英語趣味課堂： 去醫(yī)院 go to hospital

Adrienne: Hey, Ian, tell me about the time you were at the hospital.

Ian: What, the first time I went to the hospital?

Adrienne: Yes, the first time.

Ian: The first time I went to hospital was when I was 13 years old and it was the day of my birthday and I had a pain in my right side and I'd been sick the day before and so on my birthday my mom phoned the hospital and the doctor decided I should go to hospital and I had my appendix2out

Adrienne: OW! That sounds painful!

Ian: Mm, but there's more! On my 18th birthday, I had like a lump in my throat, and I couldn't breathe properly and again my mother phoned the doctors and I went to the hospital again and my right lung had collapsed

Adrienne: Oh, my goodness!

Ian: I know. I spent about 8 days in hospital and it was is Wales. I always remember being in Wales because I had problems understanding the doctor's accent, and then, are you ready, there's more

Adrienne: Tell me

Ian: Again when I was 20 years old I was at university in Leeds, and again I had a lump in my throat and I had problems breathing. I went to the hospital and the same thing again. My right lung had collapsed

Adrienne: Collapsed!

Ian: Yes, but this time, because we were in a big city, they had more sophisticated medical equipment and they put a syringe, made a very small hole in my chest and put the syringe into my lung and drained away the excess air and my lung was inflated again.

Adrienne: Did it hurt?

Ian: Not as much as the first time. And I only spent a day in hospital and then they sent me home, but there's more. A week later I had the same problem, a lump in my throat, and I had problems breathing and so I went to the hospital again and my right lung had collapsed again, for the third time, so this time the

doctors decided they had to do a bigger operation to make sure that this wouldn't happen again so I was at hospital for two weeks and they cut away the top part of my lung, and stitched6 me back up and now my lungs are absolutely fine. I've had no problems since and I'm doing lots of running and I feel much better,

but I don't want to have the same thing again. Ever!

Adrienne: I hope you don't either. That's amazing!

Ian: I know. The thing is, my uncle and my father had the same problems so it's probably in my genes, in my families genes, that we have this. It's a common family problem, but anyway, now I am OK.

Adrienne: Wow! That's good!

學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)容：

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first time

Tell me about the first time you went to the hospital.

We use the phrase 'first time' to talk about the first experience that we had with something. Notice the following:

We saw each other for the first time when we were still in high school.

The first time I saw the ocean was in Florida.

appendix

The doctor decided I should go to hospital and I had my appendix out.

Your 'appendix' is a part of your body. It is a tube in your abdominal8 area that has no known function, but can become infected. Notice the following:

That area of your abdomen is where your appendix is.

He had his appendix removed when he was seven.

phone

My mother phoned the doctors.

In this case 'phone' is used as a verb, meaning 'to call someone using a telephone.' Notice the following:

You shouldn't phone him so late at night.

I will phone you if I hear more.

accent

I always remember being in Wales because I had problems understanding the doctor's accent.

Your 'accent' is the sound or the tone of your voice when you speak. People from different parts of the world, even though they might speak the same language, have different accents. There are usually many different accents within the same country. Notice the following:

She has lived away from home so long that she's lost her accent.

He has a very strong southern accent.

sophisticated

Hospitals in the big cities have more sophisticated medical equipment.

In this case 'sophisticated' can be replaced with 'modern' or 'advanced.' Notice the following:

Our company uses sophisticated research techniques.

This is the most sophisticated dance school in the area.

1 decided

adj.決定了的，堅決的;明顯的，明確的

參考例句：

This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.這使他們比對手具有明顯的優(yōu)勢。

There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英國人和中國人打招呼的方式有很明顯的區(qū)別。

2 appendix

n.附錄，附屬物，闌尾，盲腸

參考例句：

I have recently had my appendix removed.我最近切除了闌尾。

There is an appendix at the back of the book.該書末尾處有一附錄。

3 collapsed

adj.倒塌的

參考例句：

Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地癱倒在地板上。

The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房頂在雪的重壓下突然坍塌下來。

4 sophisticated

adj.老練的，精密的，尖端的，高雅的

參考例句：

She has become very sophisticated since she went to live in London.移居倫敦后她變得世故多了。

This is a very sophisticated machine.這是一臺非常精密的機(jī)器。

5 inflated

adj.(價格)飛漲的;(通貨)膨脹的;言過其實(shí)的;充了氣的v.使充氣(于輪胎、氣球等)( inflate的過去式和過去分詞 );(使)膨脹;(使)通貨膨脹;物價上漲

參考例句：

He has an inflated sense of his own importance. 他自視過高。

They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity. 他們對自己的集體身份似乎都持有一種夸大的看法。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

6 stitched

v.縫，縫補(bǔ)，縫合( stitch的過去式和過去分詞 );[引申]把某物連在一起

參考例句：

If the wound is stitched up skillfully,it will hardly leave a mark. 如果傷口縫合得好，不會落下什么傷疤。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

She stitched a pocket on the new apron. 她在新圍裙上縫上一只口袋。 來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

7 genes

n.基因( gene的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )

參考例句：

You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你從父母那兒獲得優(yōu)良的基因，所以能夠活得很長。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它們間的差異將會幫助我們揭開基因多種功能。 來自英漢非文學(xué) - 生命科學(xué) - 生物技術(shù)的世紀(jì)

8 abdominal

adj.腹(部)的，下腹的;n.腹肌

參考例句：

The abdominal aorta is normally smaller than the thoracic aorta.腹主動脈一般比胸主動脈小。

Abdominal tissues sometimes adhere after an operation.手術(shù)之后腹部有時會出現(xiàn)粘連。

9 abdomen

n.腹，下腹(胸部到腿部的部分)

參考例句：

How to know to there is ascarid inside abdomen?怎樣知道肚子里面有蛔蟲?

He was anxious about an off-and-on pain the abdomen.他因時隱時現(xiàn)的腹痛而焦慮。

10 tone

n.語氣，音調(diào)，氣度，色調(diào);vt.(up)增強(qiáng)

參考例句：

There was a tone of mockery in his voice.他說話的語氣含有嘲笑的意味。

Holmes used an informal,chatty tone in his essays.霍姆斯在文章中語氣輕松隨便。