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day 147surgery

unit 22 · at the hospital

    surgery

    Talk about falls, fainting and operations, say what you would rather do with 寧可, and say what something is taken as with 以……作為…… (以……為……).

    today’s words

    • 立 lì · stand; set up
    • 披 pī · drape over the shoulders
    • 醫 yī · treat, cure
    • 大便 dàbiàn · stool, poo
    • 大腿 dàtuǐ · thigh
    • 跌倒 diédǎo · fall over
    • 害處 hàichù · harm, disadvantage
    • 昏倒 hūndǎo · faint
    • 開刀 kāidāo · have / do an operation
    • 輕傷 qīngshāng · minor injury
    • 大都 dàdōu · mostly, for the most part
    • 對立 duìlì · opposed, at odds
    • 符號 fúhào · symbol, sign
    • 毫無 háowú · without the least
    • 間接 jiànjiē · indirect
    • 局 jú · (measure) a game, a set
    • 落後 luòhòu · fall behind; backward
    • 寧可 níngkě · would rather

    sentences

    • 地很滑,奶奶在浴室跌倒了。 · The floor was slippery, and Grandma fell in the bathroom.
    • 他只受了輕傷,不用開刀。 · He only has minor injuries: no operation needed.
    • 吸菸對身體毫無好處,只有害處。 · Smoking does your body no good at all, only harm.
    • 這兩個人的立場是對立的。 · These two people’s positions are opposed.
    • 醫院門口立著一個牌子,上面有很多符號。 · There’s a sign standing at the hospital entrance, covered in symbols.