13/1/2010 11:00 – 12:30

  1. We greet one another.
    Meet and greet service.
  2. There have been complaints about doctors in Singapore.
    cosmetic surgery
    plastic surgery
    Is it healing?
    If you are Singapore Citizen, you can get subsidized treatment at a polyclinic.
    You have to foot the bill(idiom, pay), if you see private doctor.
  3. common illness(sickness): fever; cough; cold; sorethroat; cuts and burns; scalding; skin problems
    minor illness
    You don’t need a doctor’s prescription.
    You can buy the medicines over the counter.
    antibiotics, sleeping pills
    pharmacy – Singapore
    chemist’s shop – England
    drugstore – USA
    TCM: Trade Chinese Medicine Shop/Clinic
    interdent(s): between the teeth
    dentist, denture
    Do you floss your teeth?
  4. soap soup
    brushes blush
  5. tooth brush; hair brush, shoe brush,tooth paste,cosmetics,comb, shoe polish,hair cream, lotion
  6. Vitamins(ABCDE)
    confectionary: chocolates,biscuits
    heath supplements
    dye dyeing lotion
    Do you dye your hair?
    tint
  7. Do you get a lot of incentives for having children?(to have children)
    career not clear
    pleasant, unpleasant
    Are you a crook?
    He is a crooked person.
    They are wicked.
    They tell lies.
    He lies to me.
    He is lying to me.
    get-rish-quicky
    scams
  8. Did you describe your experiences?