医学英语教学（盛淑芳）Introduction.pptVIP

Fundamental Medical English 盛淑芳 ESP Department (科技英语教研室) katessf@163.com Tel: 6229728 An Introduction To Medical English What is medical English? English about medicine. What are the characteristics of medical English? 1. Long words adrenocorticotropin (肾上腺皮质激素) 2. A Large vocabulary 3. Long and complicated sentences When food is eaten it is broken down by the digestive system and the nutrients are absorbed through the wall of the intestines, which is then picked up by the blood vessels and carried off to the cells requiring the nutrition with a pit stop through the liver for nutrient absorption and toxic cleansing. 4. Passive voice When food is eaten it is broken down by the digestive system and the nutrients are absorbed through the wall of the intestines, which is then picked up by the blood vessels and carried off to the cells requiring the nutrition with a pit stop through the liver for nutrient absorption and toxic cleansing. 5. Nominalization (名词化结构) the control of hypertension (控制高血压) the excretion of cholesterol （排出胆固醇） Why shall we study medical English? To understand medical materials in English; To express medical ideas in English. What shall we learn about medical English? In each unit, we have three parts: Part A Terminology Part B Listening Part C Reading In Part A, we will learn some stems and affixes(词根、词缀). For each of them, we shall learn four points: 1) the spelling of it 2) the pronunciation of it 3) the meaning of it 4) the use of it arthro- /ɑ?θr?u/ joint (关节) -itis /a?t?s/ inflammation (炎症) Guess the meaning of a new word with the stems and affixes you have learned arthritis inflammation of joints (关节炎) Form a a new word with the stems and affixes you have learned 关节炎 arthritis In Part B, we will listen to some dialogues about medicine and answer the questions to improve our listening and speaking ability of medical English. In Part C, we have 3 passages to read. In class we will learn Text A only to learn medical terms