VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W]

Vocabulary

they don’t go to hospital because they don’t need to

bei dong – passive
zhu dong – active 

non-profit – not a business / don’t make money
for-profit – a business / makes money

how far is it to London – how many hours by ____ (plane / bus / train / walking)

first class < business class < economy class

cancelled my flight

terrorists / terrorist attack

one cup a / every day
one cup a week
two cups a day
one cup every 2 days
one cup every 4 weeks

peak hour traffic – the busiest time of the day

even worse – bi jiao geng bu hao
eg. saturday during work hours is even worse than working days / weekdays

bumper to bumper / traffic jam – you can’t move because there are too many cars

patient / impatient – nai xin / bu nai xin

poor them – ke lian ta men
poor me – ke lian wo

clothes dryer – gan yi ji

balcony – yang tai

drip – medicine that you get at hospital that they put in your hand / arm

I didn’t send my daughter to hospital when she was sick and usually I toke some drugs in my medicine-chest to her. I did it because I was a doctor and I knew which drugs can treat her and how to use it .Some peoples didn’t like to go hospital when they were sick. They looked up information about the sick by internet and buy some in drugstore. The regulation was carry out strictly in Shanghai that people can only buy the OTC drug which people can buy it without doctor’s prescriptions in drugstore but in other places people can buy any medicine easily.I think it is dangerous because almost any medicine had side effects.

I don’t send my daughter to hospital when she is sick and usually I give some drugs from my medicine-chest to her. I do it because I am a doctor and I know which drugs can treat her and how to use them. Some people don’t like to go to hospital when they are sick. They look up information about the sickness online and buy some in drugstores / pharmacies. The regulation is carried out strictly in Shanghai and says that people can only buy the OTC drugs which people can buy without doctor’s prescriptions in drugstores but in other places people can buy any medicine easily. I think it is dangerous because almost any medicine has side effects.

The regulation is carried out strictly in Shanghai and says that people can only buy OTC drugs in drugstores but in other places, people can buy any medicine easily even without a prescription.