実践ビジネス英語 Wednesday, December 5
1) Collins congratulates Umemura on getting out of the hospital, which prompts Breakstone to ask what happened to him. Umemura describes how he was suddenly struck with severe back pain aboard a flight from Chicago to New York and had to be rushed from the airport to a nearby hospital in an ambulance. The problem turned out to be a kidney stone, which Umemura says was resolved through IV treatment.
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Hospital Food, Airline Food (1)
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2) be on one's feet again: It's good to see Umemura recovered from his illness or injury, Collins is saying. The image here is someone standing up again after having to lie down for a while to recover. Collins also could have used the expression "be back on one's feet" as in "Jane's got a bad cold, but she should 'be back on her feet' in a few days."
3) And this can also refer to recovering from non-physical ailments, especially financial problems. For example, "Government subsidies have helped manufactures 'get back on their feet.'"
4) be laid up: If you are laid up, you are stuck in bed because you have to recuperate. The image is someone lying down unable to move around freely. For example, "Cameron 'was laid up' for a week after he broke his ankle."
5) pain in the lower back: Umemura is referring to actual, physical pain. But we also use "pain" or "pain in the neck" to mean something that's annoying or bothersome, you know, a nuisance. A few years ago, my computer kept crashing unexpectedly and it was a real "pain in the neck" because it was interfering with my work. Or you could say, "Fred is such a "pain" with his constant complaining."
6) give someone a pain in the neck = 人をイライラさせる
He's such a pain in the neck. = あいつは嫌な奴だ、厄介者だ
7) be in agnoy: Umemura was expreiencing severe, physical pain, but "agony" can also refer to mental anguish. "She 'is in agony' over her mistake," for example. She feels really guilty about it.
8) We also use the verb "agonize" to mean be very worried or upset about something, suffer anguish over it. For example, back in high school, I agonized over which university to pick. I got accepted to two that I really admired, and it was a very hard decision to make.
9) ER: This is short for the "Emergency Room" in a hospital. It can also be an adjective, as in "She is an 'ER' doctor." Other common medical abbreviations include "ICU," which means "intensive care unit," and a CAT scan where "CAT" is short for "computerized axial tomography."
10) diagnosis: What did the medical staff ascertain was happening? What did they determine was wrong? The verb would be "diagnose." As in "The doctor 'diagnosed' measles."
11) I've also heard "diagnosis" used about assessments of non-medical problems. Imagine my computer starts acting strangely. After the tech staff at my company take a look, I could ask, "So uh... What's the 'diagnosis?'" In other words, "What's wrong with my computer?"
12) undergo IV treatment: "IV" means intravenous, in or into a vein. "IV" is also used as a noun, meaning a device that puts medicine or some other substance into your veins. I was hospitalized in Japan once, and they hooked me up to an "IV" because I was dehydrated.
