Intermediate - Broken Bone
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 03:48 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
Right-Wingnut
October 15, 2013 at 05:51 AM
8:56
John: So Dilu, I think this word 骨折，it deserves a little bit more attention because its kind of hard to use when you're using it for the first time.
Dilu: 对。骨折这个词在中文和在英文里面的用法不太一样。
John: Right. So let me ask a quick question. This 骨折, that 折, is that the same as 打折？
Dilu: 是一个字，但是意思好象不一样吧。
John: Same character, different meaning, just checking. So 骨折 - the pattern here is：骨 means 'bone', so its a noun, and 折 means 'break', its a verb. And its weird to have this noun-verb pattern.
Right-Wingnut
October 15, 2013 at 05:32 AM
John: 初诊 is a first visit to the doctor to see what's going on.
Dilu: 对。然后第二次或者是第三次后面的话就叫＇复诊＇。
John: Got it.
Dilu: 这个医生很 efficient。下一个病人。
John: I think that's how a lot of the hospitals are here. Let's listen to the dialog one more time.
Dilu: 好。
7:50 - Dialog
Right-Wingnut
October 15, 2013 at 05:18 AM
7:02
Dilu: 一个月以后再来我这里复诊。
John: So after a month come back here again for a followup meeting.
Dilu: 叫：复诊。复诊。
John: 4th and 3rd.复诊。复 means 'repeat'. What does 诊 mean?
Dilu: '复'在中文里面就是＇诊断＇的意思。
John: 诊断 means 'diagnosis'.
Dilu: 对。我们如果去医院，第一次的诊断叫＇初诊＇。
Right-Wingnut
October 15, 2013 at 05:08 AM
John: So its not so serious. When we talk about injuries and illnesses we use this word for 'serious'. What is it?
Dilu: 严重。严重。第二声和第四声。
John: 2nd - 4th. 严重. The doctor kind of ignores her question and tells her 'go pay'.
Dilu: 对。你先去付钱，付钱以后，去石膏室打石膏。
John: 石膏室。This is a room just for casts.
Dilu: 对。有一个打石膏的房间叫：石膏室。
John: So go to the 石膏室打石膏。
Right-Wingnut
October 15, 2013 at 05:02 AM
6:01
John: It just means 'cast'. To have a cast put on is ...
Dilu: 这个也很 interesting，叫＇打石膏＇。打石膏。
John: 打。Hopefully there's no beating involved.
Dilu: 没有，没有。它就是一个 set phrase。叫＇打石膏＇。
John: And the girl was saying that she's surprised that she needs a cast.
Dilu: 她觉得＇没那么严重吧＇。没那么严重吧。
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 08:05 AM
5:31
John: So 'foot bone broke'.
Dilu: 对啊。就是这个意思。
John: Notice in English we like to omit the word 'bone'. In Chinese you can't do that. You have to always say 'bone broke', in that order.
Dilu: 骨折。对。骨折。
John: So if you break a bone then ...
Dilu: 要打石膏。打石膏。
John: The word 'cast', the noun, is ...
Dilu: 石膏。第二声和第一声。石膏。
John: And that means 'stone paste'.石膏。
Dilu: You don't have to break it down.
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 08:00 AM
John: So it just means the xray photograph, a developed xray.
Dilu: 对。
John: So get the xray and bring it back after half an hour. And she does.
Dilu: 医生说：骨折了。要打石膏。要打石膏。
John: 骨折了。3rd tone, 2nd tone. The bone is broken. You broke a bone.
Dilu: 对。骨折了。
John: Just to be clear, in English we say 'you broke your foot'. How do you add 'foot' in there?
Dilu: 你可以说：脚骨折了。脚骨折了。
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 07:56 AM
Dilu: 你要说：拍X光。拍X光。
John: So 拍个X光 - 'take an xray'.
Dilu: 对。然后：半小时以后拿片子过来。拿片子过来。
John: After half an hour, get something and bring it back.
Dilu: 片子。片子。第一声和轻声。
John: 片子 - doesn't that mean 'movie'?
Dilu: 可以是指那种电影的片子，也可以是这个X光的片子。
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 07:51 AM
Dilu: 你先去拍个X光。先去拍个X光。
John: X光。光 is 1st tone.
Dilu: 对。第一声。
John: 光 means 'light'.
Dilu: 他这里指的是那种 laser，之类的。
John: You might call it a ray.
Dilu: 对对对。我不太懂。
John: So xray in Chinese is ...
Dilu: X光。
John: Remember in Chinese how do you say 'take a picture'?
Dilu: 拍照。
John: So that's a regular photograph. But if you want to take an xray, you say ...
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 07:37 AM
3:32
Dilu: 可以是 pinch，也可以是拿一个手，这个手去捏，to squeeze.
John: Squeeze with your whole hand.
Dilu: 对。
John: Anyway, he's applying pressure. So 捏 can be as small as a pinch, or as big as a squeeze (of) someone's whole foot with your hand.
Dilu: 对。捏。第一声。
John: When he does that, it hurts.
Dilu: 好象很痛的样子。她说：啊，痛，痛，痛。
John: Then the doctor tells her to do what?
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 07:31 AM
3:02
Dilu: 对。差不多三个小时了。差不多三个小时了。
John: Here we have a 了 at the end, so its been about 3 hours.
Dilu: 是的。到现在差不多。已经三个小时了。
John: So that 了 tells us that its up until now, the time is still continuing. So 'its been about 3 hours'.
Dilu: 然后这个医生他说：我捏一下。我捏一下。
John: 捏, 1st tone, doesn't that mean 'pinch'?
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 07:27 AM
2:33
John: Now what he's asking is 'when did you fall?'. 'When did you hurt yourself？'
Dilu: 是在问时间。这里有一个 是...的 pattern。
John: We see the 的 at the end of the sentence, but the 是 is omitted. If the 是 was in there and we had a very full sentence, what would it be?
Dilu: 你是什么时候摔的？你是什么时候摔的？
John: So he's asking a specific question about the past. 'When did you trip and fall?' That's why we use the 是...的 - trying to get at that specific information.
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 07:21 AM
Dilu: 对。
John: So 摔了一跤 means 'tripped and took a fall'.
Dilu: 就是 had a fall.
John: OK.
Dilu: 她说她脚很痛。脚很痛。
John: 痛，4th tone. Her foot really hurts.
Dilu: 那这个男医生看了一看。他说：有点儿肿。有点儿肿。
John: 肿, 3rd tone, that means 'swollen'.
Dilu: 对。第三声。肿。什么时候摔的？什么时候摔的？
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 07:16 AM
1:38
John: So what's the deal with this girl?
Dilu: 我早上摔了一跤，脚很痛。
John: 摔了一跤。This is 跤, not 脚。
Dilu: 是第一声。摔跤，两个第一声。那你可以说：摔了一跤。摔了一跤。
John: 摔跤 - two 1st tones - that means 'to trip', 'to slip and fall'.
Right-Wingnut
September 14, 2013 at 07:10 AM
John: Hey ChinesePod listeners, this is an Intermediate lesson. My name is John.
Dilu: 你好，我是 Dilu。
John: Today's lesson, its medical related. What is the key word?
Dilu: 今天的 key word 是骨折。骨折。
John: 骨折 literally means 'bone breaks'.
Dilu: 对。骨折。第三声和第二声。
John: And today's lesson, it actually takes place at a hospital. Someone is trying to figure out if they actually broke a bone, or why it hurts so much.
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