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Unit 5 Knowledge and Ignorance
Words and phrases expected of students
to understand
palpitate
five
days straight
wiggle
leaf
v.
prop up on
pillows/against the wall
Dawn broke on
the
doctor’s face
rule out
social milieu
in a huddle
a suggestion
of…
I detected a suggestion
of malice in his remarks.
in due course
Preparatory
Work
（
1
）
Symptom
cough
（咳嗽）
prolonged
emptying
time
（
排
空
时
间
过
长）
Checkup
have
an <
/p>
orthodiagram
（拍
X
线片
—
注：平
常人不
这么说，
就
是
take
an
X-ray
）
have an
EKG
（做
心电图）
have
a
Fluoroaortogram
(
做主动脉造影
)
Diagnosis
functional
（
功能
性的）
vascular
（血管
的）
hypertensive
（高血压的）
pylorospasm
(
幽
门痉挛
)
cardiomegaly
（心脏肥大症）
minimal
left
ventricular
hypertrophy
(
微
小左心室肥厚
)
peripheral
vascular
spasticity
（周围
血管痉挛）
Clinic
Gastroenterology
消化科
Neorology(
神经
病学
)
Neuropsychology
(
神经心理学
)
rheumatology
(
风湿病学
)
Other
AMA
(
美国医药
协会
)
Gastro-Intestinal
（胃肠道的）
aortic
valve
（主动脉瓣）
the
great
arteries
（主动脉）
peripheral
capillary
bed
（周围毛细血管
床）
rheumatologist
（风湿病医生）
tubular
function
（肾小管功能）
filtration
fraction
（滤过分数）
The following are just for
your reference
The Inadequencies of
Modern Orthodiagramatic Techniques in
Demonstrating Minimal Left
Ventricular
Hypertrophy
当代影像技术在显示微小左心室肥厚方面的不足之处
the
Diagnostic
Clinic
(
诊断科
)
vs.
the
Therapeutic
Clinic
(
治疗科
)
vs.
the
Functional
1
Clinic(
功能科
)//Mitral
Valve Clinic (
二尖瓣科
) vs.
Aortic Valve Clinic (
主动脉瓣科
)
(allthe
clinics are made up for
satirical effect)
psychoneuroticist
神经心理医生（
a made-up word, possibly
coined from Psychoneurosis
精
神神经病
or Neuropsychology
神经心理学）
psychosoci
ologist
社会心理医生（
a made-up
word; psycho+ sociologist
）
pituitary osmoreceptorologist
渗透压感受器专家？？
（
a word possibly
coined from pituitary
osmoreceptor
渗透压感受器）
（
2
）
The
story was published in 1963, and in the story a
doctor says it
’
s 1972, which
means that the story has a futuristic
setting.
It’s
not
a
typical
science
fiction
as
I
understand
the
term,
for
science
fiction,
though
hard
to
define,
usually
involves
wilderimaginativeconceptssuch
asfuturisticscienceandtechnology,space
travel,time
travel,parallel
universesandextraterrestrial life.
Yet it may be viewed as a story of
science fiction in the sense that the author
makes
up
a
futuristic settingof
extremely
meticulous divisions of medicine to
warn against such a trend, since
science fiction also means, according to science
fiction
writerRobert
A.
Heinlein,
“realistic
speculation
about
possible
future
events, based solidly
on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and
present,
and on a thorough
understanding of the nature and significance of
the scientific
method.”
But, to be honest, I do
think it’
s more a satire than science
fiction.
（
3
）
There are altogether
13 doctors besides the Turk.
(Interesting number!)
The
doctor (community doctor?)---the red-headed doctor
(Gastro-Intestinal man)
andDr.
Schultz
(the
Orthopedic
Radiologist)---another
doctor(possibly
alsoOrthopedic
Radiologist),
who
brought
two
more
doctors
(in
Valve
Clinic)---the
Miltral
man,
the
Aortic
man,
the
Great
Arteries
man
and
the
Peripheral
Capillary
Bed
man---doctor
in
the
Functional
Clinic---Psychoneuroticist,
Psychosociologist
—
the Turk
( Is he really a Turk?
I don
’
t know
what
’
s his field.)
（
4
）
They are italicized for emphasis. They
are to be read out aloud.
Para.
9
Fifty-
five
The
doctor
shows
his
incredulity.
He
believes
55
as
a
critical age but the man
hasn
’
t had a checkup for
almost 10 years.
Para.13
…
you
may
be
feeling
well,
it
implies
that
the
doctor
doesn
’
t
believe he is actually well.
Para.24
…
I could
do
that
…
The doctor was shocked that
the patient was
“
ignorant
”
to the extent that he asked
only for sth. to stop the pain. According to
the doctor, the root cause of the
problem had to be found out first.
Para.
24
…
more
…
aspirin
poisoning
than
of
cyanide
poisoning
The
two
words are emphasized to distinguish
them and to let the information sink in.
Para. 26 we have to
think
about
…
The doctor implies that
Wheatley hasn
’
t
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