
eg. the smell was so bad it made my eyes water

the lights flickered – to go off and then on very quickly

the power went out

it’s very scary / it scared me / i was scared 

express – biao da
eg. I don’t know how to express myself

WeChat Service:

Hello my name is Robyn,  how are you?

Hi Robyn, nice to meet you, I’m Tanya.

How was your day today?

Today was very good. How about you?

Pretty good thanks, but a little busy.

What does pretty mean? Beautiful?

haha no, pretty means “a little”

Today is good

***today was good

I can’t / don’t biao da (express) my meaning