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day 32seeing a doctor

unit 5 · health & the body

    seeing a doctor

    Book a doctor’s appointment, describe what’s wrong, and say something isn’t worth doing with 沒什麼 V 頭.

    today’s words

    • 預約 yùyuē · book, make an appointment
    • 胃 wèi · stomach
    • 醫療 yīliáo · medical care, healthcare
    • 診斷 zhěnduàn · diagnose; diagnosis
    • 治療 zhìliáo · treat (an illness); treatment
    • 中醫 zhōngyī · Chinese medicine; a TCM doctor
    • 姿勢 zīshì · posture, position
    • 敏感 mǐngǎn · sensitive
    • 健身房 jiànshēnfáng · gym
    • 彎曲 wānqū · winding, bent
    • 異常 yìcháng · abnormal, unusual
    • 飢餓 jī'è · hunger; starving
    • 強壯 qiángzhuàng · strong, robust
    • 患者 huànzhě · patient (someone with an illness)
    • 醫藥 yīyào · medicine (the field), medical
    • 胳膊 gēbo · arm
    • 健身 jiànshēn · work out, keep fit
    • 結實 jiēshi · sturdy, solidly built
    • 藥品 yàopǐn · medicines, drugs (as products)
    • 有益 yǒuyì · be good for, beneficial
    • 短暫 duǎnzhàn · brief, short-lived
    • 跟前 gēnqián · in front of (someone), close to
    • 哩 li · (casual particle, like 呢)

    sentences

    • 醫院附近的餐廳都沒什麼吃頭。 · The restaurants near the hospital aren’t worth eating at.
    • 這部醫生的電視劇沒什麼看頭。 · This hospital drama isn’t worth watching.
    • 這種病要早點診斷、早點治療。 · This illness needs diagnosing and treating early.
    • 臺灣的醫療很方便,患者不用等很久。 · Healthcare in Taiwan is convenient: patients don’t wait long.
    • 每天健身對身體有益。 · Working out every day is good for you.