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day 35habits that harm

unit 5 · health & the body

    habits that harm

    Talk about bad habits, addiction and their effects on health, and say “absolutely not” with 萬萬不 / 萬萬沒.

    today’s words

    • 喘 chuǎn · pant, gasp
    • 昏 hūn · dizzy, faint; dim
    • 戒 jiè · give up (a habit), quit
    • 上癮 shàngyǐn · get addicted, get hooked
    • 酗酒 xùjiǔ · drink heavily, abuse alcohol
    • 致命 zhìmìng · fatal, deadly
    • 處方 chǔfāng · prescription
    • 體質 tǐzhí · physical constitution
    • 發作 fāzuò · flare up, have an attack
    • 失明 shīmíng · lose one’s sight, go blind
    • 屎 shǐ · poo, droppings
    • 啞 yǎ · hoarse; mute
    • 畸形 jīxíng · deformed, malformed
    • 瘟疫 wēnyì · plague, epidemic
    • 健壯 jiànzhuàng · healthy and strong
    • 疙瘩 gēda · lump, bump; goosebumps
    • 痰 tán · phlegm
    • 惡性 èxìng · malignant; vicious (circle)
    • 世代 shìdài · generation(s)
    • 猜想 cāixiǎng · guess, suppose; conjecture
    • 于 yú · at, in, to (formal; = 於)
    • 萬萬 wànwàn · absolutely (+ not), by no means

    sentences

    • 這件事你萬萬不能告訴她。 · You must absolutely not tell her about this.
    • 我萬萬沒想到,他真的把咖啡戒了。 · I never thought he’d actually give up coffee.
    • 歷史上有好幾次可怕的瘟疫。 · History has seen several terrible plagues.
    • 醫生說,有些先天畸形現在可以用手術治療。 · Doctors say some congenital malformations can now be treated with surgery.
    • 這個世代的人都離不開手機。 · This generation can’t live without their phones.