day 44germs and emergencies
unit 7 · body & healthgerms and emergencies
Handle a small emergency in Korean, talk about infections and first aid, and say “it looks like … is going to happen” with -게 생겼다.
today’s words
- 감염 gamyeom · infection
- 전염 jeonyeom · spreading (of a disease), contagion
- 전염병 jeonyeombyeong · epidemic, infectious disease
- 바이러스 baireoseu · virus
- 세균 segyun · bacteria, germs
- 위생 wisaeng · hygiene
- 응급 eunggeup · emergency
- 응급조치 eunggeupjochi · first aid
- 위급하다 wigeupada · critical, urgent (a situation)
- 중상 jungsang · serious injury
- 화상 hwasang · burn (injury)
- 붕대 bungdae · bandage
- 처치 cheochi · treatment, dealing with (it)
- 비상약 bisangyak · medicine kept for emergencies
- 해열제 haeyeolje · fever medicine
- 덧나다 deonnada · get worse, get infected (a wound)
- 마비 mabi · paralysis, numbness; standstill
- 충혈 chunghyeol · bloodshot (eyes)
- 탈 tal · trouble, upset
- 헌혈 heonhyeol · blood donation
- 쓰리다 sseurida · sting, smart; (stomach) burn
- 시리다 sirida · ache with cold (teeth, hands)
- 저리다 jeorida · go numb, have pins and needles
- 절다 jeolda · limp
sentences
- 감기는 바이러스 때문에, 식중독은 세균 때문에 생겨요. · Colds are caused by viruses, food poisoning by bacteria.
- 손을 자주 씻으면 감염을 막을 수 있습니다. · Washing your hands often can prevent infection.
- 정부가 전염병 비상사태를 선언하자 위생 수칙을 발표했다. · When the government declared an epidemic emergency, it announced hygiene rules.
- 응급실에서는 작은 오류도 위험하다. · In A&E, even a small error is dangerous.
- 안전띠를 맸는데도 두 명이 상반신에 중상을 당했다. · Even though they were wearing seat belts, two people were seriously injured in the upper body.