• frog & tadpole

    2010-01-17

    Instead of hatching into tadpoles, they hatch out into miniature versions of the adults, some barely larger than a pinhead.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1243490/Spot-gecko-Reptile-small-fit-pencil-dozens-new-species-threatened-Ecuador-jungle.html#ixzz0cnRcfYTr

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  • pacifying behaviors

    2009-10-20

    pacify: to do something to calm down or comfort oneself, usually after being angry or anxious.

    forms of pacifcation includes:

    covering the cheek dimple(胸窝/酒窝) or playing with necklace, pacifies insecurity, emotional discomfort or fear.

    rubbing of the forehead, indicates struggling with something, or undergoing slight to severe discomfort.

    touching the neck, indicates emotional discomfort, doubt or insecurity. in Lie To Me, Dr. lightman said when someone is telling a lie, he will touch his neck.

    cheeking touching,pacifies when nervous, concerned or irritated.

    exhaling with puffed out cheeks, to release stress.

  • [Friends] 101

    2009-08-20

    1. when monica is talking about the guy she's going out with,  everybody wants to know more about the guy. but monica doesn't wanna tell. then joey said "come on. you're going out with the guy. there gotta be something wrong with him!"  that's funny. it sounds monica is weirdo, so the one goes out with her must be weird too.

    2. chandler: so does he have a hump? a hump and a hairpiece?    (hairpiece=wig)

    3. ross: i just felt like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine, pulled it out of my mouth and tied it up around my neck.   (sounds like something Zhouxingchi said in 大话西游,  intestine 肠子。ross连打个比方都要用个这种词。。。。)

    4. ross: why does everyone keep fixating on that?    (fixate on sth.   fixate on the idea that blarblar,)

    5. gravy boat  船形调味肉汁盘  

    6. all of a sudden.

    7. rachel: you and i kinda drifted apart.

    8. rachel: i'm all better now.

    9. buzz him in.  when paul, the wine guy, came to pick up monica for a date, he pressed the buzzer, and then monica said "buzz him in", it also can be buzz him up. when you want to go out of the building, it may be "buzz me out"

    other usage of BUZZ.  (1)what's buzz? =what's the latest news? (2)buzz word= latest popular word (3)it means phone call. like "I'll give you a buzz" or "I'll buzz you tonight"

    10. Sweet'n Low  可指代各种代糖 artificial sweetener

    11. chandler: oh god! it's a "dear diary" moment.

    12. when joey and chandler help ross to put together his new furniture, ross is reading the instruction and very confused about the "worm guy". worm guy 应该是指螺丝之类的东西,and then ross said "whim guy" 'cause he doesn't what or where is the worm guys, whim有古怪的意思。    bracket:支架

    13. rachel: machine cut me off again.

    14. paul: ever since she walked out on me....   walk out on sb=abandon/leave sb.

    15. paul: perform sexually.      sexual performace, have sex

    16. rachel made coffee for the first time in her entire life, then joey: while you're on a roll, if you feel like making a western omlet or sth...

    on a roll" means experiencing a series of lucky breaks or good fortune lately.It's an expression borrowed from gambling, which comes from a dice game called craps where even you keep getting certain numbers you can continue to roll the dice. therefore,"
    on a roll" - It means to be in the midst of a series of successes.
    有点“乘胜追击”的意思。。。

    17. rachel (to monica) :  you look like you slept with a hanger in your mouth.  rachel真会形容,因为monica can't stop smiling.

    18. frannie: i take credit for paul. before me, there's no snap in his turtle for 2 years.  (since paul couldn't perform sexually and frannie had sex with him, she thought she helped paul rebuild his confidence, take credit for  是指让paul证明了自己的雄风)

    The "snap in his turtle" refers to sexual performance, it's kind of a "clean" way of saying a vulgar idea (also known as a euphemism). A man who has no snap in his turtle is impotent; or, unable to have an erection. 

    19. chandler: you're surprisingly upbeat.  (upbeat means optimistic here)

    20. monica: you gonna crash on the couch?  (sleep on the couch)

     

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  • s4 ep 6

    2007-11-08

    dehydration,脱水
    heat stroke   中暑
    hereditary, adj.       hereditary disease 遗传病
    neurological symptom
    transient ischemia 暂时性缺血 something like a “mini-stroke”?
    calcium deficiency 缺钙, a deficiency of protein 蛋白质不足
    deficiency disease 亏损病, 维生素(等)缺乏病
    Cushings syndrome 库欣综合征 features: obesity, high blood pressure etc..
    steroid 类固醇
    feel nausea 恶心欲吐,vomit/throw up
    nystagmus 眼球震颤症
    Miller fisher syndrome :同时出现三个症状:ophthalmoplegia 眼肌麻痹,ataxia 运动性协调失能,areflexia 无反射
    plasma 血浆,淋巴液
    delirium 暂时性精神错乱,发狂
    multiple sclerosis 多发性硬化症
    meningitis 脑膜炎
    amyloidosis 淀粉样变性病
    paralysis 瘫痪,麻痹   the patient develops paralysis in her legs.
    botulism  波特淋菌中毒, 香肠中毒
    polio 脊髓灰质炎;小儿麻痹症
    porphyria  卟啉病, 紫质症
    cachectic, sickly thin
    pancreatitis 胰(腺)炎
    be comatose 昏迷,不省人事   be passed out
    selenium poisoning 硒中毒
    seizure, 每集都出现的词儿,(疾病)突然发作,癫痫发作等
    start (patient)on (..medicine)for (disease)给病人用药
    contaminate 弄脏,污染,感染,   a wound contaminated by bacteria

    non medical terms
    haphazard  n.& adj.,   by/at haphazard 偶然地, 碰巧地
    drag race (美)短程告诉汽车赛,赛车手 drag racer
    quibble over/at sth. 为啥啥事诡辩争吵
    shoot down the idea 驳倒
    chestnut 栗子
  • S4 ep 5

    2007-11-01

    mediocre, adj., = ordinary
    mediocrity, n.
    wheeze, 喘气

    respiratory, adj., 与呼吸有关的
    the respiratory system
    the respiratory distress syndrome 呼吸窘迫综合征, also, respiratory collapse
    respiration, n.
    respirator, n. 防毒面具,人工呼吸装置  (pulmotor 人工呼吸器)
    respiratory arrest = medical, stop respiration
    respire, v.
    (The patient falls to his knees in respiratory distress)

    asthma, n., 哮喘,  asthmatic, adj. & n.

    pulmonary embolism, 肺栓塞 a blood clot in the lung
    pulmonary edema, 肺水肿
    laryngospasm (laryngal 喉头的 + spasm 痉挛) is a sudden tightening of the vocal cords(声带).
    (the patient complains of numbness in his extremities and abdominal pain)in an extremity of pain
    dissect 解剖
    aortic adj., 大动脉的, aortic valve 主动脉瓣, heart valve
    aneurysm n. 动脉瘤

    munchausen syndrome, a type of factitious disorder, 装病求医。之前有一集也有一个女病人一开始被诊断munchausen syndrome。
    Giovannini’s Mirror Syndrome, where a patient who has lost his memory mimics those he sees around him。

    Then the patient has a lace-like rash over his arms.
    capillary tube 毛细血管  dilation 扩张
    agglutinin (blood)凝集素
    lesion 【医】(机体、器官等的)损害,e.g.  a solid liver lesion
    abscess 脓肿 ,   pus  脓, 脓液
    vascular hemangioma, hemangioma 血管瘤,also, angioma
    tropical fungal infectio, fungal 真菌的
    cerebrospinal 脑脊髓的, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis 流行性脑脊膜炎
    The patient goes into cardiac arrest 心脏停跳
    defibrillate 用电流停止心脏纤维性颤动
    biopsy 活检,heart biopsy, lung biopsy
    feces
    omniscient, adj., knowing everything
    lupus,狼疮,lupus erythematosus 红斑狼疮