Call The Doctor / Medical Words & Phrases / English Addict 44 - LIVE Lesson / Wed 26th Feb 2020

doo-doo-doo-doo oh yes guess what

mmm well slap me sideways and call me Dorothy here we go again it is another

English addict live from the birthplace of the English language which happens to be England

did you see that did you see that video clip that was playing just that was

filmed last week after we had all of the heavy rain here in the area where I live

- want to see it again look this is actual video footage that I

filmed last week I will show you some of it again so here it is look at that so

that is actually the river which is very close to my house and I actually filmed

that last week just after we had all that heavy rain so yes that is an actual

video clip that I filmed just last week because we've had so much water falling

and moving around and shifting all over the place

and there you can see a local River flooding and looking rather well rather

dangerous to be honest I don't like the look of that at all and part of that

River you can actually drive across it in your car however everyone last week

was warned not to do it they were told don't go through the river because part

of the river flows over the road we call it a Ford but last week the Ford was was

quite turbulent quite dangerous to cross and we have had so much rain in this

area I can't begin to tell you how much rain we've had around here anyway I hope

you are dry where you are hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are

you today are you okay I hope so are you feeling happy are you

happy today I really hope you are feeling happy because we are here all

together once again yes we have made it halfway through the week

it's Wednesday

yes we are here together again enjoying the English language for those who like English

yes mr. Duncan we know it is English addict you don't have to keep telling us

however for those who don't know what this is I teach English here on YouTube

and three times a week you can actually catch me live here on YouTube on Sunday

Wednesday and Friday from 2 p.m. UK time if you don't know about me well keep

watching and I can guarantee over the next 30 or 40 minutes you will

definitely find out what this is all about I think so

oh hello to the live chat as well I can't forget the live chat how could I

forget you I had a very interesting question last week someone asked mr.

Duncan can you tell me what the difference is between white collar and

blue collar and what do they actually mean well when we talk about these two

sentences or these two phrases what we are actually describing is a type of

work so we often think of white collar is a person who works in an office or in

a professional job for example they have a white collar so it actually refers to

the clothes they wear in their job however when we talk about blue collar

worker we often refer to people who work in factories or might have unskilled

jobs I'm not saying that is the case before anyone shouts at me and screams

into their smartphone so blue collar is a person who works in a factory they

have they have a laboring job so their job involves lots of manipulation with

their hands manual work and if you have an office job something that might be

seen as a comfortable job maybe you work for a business maybe you work in an

office maybe you own a company or maybe you are a supervisor you have a

white-collar job you are a white-collar worker if you work in a factory you

might be described as a blue-collar worker because of the type of clothes

you wear so that's the reason why it was mentioned last week because a lot of

people noticed my shirt that I always wear by the way I always wear this shirt

on my English addict live stream I hope you're feeling good today I really do

because it's been a very hectic week

shall we talk about yesterday shall we talk about the dreadful thing that

happened yesterday can I just apologise to those who sat

down yesterday ready to watch my special live stream which was on Pancake Day

yes Tuesday was pancake day yesterday was Shrove Tuesday so I decided to do

something unusual I actually went into the kitchen to do a live stream I went

into the kitchen yesterday and I thought it would be fun to make a pancake live a

terrible idea an absolute awful idea I regret doing it now so yesterday I went

into the kitchen and I did a live stream and I tried my best to make a pancake

something that people traditionally do on Pancake Day as the name suggests but

as you can see my pancake didn't turn out very well it was not very successful

so unfortunately my attempt to make a pancake yesterday

did not go very well well that was my first attempt but I didn't give up

because later on I tried to do it again and I was slightly more successful but

there you can see now on your screen that was my awful pancake that I made

yesterday it didn't turn out very well for which I really do apologize I do

I never so sorry you might say that my attempt to make a pancake yesterday I

suppose I could describe it as a disaster my attempt to make a pancake

yesterday was an absolute disaster mr. Duncan what a disaster he didn't work

out the way you intended something went wrong something seriously went wrong

your your attempt to make a pancake turned into a disaster

hmm so if something goes wrong if something suddenly happens that you

weren't expecting something terrible occurs we can describe it as a disaster

I said oh here's another one another word I suppose you could use this word

as well calamity it was a calamity something

went terribly wrong yesterday when I was trying to make my pancake something went

seriously wrong it was a calamity everything went wrong unfortunately oh

here's another one I suppose you could describe yesterday's pancake as a

complete cock-up I really did make a mess yesterday of my pancake I tried my

best to do it right but unfortunately I made a complete cock-up

I did so it was unfortunately a complete cock-up oh they were it took me ages to

find that so a cock-up something that goes wrong you made a terrible mistake a

horrible mistake unfortunately although I did try to do it again and I was

slightly more successful with my second attempt so if you want to watch the

whole thing it is still available on my youtube channel you can watch it if you

want if you dare calamity so it was a terrible calamity

it was a complete cock-up it was oh I like this one it was a catastrophe yes

good word there mr. Duncan good word catastrophe if something goes terribly

wrong if something is a disaster it is a catastrophe so my poor pancake my

attempt to make the pancake yesterday was a complete and utter catastrophe it

went completely wrong we can describe it as a failure

unfortunately I'm afraid I failed yesterday I failed to make my pancake

however I did try again I am not the type of person who gives up you may have

noticed whatever happens even if I make mistakes even if I get things wrong

sometimes I say the wrong word or maybe I mispronounce a word or a sentence

however I carry on I don't give up even though I might have the occasional

failure sometimes I will fail sometimes I will make mistakes but what do I do

do I give up no I don't I carry on I continue despite having failure I

continue I carry on I don't give up and nor should you

hello to the live chat oh hi everybody on the live chat nice to see you here

today congratulations - oh hello - Martha in Poland Martha Poland guess

what you are first on today's live chat

and relations to Martha you did very well there I think you must have a very

fast finger I think so hello also sweetness hello mr. Duncan

how are you doing I hope you are doing well I am okay however this morning when

I woke up my stomach was feeling very strange and it might be because of my

pancake yesterday if you want to find out why my pancake may have given me a

bad stomach watch yesterday's livestream if you dare hello flower Espoir Vitas is

here watching in Lithuania hello Vitesse nice to see you back again RHS oh we

have Pedro Pedro Belmont is here today Pedro Belmont is saying Thank You Pedro

also Belarusian my roots Cecilia and sang though hello sang veau where are

you watching at the moment I have a feeling you might be in Vietnam a big

hello to everyone who has joined me from Vietnam over the past few days many

people are now watching from Vietnam so nice to see you here as well Eric nice

to be here again Christina says how are you it is a windy day where Christina is

and also here as well it's quite windy here although it is also sunny at the

moment it's nice and sunny outside so that is actually a live view looking

outside my window right now and you can see it's quite nice we had we had snow

this morning we had a little bit of snow which I will show you in a moment but

this is the view right now looking from my studio window into the distance

it is looking rather nice however today the weather is freezing the temperature

is very low so unfortunately I won't be going outside to do anything I must be

honest with you I really do miss going outside I I can't wait to go back

outside into my garden to do my live streams and that is something I did last

year if you remember I did quite a few live streams outside in the garden

hower however at the moment the weather isn't very good

it isn't very pleasant so I won't be going outside at the moment because it's

freezing cold talking of which would you like to have a look at the view that I

filmed this morning Oh take a look at this so this is something I filmed from

my window this morning looking out into the distance first of all well this is

one of the nearby villages not far away from where I live you can see some

houses and also you can see the church as well there is a lovely church you can

see the top of the church that particular place is called Harley and

yeah look at that oh we had some snow this morning and you can see in the

distance you can see there is some snow on the hills in a distance you are

looking at the Long Mynd and then we will go across to one of the

famous Welsh Hills not very far away from where I live

a place called Caer Caradok which is an old hill fort and you can see there

is also lots of snow on there as well so yes it's true we had snow this morning

not much I know certain parts of the UK have had a lot of snow

but we just had a little bit nothing too serious so there I hope you enjoy that

just in case you haven't had any snow where you are I thought I would show you

the snow that we've had this morning just a little bit and that's the reason

why it is freezing cold right now isn't that nice oh and I must admit I do feel

lucky to have such beautiful views from my window I really do and there you can

see some of the blossom coming out on the trees as well it is really starting

to feel like spring is in the air which of course makes me feel very happy

very happy indeed I hope you enjoyed that hello - leo

hello leo watching in Vietnam as well a lot of people watching in Vietnam nice

to see you here today hello - tomorrow hello tomorrow it's nice to see you here

today tomorrow eric says hello to everyone as

well also we have irene Rolfie is here hello Rolfie thank you very much for

joining me again also we have missed or palmyra is here Palmero is here palmyra

asks mr. duncan have you put any ash on your head because today is Ash Wednesday

yes many people sell waiting the beginning of Lent and today

is Ash Wednesday for those who follow the Christian belief may be Catholics as

well I believe Catholics also get enrolled during Lent so a lot of people

celebrating and also observing linked from today hello Maria

hello also too broken boy hello broken boy nice to see you here as

well a lot of people joining in I always like to wait for a few moments because I

know there are some people who might not join the live chat on time so I always

like to wait I don't like to leave people behind

and that's the reason why we are going to talk about quite a few things from

this moment on today we're talking about types of story

we are going to have a look at types of story because last week last week I

mentioned Sherlock Holmes which did get a very large response thank you very

much for all of your lovely messages telling me how much you enjoyed my

discussion last week about Sherlock Holmes I didn't realize there are so

many Sherlock Holmes fans here on my live chat so now I do so thank you very

much Sherlock Holmes of course isn't real he is fictitious a fictitious

character is one that does not exist like for example Harry Potter Harry

Potter is not real he is a fictitious character he is a character from fiction

so when we talk about fiction it is something created or made up and then we

have nonfiction or we can also call it factual so something that is factual or

nonfiction is real it refers to something that is real and does exists

also we're talking about medical things today I had a letter last week from my

doctor asking me to go in for a checkup for an examination now there is nothing

wrong with me before anyone asks I'm okay I'm perfectly okay and healthy

however here in this country we do have medical check-ups especially for those

who are over a certain age let's say so last week my doctor sent me a letter

asking me to go in to have a medical examination or checkup so they will

check up they will check your body they will check your heart and your blood

pressure and they will give you a blood test to make sure your blood is okay so

that's what I'm doing maybe next week or the week after so we

are talking about medical things today don't worry there won't be any blood

there won't be anything horrible to look at so you don't have to worry about that

hello Krishna hello also LAN LAN new Winn who is also

watching in Vietnam today also my war Marwa asks how old are you do you mean

me are you asking how old I am

you should never ask a lady her age never glad a loop is here

it's a pleasure joining this class and it's a pity that I'm here for just a few

moments because I'm going to work well thank you for dropping by quite a loop

nice to see you have a super-duper day

what is the thing that you are wearing on your forehead oh I see well can I let

you in on a secret it is actually a CD but a

dr. will often use a reflector on his forehead so when he's looking closely at

something the reflector will reflect light back onto the thing he is looking

at so quite often you will see a doctor wear something on their forehead and it

is it is a little bit like a mirror so what that will do is reflect the light

back onto the thing they are looking at however on my photograph it isn't it's

actually a CD stuck to my head hello Noemi you have a very good Health

Service it is a good idea that your doctor called you yes I think so we have

the National Health Service in this country so the NHS the National Health

Service is a way of getting free medicine free medical care you can go

into hospital and you don't have to pay anything

so everyone pays a certain amount of money in their tax and part of that tax

will go to fund the National Health Service so yes we've had that for Wow

quite a few years now I think after the Second World War the National Health

Service was was officially created so yes we are very lucky in this country

because we have the National Health Service however there has been a sort of

Health Service around for a very long time but the National Health Service is

one that is given for free so all of the tax payers in the UK will pay a small

amount from their salary and it will go towards keeping the National Health

Service going even though it would be fair to say that it's not perfect it

isn't a perfect service hello broken boys mr. Duncan who should be the

leader in a family oh I don't know so I suppose in some families it depends

who is in the family so maybe if there is a single parent then that parent will

be the leader or the head of the family

Belarusian says I like your doctor dr. poke and prod would you like to see a

photograph of dr. poke and prod here is so this is the doctor one of my famous

characters that we haven't seen for a long time

dr. poke and prod he is my local doctor and he will often call me in for an

examination he will say Duncan can you please remove all of your clothes and

bend over hmm what can you say what can you say hello

to Pedro yes I suppose the person the main person in a family might be the

person who brings in the money the person who earns the money or a person

who earns the wage so yes Pedro says maybe you mean the breadwinner

well the breadwinner is the person who earns the money in the family hello my

royal Mayra wha my wall asks what is the difference between mist and fog well

mist normally is something that is formed on the ground so you often see

mist rolling across the land or rolling across the hills

fog is something that is in the atmosphere itself so fog is normally all

around you it is something that is created by maybe cool and warm air

meeting or sometimes fog can actually be caused by pollution

as well so mist and fog might seem similar but they have some differences

Mohammed Atef hello I am watching you from Pakistan nice to see you here today

mr. Duncan what is your opinion about Chinese traditional medicine that has

existed for over 5,000 years now verbal medicine some of it I think is quite

useful however some of it is is not useful for example certain types of

Chinese medicine will use specific parts of an animal's body that's all I'm

saying so certain types of Chinese medicine or

herbal medicine I think can be beneficial however I suppose it depends

which type of Chinese medicine you are talking about so some of it is good some

of it's not so good sweetness says I am a big fan of

Sherlock Holmes however I am reading books and watching series series TV

shows of this amazing character Thank You sweetness I did talk about Sherlock

Holmes last week because I am also a very big fan of the character and also

dr. Watson as well of course it's worth mentioning that Sherlock Holmes was not

a perfect character he had many flaws many strange quirks in his character for

him some of the stories he actually uses drugs illegal drugs so not all of

Sherlock Holmes character not all of his his personality was perfect in the

stories he is person who is very good at what he does

solving crimes and mysteries however he has many flaws so if you talk

about a floor f L a W it is something that is not good a part of your

character that is not perfect so something that is not perfect or maybe

something that might be seen as bad a bad part of your personality something

that is not perfect can be described as a floor hello sir Rt hello Pakistan and

China equals love well I I suppose I'm not going to argue

with that definitely not hello Shion or ching

ching lei hello from Vietnam another new viewer I think watching in Vietnam

Christina says Sherlock Holmes used to smoke a pipe yes he would smoke a pipe

and also cigarettes as well and do you know where Sherlock Holmes kept his

tobacco can you tell me Sherlock Holmes kept his tobacco for his pipe in a very

particular place can you tell me where he kept it somewhere very unusual I

wonder if you know hello also to Leanne also watching in Vietnam I suppose I

should give a very big special hello to everyone watching in Vietnam thank you

very much to you and also Alex D Alex D who is a very good a very good

English teacher on YouTube so we're talking about lots of different types of

story there are many different types of story

many different types of story that can be told or read or expressed you might

you might recall a story from your life so when we talk about story story can be

anything that happened in the past you are talking about something that

happened in a very specific way you are talking about the people involved or the

occurrences the things that happened so there are many types of story and of

course every story has a theme and plot so when we talk about themes we talk

about the things that it relates to the things that happen in the story and the

plot is what happens so when we talk about plot we are talking about what

actually happens the events and situations that occur in the story there

are many types of story we can also say genre so when we talk about genre or

type we are talking about the types of story the genre the type of story for

example you might have something that is a drama drama so maybe something is

happening that is very serious maybe there is a lot of action taking place in

the story it is very dramatic a dramatic story has a lot of things going on in it

oh I like this one thriller a thriller is a story that might keep you in

suspense it might be something that makes you

feel a little afraid and excited at the same time so there are many types of

story that might be described as a thriller mystery a mystery story a story

that has lots of things happening in it but some of the things cannot be

explained so you might describe Sherlock Holmes stories as mysteries because he

is trying to solve a mystery something that happened that can't easily be

explained then of course we have crime stories stories about people doing bad

things maybe they robbed a bank maybe there is

a bank robbery in the story maybe there is a murder in the story a lot of people

like reading crime stories I don't know why stories can also be related to

intrigue intrigue it's a great word that so if you intrigue someone it means you

get them interested they want to know more about what it is you were talking

about so if something is intriguing it is fascinating it is something you

want to find out more about oh that is a very intriguing story so a story that

has intrigued intrigue is a story that keeps you interested you are constantly

interested in the story you want to read what happens next

every time you turn the page the answer might be there it might be revealed in

the next chapter intrigue oh I do like that I also like this a bit of romance

of course there are many stories that involve love people falling in love

people finding love people losing love romantic

stories stories that talk about love people falling in love a boy and a girl

meet on a train and then their story begins to develop as they fall in love

and find romance we also have science fiction as well science fiction things

about space the future technology that hasn't been invented yet science fiction

I am a very big fan of science fiction fantasy is very similar to science

fiction however fantasy can be anything anything

anything that seems out of the ordinary or unusual fantasy a fantasy novel or a

fantasy book things that are fantastic things that seem incredible gothic you

might have a gothic story gothic stories so when we talk about gothic this can

refer to the Middle Ages or the Dark Ages it can also refer to a story that

has very dark and sinister tones so maybe something that has a very dark

theme something that makes you feel slightly afraid so the word gothic can

be used in many ways and then of course we have horror horror

stories a lot of people like reading horror stories I remember when I was a

child I read a story called jaws a very scary book which was also a movie and I

have to be honest with you yes it did scare me a lot so there are many types

of horror story then of course we have happy stories funny stories

or is that involve funny things happening so you might talk about humor

or you might talk about a humorous event something that is funny something that

makes you laugh something that makes no sense

might be humorous or comic something that is funny so there are many types of

stories around many ways of describing stories many types of stories however I

suppose it would be fair to say that these days fewer and fewer people are

reading books unfortunately no Jean says I like horror

stories okay I'm not sure if I like horror stories all the time I like

reading horror stories I like watching horror films but not all

the time quite often I will watch things that are funny or humorous things that

make me smile and laugh hello from Husein I am watching you from Iraq a big

hello to Iraq nice to see you here today I love science fiction I must be honest

with you I do like science fiction a lot science fiction books and also science

fiction movies as well when I was a child I used to read books by Ray

Bradbury and also philip k dick as well who who wrote the story that Blade

Runner is based on did you know that hello Christina I love Lord of the Rings

I suppose you would describe that as a fantasy novel a fantasy story something

that seems unreal or amazing so I suppose you might also describe Harry

Potter as a fantasy book so it is things that don't really

but seem real you are living in a fantasy land something that seems real

but isn't a book reader lives 1,000 lives before he dies I like that that's

a great sentence I like that very much de Wong says you speak English very well

thank you very much that's very kind of you to say Russia is here

hello Russia nice to see you here as well we are going to talk about medical

things in a few moments are you ready we are going to get deep into medical

things but first of all I thought it would be nice to show a video clip so

let's have a look ah yes there it is a little video clip

an excerpt from one of my many many English lessons which are on YouTube and

this particular lesson is talking all about health and exercise hi everybody

this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you ok I hope so

are you happy I hope so in today's lesson we will take a look at

two aspects of our lives one is something we take for granted while it

is there but miss it terribly when it has gone the other is an activity that

we are all encouraged to do but few of us seem to have the time to carry out in

this lesson we will take a look at

health and exercise

when we talk about our health we are actually describing two things first we

refer to our physical health the way our body is functioning how well it is

working how all the different parts of your body are functioning then we refer

to our mental health how each one of us feels emotionally if you feel tired

after any sudden activity such as getting up from the sofa and walking a

short distance or feeling out of breath after climbing a few stairs then there

is a good chance that you are out of shape you are unfit your health is poor

there are many words connected to exercise such as aerobics exercise that

makes the heart beat fast through constant body movement we call this

cardiovascular exercise burn this word is used to express the energy being used

up during exercise recreation a general word for any exercise or leisure

activity keep fit the act of taking exercise or following a course of

exercise routine there are many simple exercises for keeping fit and healthy

the most popular ones include walking yes just go for a walk walk to the end

of your street then around the corner across the field up the hill and back

down again walk in a big circle around the streets and along the roads keep on

walking until you arrive back home Oh you can also jog jogging is quicker than

walking but not as fast is running you can jog to the end of your street

then around the corner across the field up the hill and back down again

jog in a big circle around the streets

and along the roads keep on jogging until you arrive back

home oh you can go for a run one two three oh yeah it's okay I'm just

exercising my word power please yourself believe it or not it is possible to

exercise too much you can do too much exercise

there are many sporting activities that can give you a vigorous workout and help

keep you fit such as badminton football squash tennis and volleyball another

great activity is swimming which is good for giving you a relaxing all-over body

workout as you float in the water without all that tiring muscle strain

ah that's better I don't know about you but I'm getting exhausted just watching

that so there it was one of my lessons one of my many lessons that are

available on YouTube

oh just watching that lesson has made me feel quite exhausted to be honest with

you hello again welcome back we are live once more across the Internet hello to

everyone wherever you are watching in the world

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maybe maybe just a little bit thank you very much for joining me today so many

people here well we have a big big audience at the moment we are talking

about medicine yes we just had a video lesson talking about health and exercise

would you say that you take care of your health are you a person who is

health-conscious a health-conscious person is a person who often thinks

about their health and well-being and they worry about whether they are

healthy or not they try to look after their body they try to take exercise and

of course they go to the doctor on a regular basis the doctor is the place

that many people go to even if they don't feel well sometimes you can have

medical checkups or examinations like me I had a doctor a doctor's letter last

week telling me that I have to go for or for an examination they have to look at

my body to make sure everything is all right

there's no answer to that really is there hello to Eric again wow it seems

like you can speak Spanish too oh I think that is for someone else

apparently I will get a dislike from one one of my viewers oh okay then well

there is a there is a way of dealing with that if you don't like it you can

go somewhere else that's what I say hello also to Luis Mendez hello Luis

watching in France at the moment a lot of people all around the world Kazuma

sir Kazuma sir hello to you and thank you

very much for your thumbs up and also your donation as well with the super

sticker thank you very much it's very kind of you

how lovely and welcome is it your first time here

Kazuma sir Narita now that does sound Japanese that does sound Japanese to me

so if you are a big hello to you hello Cory I do love Spanish I love Spanish

very much says Cory personally I don't know much Spanish I don't speak Spanish

very well just maybe the occasional word but not many words unfortunately

al-khair says hello mr. Duncan do you like cold days no I don't I I don't like

cold days at all to be honest I prefer springtime and summertime I prefer those

days I'm not a big fan of winter to be honest

lela lela basher says this is my first time here on your live chat is it really

hello Leila

welcome Layla nice to see you here today and I bet this morning when you woke up

you didn't think that a strange English man would be giving you a round of

applause on the Internet I don't think so hello Palmyra also

sweetness says Sherlock Holmes kept his tobacco on the fireplace in a small

metal box I will tell you where Sherlock Holmes used to keep his tobacco he used

to keep it in a slipper that was hanging from his fireplace so there would be a

fireplace in his big living room and above the fireplace hanging there was a

slipper and inside the slipper was his tobacco so he kept it by the fire so it

would stay dry it wouldn't become damp so there's the answer to that question a

great piece of trivia a lovely trivia question when we say trivia we mean a

small piece of information or a fact that might not be interesting to anyone

trivia a small fact or a small detail can be described as trivia

hello also to Red Wolf hello Red Wolf Red Wolf gamer apparently it's your

first time here as well

Red Wolf gamer thank you very much for joining me today

also Mohammed must eat mr. Veeck says hello how are you I'm okay thank you

very much not too bad I was here yesterday on YouTube live I was trying

to make a pancake did you see me yesterday oh here it is again for those

who want to see it for those who want to see my failure once again so here I am

yesterday trying to make a pancake in my kitchen and this was something that I

did live on YouTube however as you could see my pancake didn't turn out very well

unfortunately it was a complete disaster so I didn't do very well

unfortunately so even though yesterday I did try to make a pancake I didn't do a

very good job however however I didn't give up I didn't quit I did I did it all

again and that the second attempt was successful so the second time I did it

it was actually quite good it turned out quite well thank you very much Rolfie

for your encouraging words let's get mr. Duncan to 1 million subscribers how

lovely that's very nice thank you very much so

we are talking medical words well we have quite a few words to look at here

to be honest there are many many medical words so when we talk about medical

words they are words connected to things that are there to help you get over an

illness or to recover from an illness quite often we will use the word

medicine medicine so medicine can be used in many ways we can use the word

medicine to mean the general practice of curing and helping people

who are ill so medicine can be used generally as a mass noun it can be used

to describe all types of treatment that is given to help your body also medicine

can be a type of treatment may be something you have to drink or maybe

something you have to put on your skin to help you so medicine can also be the

treatment something that is given to you then we have the word medicinal where we

say medicinal it means something that is generally curative something that will

help you to recover from an illness so medicinal something that is there to

help you recover or to overcome an illness it is something that can help to

cure you of your disease or illness it is medicinal you are using something for

medicinal purposes maybe you take a certain type of medicine that is

medicinal it is there to help you get well then of course we have healing

healing so to heal is to make better to heal is to make something repair itself

or to encourage something to repair itself maybe you have a cut on your hand

or maybe you have broken your arm you have to heal they are you have to heal

the cut you have to make it better it has to repair itself and if there's one

thing that the human body is very good at doing its repairing itself I think

the human body is amazing so something medicinal is curative thank you map AK

map AK monopoly or name by the way very interesting

here's another word doctor the doctor is the person who treats you they are the

expert they know about your body and how it works and all of the things that

might go wrong with your body maybe you have an illness or maybe a disease or

maybe an injury something that is going wrong with your body quite often you

will go to the doctor and he will sort it out we can also use the abbreviation

there you can see there is the abbreviation of doctor so doctor is the

word but also when we are talking about the title we can also use that as the

abbreviation for example my old friend dr. poke and prod would you like to see

him dr. poke and prod there he is

dr. poke and prod our famous doctor he is always there to help you with your

aches and pains so you can also say GP GP or MD quite often we will use GP in

British English and in American English people will say empty GP MD GP means

general practitioner general practitioner MD means a Doctor of

Medicine I know what you're going to say mr. Duncan it's the wrong way round

no it isn't I think that's exactly what it means

so when we say m.d it can mean medical doctor or it can refer to adopter of

medicine as well so there's the word general practitioner in the UK a doctor

normally a local doctor so in the area where you live there will

be a doctor nearby they will live nearby and they will have a place where you can

go along and be treated so when we talk about a general practitioner normally it

means a local doctor a doctor who helps people who live in the local area and

then we have a doctor of medicine which is more often used in American English

or of course as I said earlier we can say em D we also have nurse nurse I need

the nurse nurse come here quick I need help

quite often in hospitals you will have a nurse who will help you with your daily

needs maybe you are in bed and you can't move the nurse will come and look after

you they will give you your medicine they will also make sure that you have

everything you need such as food and drink and maybe in sometimes maybe

sometimes they will have to give you a bath in bed have you ever had a bed bath

I must admit I haven't I've never had a bed bath ever here's another interesting

word to do with medicine and medical things paramedic paramedic is also known

as a first responder so a paramedic is a person who will go to a place where an

accident has happened and they will give emergency treatment so a paramedic is

someone who will go to a certain place maybe there has been a road traffic

accident maybe a car crash and the paramedic will go there to give instant

first assistance or treatment we might also hear the phrase emergency medical

treatment quite often you will hear this used

in the USA EMT or emergency medical treatment so when we talk about a

paramedic a paramedic is someone that gives emergency medical treatment

normally at the scene of an accident normally they are there to help save a

person's life and quite often they do they do a very good job as well not an

easy job to do therapists when we talk about therapists we have a person who

can give treatment for a certain thing a therapist so there are many different

types of therapists that you can go to see so maybe a therapist who might give

you advice on the state of your mind if you are having mental issues or

psychological issues you might go along to a therapist and you will talk about

your problems and then they will help you help you to deal with the problems

that are happening in your life another interesting word also using the

word therapist physiotherapist a physiotherapist is a person who helps

your body to become stronger with movement or with manipulation so a

physiotherapist will help you to become mobile again maybe you injure your arm

or your leg and you can't move very well a physiotherapist will help you to get

your movement back so they will help you to move your body they will also use

pressure or maybe they will hold or manipulate a part of your body can I

just tell you something I think I might need to go and see a physiotherapist I

think I might because the last few mornings I've been waking up in the

morning and I've had backache my back could be really hurting

so maybe I need to go in see a physiotherapists consultant when we talk

about consultant a consultant is a person we go to talk to a professional

who will give us advice on what treatment we should have so a consultant

is normally a very qualified a very experienced doctor who will give you

advice on the type of treatment that you should have consultant and then we have

surgeon a surgeon is a person who operates on your body they will cut your

body open and they will have a look inside to see what's going on maybe

there is something wrong inside your body maybe something serious or maybe

something minor or small the appendix is a part of the body that is no longer

used however some people have problems with their appendix the appendix is a

small part of your body it is inside your body and sometimes it will become

infected and the doctor will examine you and sometimes you will have to have it

removed from your body so the surgeon will cut your body open and take your

appendix out thank you to Roby hello Roby I am an endocrinologist an

endocrinologist in Rome an endocrinologist now that is very hard to

say first of all endocrinologist I wonder

what that to do with I wonder what that is connected with maybe it is connected

with your your endocrine system which is the system of

vessels and small things around your body that move substances around your

body so maybe maybe Robi can you explain more what an

endocrinologist does am i right or am I wrong there is a good chance that I'm

wrong don't forget I'm not a doctor so a

surgeon will cut you open you will have surgery so surgery is the actual action

it is the action of having an operation surgery you have to go into hospital to

have surgery the doctor will cut you open and do things to you things inside

your body I'm very lucky because I've never had surgery ever in my life so

I've never had to go to hospital and have surgery so my body has never been

cut open ever fortunately here's another one

pediatrician is a type of doctor who normally tends to children so a

pediatrician is a person who specializes in children and childhood illnesses

pediatrician and then we have gynecology gynecology is an area of medicine that

involves the female reproductive system and also illnesses that affect girls and

women gynecology and the doctor who treats that is called a gynecologist

these are some great words by the way some amazing words Rolfie says I I guess

the endocrinologist treats hormones in your body yes you have an interesting

supply of hormones and things that have to circulate around your body and you

have your endocrine system I don't it I don't understand it fully

because I'm not a doctor but it is a type a type of flow around your body

thank you very much to Palmyra years ago oh five years ago I had two surgeons on

two surgeries or two operations on both of my wrists because I had pain in my

wrists I say okay so Palmyra had surgery and operation on both of her wrists I

don't like the sound of that not at all oncology or an oncologist an oncologist

is a person who deals with tumors growths things that grow inside your

body things that aren't supposed to be there I suppose you might also describe

them as a person who deals with cancer as well an oncologist oncology is the

study of tumors and also the treatment of tumors which of course

sadly includes cancer as well unfortunately it also includes the

horrible stinky disgusting cancer damn you cancer

damn you remedy I like this word a very positive word something nice to make a

smile the remedy is the thing that will make you better the remedy might be

described as the cure the cure is the thing that will make you better or make

you feel better remedy and as I said it can also be described as cure you can

cure something so you cure a person of their illness

cure so the cure is the thing that you give they will make the person feel

better cure I like it then we have preventive medicine preventative

medicine is a type of medicine that will stop you from having a particular

illness so preventive medicine is something that is given to prevent

illness or prevent something happening to your body preventative medicine

something that is given to stop the disease or the illness from from

occurring a certain type of preventive medicine is

of course vaccine a vaccine is something that is given it is introduced either in

your mouth or into your blood supply or into your flesh it is given into your

body it is pushed into your body through a needle or through your mouth vaccine

there are people who don't trust vaccines however they are very useful

things an antigen an antigen describes the

actual thing that is introduced into your body it is something that helps to

create things called antibodies antibodies are very useful they flow

around your body and they help to fight certain viruses they help to keep you

healthy they also make sure that things that shouldn't be there in your body are

removed or killed antibodies at the moment I suppose we have to mention the

corona virus because it is something that is in the news right now a lot of

people talking about the corona virus the the nori 19 virus and it's something

that's being talked about a lot many people trying to find a vaccine for

corona virus however unfortunately because it takes a very long time to

develop a vaccine so when we talk about vaccines they often take many months or

even in some cases many years to be developed so vaccines how do we give the

vaccine well we describe it as a vaccination so the action of giving

vaccines is vaccination another word we can use is immunization as well I like

that word immunization so if you immunize someone it means you give them

protection from a certain virus or a certain type of illness you immunize

someone you give them an immunization you give them a vaccination okay here's

something that I hate I'm going to show you something horrible now so please

prepare for a shock wait for this injection I don't know

about you but I don't like injections at all I don't like having a needle stuck

in my arm I feel very afraid of having an

injection so I don't like having injections to be honest and there you

can see over there we normally give an injection with one of those a needle and

syringe oh I like that word syringe so a syringe is something that is used to

introduce fluid into the body via a needle so the

Deedle will go into your skin and the syringe will introduce the fluid into

your bloodstream or into your muscle tissue Thank You roll fee for your

lovely message an injection can also be called jab as well in American English

people will often refer to the injection as jab

have you had your jab have you had your flu jab so the word jab might be used in

American English and also British English we use it quite a lot here as

well so an injection or jab you have a jab you have an injection in American

English they will often say shut if you say shut if you have your shot it means

you have had your injection you have had your vaccine the vaccine is given via a

shot you have a shot when you go to the doctor and maybe you are concerned about

your health maybe you have to go maybe once a year to see the doctor because

they want to have a look at your body like me I will have to go to the doctor

next week because I'm going to have a checkup

I'm going to have something called a checkup

there it is so when you have a checkup it means the doctor will examine your

body he will listen to your breathing he will listen to your heartbeat he will

take your blood pressure he might also examine your ears the inside of your

ears and maybe also the back of your throat he will have a look in your mouth

they might also look in other places as well especially if you're a man

that's all I'm saying

Noemi says c-czar Milstein won a nobel prize because of his investigation about

antibodies that he did in Cambridge there are many people who have advanced

medicine over the years many famous people I suppose a lot of people have

heard of Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur is the man who helped develop antibiotics

penicillin Louis Pasteur very famous for inventing

penicillin finally and I suppose I should mention this there are also other

types of medicine that are described as alternative medicine so when we talk

about alternative medicine we are talking about

types of medicine that are different from the medicine that is normally given

so alternative medicine and there are many types of alternative medicine such

as herbal medicine so we mentioned this earlier so for example Chinese medicine

a lot of Chinese medicine traditional Chinese medicine involves herbal

remedies herbal medicine so there are many types of alternative medicine

however in this country there is a lot of skepticism there is a lot of doubt

about how effective alternative medicine is so some people don't believe in

alternative medicine whilst other people do it all the time they use it all the

time Eric says I have to get really ready for sandboarding over a live

volcano Eric what are you doing out there

I have to get ready for sandboarding over a live volcano I'm not sure I don't

think that sounds very safe to me I really don't

Alexander Fleming yes of course Louie pesto was the other guy Alexander

Fleming was also very famous as well and let's not forget all the others as well

all the other ones as well there were other people as well not just one or two

hello Kasim aza thank you very much - Helena

says Kasim aza nice one of the things I love about doing this is people from all

around the world join together and we all have one thing in common we all love

learning English and don't forget you can catch me here every Sunday Wednesday

and Friday from 2 p.m. UK time every single week I am here my next live

stream will be on Friday don't forget it will be the last live stream of February

because on Sunday I will be back and it would be March so on Friday I will be

with you and also next Sunday I will be with you as well the first lesson of

March 2000 and 2008 I'm really looking forward to seeing you and of course mr.

Steve there he is mr. Steve will be back on Sunday

definitely so I can guarantee I can tell you now that mr. Steve will be here on

Sunday definitely for all those who love mr.

Steve yes penicillin was Alexander Fleming you are right I apologize for

that I was getting very excited there could you tell Alexander Fleming was the

penicillin thank you very much rose sir is

mentioning alternative medicine homeopathy

homeopathy yes some people believe in homeopathy it is

a very controversial thing here in the UK there are people who believe in

homeopathy and there are people who are very skeptical they don't believe that

homeopathy is a real thing I would love to explain what homeopathy is however it

is quite complicated to explain but if I put it briefly it means you are using a

very small amount of liquid that is normally dissolved in a very large

amount of water homeopathy something that a lot of people use nowadays

however there are many people who don't use it because they don't believe in it

they don't believe that it's effective thank you very much to RHS Thank You

Louis it is almost time for me to go we are coming up to half-past three here in

the UK wow what a day it has been Thank You Louis thank you very much for your

pasteurisation oh yes pasteurisation is the way of sterilising

things by heating it up thank you very much for that

Louie Pasteur of course pasteurising is named after Louie Pasteur now Emmy says

I'm sorry because I have made a lot of mistakes writing in the chat

don't worry Noemi guess what we all make mistakes I sometimes make mistakes you

make mistakes we all make mistakes sometimes it's called being human that's

what we call it Thank You Mohammed Schuch hello mr. Duncan from Somalia I

connected to your channel more than three years or I've been watching your

channel for more than three years thank you very much you are welcome I'm going

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