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day 144heart and nerves

unit 22 · at the hospital

    heart and nerves

    Talk about the heart, blood and nerves, describe symptoms and a check-up, and give yourself or someone as an example with 就 (for one).

    today’s words

    • 症狀 zhèngzhuàng · symptom
    • 腫 zhǒng · swollen
    • 骨頭 gútou · bone
    • 神經 shénjīng · nerve
    • 血管 xiěguǎn · blood vessel
    • 血液 xiěyè · blood
    • 心臟 xīnzàng · heart (the organ)
    • 疲勞 píláo · tired, fatigued
    • 後退 hòutuì · step back, go backwards
    • 冒 mào · give off; brave (the rain)
    • 噴 pēn · spray, spout
    • 純 chún · pure
    • 大致 dàzhì · roughly; general
    • 番 fān · (measure) a round, a spell
    • 構造 gòuzào · structure, how it’s built
    • 接下來 jiēxiàlái · next, after that
    • 劇烈 jùliè · intense, violent
    • 列 liè · (measure) for trains, rows

    sentences

    • 醫生說他的心臟和血管都沒問題。 · The doctor says his heart and blood vessels are fine.
    • 我的腳腫了,還好骨頭沒斷。 · My foot is swollen, but luckily the bone isn’t broken.
    • 不是每個人都怕打針,我就不怕。 · Not everyone is scared of injections. I’m not, for one.
    • 火車要進站了,請大家後退。 · The train is coming in: please stand back.
    • 醫生把我仔細檢查了一番。 · The doctor gave me a thorough check-up.