عبارت انگلیسی
rounds
معنی و توضیح
The word “rounds,” in this podcast, means a doctor’s practice of visiting each of his or her patients in a particular order: “The doctor is on his rounds right now, but I’ll have him give you a call once he’s finished.” A “round” can be a group of related events that is part of a larger series of events: “The second round of the debate will begin at 7:00 tomorrow evening.” A “round of applause” is the period of time when a group of people are clapping to show their appreciation for something: “It took the President a long time to finish his speech, because he had to stop talking for each round of applause.” Finally, the phrase “to make the rounds” means for something to be shared among many people: “An interesting magazine article is making the rounds through the office as co-workers share it with each other.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Visiting a Patient in the Hospital». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 567: Visiting a Patient in the Hospital.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 567. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is about someone visiting a hospital. It uses vocabulary that you would need in a hospital. I hope you don’t need it, but if you do, here it is. Let’s get started.
George: You’re just in time. There’s only another 20 minutes until the end of visiting hours.
Inez: I got here as soon as I could. How is Uncle Peter?
George: They moved him from the emergency ward to the intensive care unit. He’s on life support.
Inez: How could this have happened? How could somebody in the prime of his life collapse suddenly like that?
George: They’ve been running tests
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.