VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

I am a medical assistant and I make medical reports.
They have a model and I have to  fill in the blanks.
I help doctors use the machine and scan the organs.

It is full of diseases
patients are not very nice they always have cancer.
Some patient is very young. I saw a 15 year old with a tumor

He uses a long needle and puts it in the neck to absorb cancer cells.

I work in the outpatient department They don’t have to work overtime

I have a new friend she is a doctor and she is kind to patients because thinks patients are pitiful. A young patient has a tumor. I was surprised.
some patients wait die because they have an advanced tumor and they wait die because no medicine can help them.

I work from 8 am to 4:45 pm

I just am a new employee and I work there about 4 days.
I lend a book to my friend. He asked me to lend the book to him.
I buy books.
I don’t like e-books because it is bad of eyes.
I just read in the library.
I read English books, it takes me some time because I don’t understand all the words.
I like English history books.

I gave him 2 thick books.


I am a medical assistant and I make medical reports.
They have a model and I have to  fill in the blanks.
I help doctors when they use the machine and scan the organs.

It is full of diseases
patients are not very nice they always have cancer.
Some patients are very young. I saw a 15 year old with a tumor

He uses a long needle and puts it in the neck to absorb cancer cells.

I work in the outpatient department, we don’t have to work overtime

I have a new friend she is a doctor and she is kind to patients because she thinks patients are pitiful. A young patient has a tumor. I was surprised.
some patients wait for death because they have an advanced tumor and they wait for death because no medicine can help them / there is no treatment

I work from 8 am to 4:45 pm

I just am a new employee and I have worked there for about 4 days.

I just am a new employee and I have worked there for about 4 days.
I lent a book to my friend. He asked me to lend the book to him.
I buy books.
I don’t like e-books because it is bad for your eyes.
I just read in the library.
I read English books, it takes me some time because I don’t understand all the words.
I like English history books.
I gave him 2 thick books.

Vocabulary

anesthesiologist (n) doctor who gives the anesthesia
Tom is an anesthesiologist

anesthesia/anaesthesia (n)麻醉
He received an anesthesia

local anesthesia : you don’t feel pain only where the doctor operates
The doctor gave a local anesthesia before the operation

global anesthesia : you fall asleep for the surgery
He had an operation under global anesthesia

sample (n) 试样
The doctor used a long needle to take a cell sample

thick (adj)厚的
The book is very thick it has a lot of pages

to lend (lend/lent/lent) (v) 借出
I decided to lend a book to my friend

to borrow (v) 借
I borrowed a book from the library

treatment(n) 治疗
There is no treatment for an advanced tumor

pollution (n)污染
Air pollution is quite bad

polluted (adj)
The air is polluted

secondhand smoking (n) when someone else smokes but you are in the same room and breathe the smoke
Her father smokes and she may have got sick because of secondhand smoking

disease (n) illness
there are many diseases

guilty (adj) 内疚的/有过错的
He felt guilty because she may have got sick because of him

advanced tumor : a tumor at an advanced stage
He has an advanced tumor

outpatient : people come and don’t stay in the hospital
I work in the outpatient department

inpatient (n) : people stay in a hospital room
She works in the inpatient department

chemotherapy/chemo   (n) 化学疗法
They need to have chemotherapy

tumor (n)肿瘤
she was young but had a tumor

to fill in (v) : write in a specific place
I had to fill in my information

pancreas (n) 胰腺
He checked the pancreas with the machine

surgeon (n) 外科医生
Tom is a heart surgeon

except 除…外/除…之外
Everyone had dinner except Tom because he had eaten a large lunch

to accept (v) 采用 / say yes to
Tom offered me a deal but I didn’t accept
The doctor asked the patient if he wanted to have a surgery and the patient accepted

Pronunciation

irresponsible

pancreas

intestine

kidney

stomach

cells

surgery