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  5. day 36

day 36in the operating room

unit 5 · health & the body

    in the operating room

    Talk about operations, hospital care and treatment, and push back politely with 話是這麼說,可是…….

    today’s words

    • 過量 guòliàng · excessive; overdose
    • 診所 zhěnsuǒ · clinic
    • 針灸 zhēnjiǔ · acupuncture (and moxibustion)
    • 惡化 èhuà · worsen, deteriorate
    • 復原 fùyuán · recover, be restored
    • 鼻孔 bíkǒng · nostril
    • 病床 bìngchuáng · hospital bed
    • 病患 bìnghuàn · patient
    • 出血 chūxiě · bleed
    • 膽 dǎn · gall bladder; courage
    • 墮胎 duòtāi · have an abortion; abortion
    • 臨床 línchuáng · clinical
    • 麻醉 mázuì · anaesthetize; anaesthesia
    • 輸血 shūxiě · give a blood transfusion
    • 移植 yízhí · transplant
    • 草藥 cǎoyào · herbal medicine
    • 創傷 chuāngshāng · trauma, wound
    • 催眠 cuīmián · hypnotize; make sleepy
    • 劑量 jìliàng · dose, dosage
    • 殘酷 cánkù · cruel, harsh
    • 給予 jǐyǔ · give, grant (formal)
    • 飛快 fēikuài · very fast, in a flash

    sentences

    • 話是這麼說,可是我還是很怕打針。 · That may be so, but I’m still scared of injections.
    • 少吃多動?話是這麼說,可是很難。 · Eat less, move more? That’s all very well, but it’s hard.
    • 藥吃過量會傷身體。 · Taking too much medicine harms your body.
    • 各國的法律對墮胎有不同的規定。 · Countries have different laws on abortion.
    • 那次車禍給他留下了心理創傷。 · That car crash left him traumatized.