时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   常说在中国看不起病。但是在美国,更看不起病!而且美国还是世界上唯一没有全民医保的发达国家。虽然奥巴马上台后开始推行医保,但是阻力重重。今天,我们就要说说在美国看病的那些事儿。


  美国医保改革
  本节课的重点词汇:
  1. bankrupt 破产
  2. Oregon 俄勒冈州
  3. hippie 嬉皮士
  4. tree-hugger 环保主义支持者
  5. hipster 嬉皮士
  6. medical insurance 医疗保险
  7. compulsory 1 强制的
  8. ER (emergency room) 急诊
  9. Medicaid 政府补助医疗保险计划(低收入人群)
  10. Medicare 政府补助医疗保险计划(65岁以上/残障绿卡持有者)
  11. braces 2 牙套
  12. dental 牙科
  13. coverage 3 保险覆盖范围
  14. concussion 脑震荡

1 compulsory
n.强制的,必修的;规定的,义务的
  • Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗?
  • Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。
2 braces
n.吊带,背带;托架( brace的名词复数 );箍子;括弧;(儿童)牙箍v.支住( brace的第三人称单数 );撑牢;使自己站稳;振作起来
  • The table is shaky because the braces are loose. 这张桌子摇摇晃晃,因为支架全松了。
  • You don't need braces if you're wearing a belt! 要系腰带,就用不着吊带了。
3 coverage
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
学英语单词
acoustic comfort index
ademption of a gift
after-light
angular distances
bawan
bed regrading system
berlyne
Bisnorephedrine
Bol'shoye Mikhaylovskoye
book bindings
Booth, Evangeline Cory
brachypoda
Buddleja brachystachya
butyl acetoacetic ester
cholinergic fibers
church-member
colourtuft machine
concentrical
constant volume expansion
continuous powder sample
crown-block saver
culfs
CVL
cymbidiums
deterritorialization
dieing
diestrus
diffuse masking
double hexagonal opening box socket wrench with straight handle
elbra
elliptical life raft
Erysimum sinuatum
euglenid
Flanged Inlet
flight idling speed
Fougères, Plaine des
garblings
gnawing animals
hierarchy theory
high frequency choke
hoof ulceration
impulse response method
inadequate personality disorder
inertia-reel seat-belt
interinfiltration
iridium anomaly
kunzle
La Ville-aux-Clèrcs
lap joint
lepospondyl
like as not
Little St. Bernard (Pass)
locomoted
long-nosed pit viper
longitudinal adiabatic invariant
macroporous boron-specific ion-exchange resin
magnetic cycle
make a pause
me-
meadow soil
medical diathermy
medicosmine
metal-water shield
mu-mesons
multiply unit
neolignan
Nomeus
non-petroleum fuel
nonadecene diacid
objective cases
OTM (operational technical manual)
overloose
overside discharging
papeetes
printer I/O buffer
product mapping
prolonged consonant
red zone of intersection
renarius
retrains
Rhynchosia minima
run times
scanning ion microprobe
series sequence
sick-making
signal tuned amplifier
smaltinus
sonatraches
sprint car
stenoloba
supercrisp
sursolid
takaya
temper colour
theory basis
Tizzoni's antitoxin
undertaking
Vigna Savi.
water-based cleaner
western narrow-mouthed toad
with caution
yomboes