Let's Learn English! Topic: Hospitals 👩‍⚕️🩺🏥

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0:35 Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson about hospitals.

0:39 Um, sorry, I'm going to clear my throat for a sec and then start again.

0:45 Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson about hospitals.

0:48 Hospitals are places you go when you are injured

0:53 or sick or suffering from some sort of illness.

0:56 By the way, being sick and having an illness are pretty much the same thing.

1:00 A hospital here in Canada and I think

1:02 in most parts of the world is a large building

1:05 and there are several different areas in the hospital

1:08 where you go depending on what is wrong with you.

1:11 And usually the first place you go,

1:13 if it's an emergency, is the ER or emergency room.

1:17 But I'm getting into the lesson already.

1:18 So, let me stop and just say welcome

1:20 once again to this English lesson about hospitals.

1:25 Well, some of you are very curious

1:26 to know why I haven't been doing English lessons for a little bit and I will get

1:30 to that, but we're going to first say hi to Keypark,

1:34 Uliana, Vincenzo, Mode Eggs, Freddy Wolf, Torihiki, Know That, Unabi.

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2:12 But some details.

2:14 Yes, so let me just go to the next slide and I will start the lesson

2:19 and teach the next slide and then I will

2:21 stop after that and give you a better explanation.

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3:26 Okay.

3:27 I'm a little out of practice, but that's okay.

3:29 Here we go.

3:30 Let's start the lesson.

3:33 Patient.

3:34 A person receiving medical care.

3:36 So, if you go to the doctor's office or if you

3:40 go to the hospital and there is something wrong with you,

3:44 maybe you've hurt your arm in a car accident.

3:46 Maybe you have really bad headaches.

3:49 Maybe you, let me see, what else could have happened?

3:52 Maybe a dog bit you.

3:54 You might then become a patient, a person receiving medical care.

3:59 Uh, when you go to a doctor's office or to a hospital,

4:02 sometimes they will put a little band around your arm with your name on it

4:08 so that everyone that talks to you and sees you at the hospital uh,

4:12 knows that you are a patient there.

4:14 So, once again, a patient, a person receiving medical care.

4:20 Okay.

4:21 Here's the story.

4:23 This is not an AI photo.

4:24 This is actually me uh, a week and a bit ago.

4:28 Um, actually I texted this to Brent at one point.

4:32 Um, I was in the hospital for 3 days, two nights, three days.

4:38 Uh, and I don't want to give a lot of details.

4:40 So, I will describe it this way.

4:42 I went for a routine procedure for someone my age.

4:48 Uh, I am in my mid-50s.

4:49 You can probably figure out what it was.

4:51 It had to do with my digestive system and I

4:54 went for a routine procedure and everything was great.

4:58 Um, they looked at me.

4:59 They said, "You, everything looks fine.

5:01 You can go home." So, I went home and then about 4 days later,

5:07 I started to have some internal bleeding, which is not a good thing.

5:12 So, Jen took me back to the hospital and they admitted me to the hospital uh,

5:18 and then they fixed me up.

5:20 That's the that's the the quick way of saying it.

5:22 Actually, that's not entirely true.

5:25 It all just kind of fixed itself.

5:28 But in the meantime, I wasn't doing very well.

5:32 I had to stay at the hospital because I had lost a lot

5:35 of blood and they wanted to make sure that I was recovering.

5:38 So again, this is me at the hospital a week and a half ago.

5:42 Um, it was uh, a good experience.

5:46 Our hospitals are very nice places to be.

5:48 They took very, very good care of me and I want

5:51 to assure all of you that I am no longer a patient.

5:54 I am home.

5:55 I have been home since last week Tuesday.

5:59 So, I've been home for a week and a half.

6:01 Yes, so I was in the hospital almost 2 weeks ago.

6:04 So again, I am feeling 100%.

6:07 The only lasting things are that my hemoglobin is low and it

6:13 will take a couple weeks for that to get back to normal.

6:17 So, I do need to take it easy a little bit.

6:19 I'm allowed to walk and stuff like that.

6:21 But I'm in good spirits.

6:23 I am almost 100% healthy again and I am happy to be back and doing this.

6:27 So, I'm just going to pause to read the chat.

6:30 Brent says, "Yeah, I was a little worried about Bob.

6:32 He rarely misses an upload." Yeah, it was very nice.

6:34 Brent texted me and I actually sent him this picture and I said,

6:37 "At least the hospital rooms are very, very nice." Um, I didn't want to post

6:43 all this information on my YouTube channel.

6:46 So, I did just kind of post, "Hey, sometimes life gets in the way.

6:51 I'm taking a week off." But uh,

6:52 please be assured that um, this was nothing super serious.

6:58 We have great health care in Canada.

7:01 I end up I was allowed to take a week off work.

7:04 So, that was really, really nice.

7:05 But uh, I am feeling much better now.

7:08 I do know though, last 2 weeks ago Friday when I was doing my live lesson, um,

7:15 I felt like I looked very white,

7:17 very pale and that might have been the beginning of some of the symptoms.

7:22 So, anyways, we're going to move on with the lesson.

7:25 I'm going to have a sip of water and we will get this done.

7:28 Freddy Wolf says, "Bob, good to know you're in good health." Uh, let's see here.

7:34 "Looks like a great private room there." says Hafiz.

7:37 So, we have a new hospital in my area and all the rooms are private rooms.

7:42 Pedro says, "It's terrible, Bob." Terrible,

7:45 but also I I like to look at it this way.

7:49 It was something that was uh, something they could treat,

7:54 something they could treat quickly and something that resolved itself quickly.

7:58 But it was a little scary for a little bit.

8:00 So, um, let me see.

8:02 Know That says, "It feels unpleasant to see

8:04 the picture even if you tried to smile at it,

8:06 Bob." Yes, that's uh, that's where that's where I sometimes wonder.

8:12 Like I wouldn't use this picture for a thumbnail.

8:14 I feel like that would be a little too click-baity,

8:18 but I did want to show you uh, where I spent some of my time.

8:23 Um, okay, let's see here.

8:25 Let's continue with the lesson.

8:27 You can ask me more questions and I'll answer them later.

8:31 Hospital.

8:31 A place where people go to receive medical care and treatment.

8:35 So, a hospital is again usually a very large building

8:40 and you can see at the bottom it says emergency.

8:43 That's usually where people go when they need attention right away.

8:47 I'll teach that uh, term in just a moment.

8:51 But in Canada, most hospitals look like this.

8:54 Usually a large building where people go to receive medical care and treatment.

8:59 If you're in a car accident, they'll take you to the hospital.

9:02 Um, if you have something minor though, you usually don't go to the hospital.

9:08 If I had a really bad cold, I would go and see my doctor in the doctor's office.

9:14 So, hospitals are usually for very, very serious things.

9:19 ER, emergency room.

9:21 The part of a hospital where people

9:22 get immediate care for serious injuries or illnesses.

9:26 So, I've mentioned this a few times.

9:29 ER is short for emergency room.

9:31 We often just say ER.

9:33 Sometimes we even just say emergency.

9:36 Did you go to emergency?

9:37 Did you go to the ER?

9:39 Did you go to emerge?

9:40 We even shorten the word sometimes.

9:43 But it's the part of the hospital where you would go if

9:46 it's 4:00 in the morning and you have something seriously wrong with you.

9:52 You would go to the ER or the emergency room or emergency or emerge.

9:57 And that's where I went.

9:58 I went to emerge.

9:59 I went to the part of the hospital where

10:01 people get immediate care for serious injuries or illnesses.

10:08 The waiting room, an area where patients sit and wait before seeing a doctor.

10:13 So, when I went to the hospital, let's check here on something.

10:19 I think Are we back?

10:29 Let me know.

10:33 I things just disconnected for a bit.

10:42 I'll resume now.

10:51 I I think the audio is a little weird.

10:55 Let me refresh my screen.

11:00 Yeah, there we go.

11:00 We're back.

11:02 I can put things back on the screen.

11:03 I don't know where I left off, so I'll just say it again.

11:07 When I went to the hospital,

11:08 I went to the ER and I sat in the waiting room for about

11:11 1 minute and then they very quickly um had a look at me,

11:15 but it was really early in the morning,

11:17 so there weren't a lot of other people there.

11:21 Triage, the area of a hospital and the process

11:25 of deciding which patients need care first.

11:28 So, triage is an interesting thing because it's a place,

11:32 like this is triage too, but it's also a verb.

11:36 They will triage you.

11:37 So, triage basically works this way.

11:40 If five people come to the emergency room,

11:43 they will have a quick look at all of you,

11:47 like almost immediately and they'll decide who has the most serious situation

11:53 and who needs to go and see the nurse and doctor first.

11:57 So, let's just say when I went to triage,

12:00 I was immediately taken in for them to look at me.

12:03 But triage, the area of a hospital

12:05 and the process of deciding which patients need care first.

12:09 Let me just explain one more time.

12:11 This is the triage area where you get triaged.

12:15 So again, in English sometimes we use nouns and verbs.

12:19 A word can be a noun and a verb.

12:24 Nurse, a medical worker who cares for patients and helps doctors.

12:28 And then we have doctor and physician,

12:30 a person trained to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries.

12:35 If you're wondering what is the difference between a nurse and a doctor,

12:41 it really comes down to how much time you spent studying medicine.

12:47 So, a nurse might go to school for 2 years or 3 years and become a nurse.

12:52 They might go for an additional year or two and become a nurse practitioner,

12:58 which is someone who knows more than a nurse.

13:00 And a doctor is usually in school for 6 to 8 years depending on where you go.

13:06 So, really the only difference between a nurse and a doctor or physician is

13:12 that a nurse spends less time studying

13:15 and maybe learning more of the hands-on things,

13:18 like giving needles and putting on bandages,

13:21 uh whereas a doctor may specialize and be able to do surgery.

13:25 If you're wondering in Canada,

13:27 we still have I think 90% of our nurses are usually women,

13:31 although there are 10% of the population are male nurses.

13:35 Uh when it comes to doctors and physicians though, it's almost 50/50.

13:39 I wanted to teach the term 50/50.

13:42 Half of our doctors are men and the other half of our doctors are women.

13:45 I think it's a little skewed still.

13:48 I think it's more like 48% 52%, like 47% of doctors are women,

13:54 52% are men, but uh that is the split.

13:59 Surgeon, a doctor who performs operations on patients.

14:03 So, I want to be clear here.

14:05 I did not require surgery when I was at the hospital.

14:08 So, a surgeon performs an operation or performs surgery uh and it's

14:13 something they do to help fix something that's wrong with you.

14:17 So, a surgeon is a doctor who performs operations on patients.

14:22 When I went for heart surgery almost 10 years ago now,

14:27 a surgeon did the surgery.

14:30 And a specialist, a doctor who focuses on one area of medicine.

14:34 So, when I broke my collarbone, I had to go see a specialist,

14:40 a doctor who specializes in broken bones.

14:44 That means they became a doctor, but they've also learned more.

14:49 They know more about a certain part of the human body.

14:53 So, um let me see here.

14:55 A cardiologist is a specialist on the heart.

14:59 Um the doctor that I saw for my fracture is a specialist in broken bones.

15:05 So, specialist, a doctor who focuses on one area of medicine.

15:10 Often when you go to your family doctor, they will then send you to a specialist

15:16 if they don't know exactly how to help you.

15:21 Hey, let's do some questions.

15:22 Sorry for the little disconnection there.

15:26 But uh sometimes that happens.

15:29 Happy says yes, triage process is great.

15:31 People need to realize it is not a first come first serve basis.

15:34 So, if you have just a mosquito bite,

15:37 do you understand why other patients who are worse being tended to first?

15:40 Yes, for sure.

15:42 Freddy, when you're near to death, you're the first in triage.

15:45 That that is true.

15:47 Uh Key Park, if you refresh the screen,

15:50 the voice and the um audio my mouth movement and audio should be the same again.

15:59 Okay, let me get to the first question.

16:03 From Know That, hello Bob, a personal question and out of curiosity,

16:06 what's the longest time you've ever had to stay in the hospital?

16:10 Thanks in advance, Bob.

16:12 After heart surgery, I was in the hospital for three or four days.

16:17 That's the longest I've ever been there.

16:20 In Canada, and I think this is common around the world,

16:23 they like to send you home as soon as possible um

16:28 because they just know that um it's just better for you.

16:32 Um it's better for you to recover at home.

16:37 Okay, um Know That, I'm not 100% sure if

16:41 I've asked you this in one of your lessons before,

16:43 Bob, but how long does it take you to get to the hospital from home?

16:46 Thanks, Bob.

16:48 20 minutes to one hospital, but 25 minutes to my hospital.

16:54 So, generally you have a family doctor

16:58 and that family doctor is connected to a hospital.

17:01 So, it's a little further, but our hospital is about 25 minutes away.

17:08 So, not too bad.

17:10 From Ahmad, why do I forget the words I've learned?

17:13 Either because you didn't quickly use them in conversations and in writing over

17:19 the next few days and you didn't do that you didn't repeat that.

17:23 Um it's also possible that the words weren't important

17:27 to the things you talk about all the time.

17:30 That's what makes it a little tricky as well.

17:34 Henry from Taiwan, hi Teacher Bob.

17:36 How do inpatients deal with their meals in a hospital?

17:39 Is there a cafeteria in hospitals in Canada?

17:41 Thanks a lot.

17:42 They bring you food to your room.

17:45 They didn't bring me food because I was having trouble with my digestive system,

17:50 so they didn't want me to have food.

17:53 So, I actually This wasn't the worst part,

17:56 but one of the worst things about being in the hospital

17:59 is I wasn't allowed to eat for 2 and 1/2 days.

18:03 I didn't eat until the day they sent me home.

18:05 They brought me some breakfast, just some really yummy pudding.

18:10 So, um yes, so normally though,

18:13 if you are allowed to eat, you would be uh brought food.

18:16 Yes, they bring you food three times a day.

18:21 Anderson, Bob, what uses of these phrasal verbs pull through

18:24 and come around can I use in the hospital setting?

18:27 So, when you pull through, let's say you have a serious surgery

18:33 and they're not sure you're going to survive,

18:36 everyone is like, I really hope he pulls through.

18:39 I really hope she pulls through.

18:41 I did not have anything that serious, so don't stress.

18:45 Um but maybe someone's in a car accident and they're

18:47 worried about is the person going to pull through?

18:51 Is the person going to live?

18:53 And then come around is used if you pass out,

18:56 like if you faint or lose consciousness,

19:00 people are like, oh, um hopefully he comes around in a few seconds.

19:05 Hopefully he regains consciousness.

19:09 Um let me see here.

19:12 Here we go.

19:16 From Unzo, hi Mr.

19:17 Bob, glad you're back.

19:18 How did you feel when discharged?

19:20 Really hungry, but I wasn't allowed to eat a lot of food right away.

19:24 What simple thing did you miss most?

19:26 Your bed, tea, or walking outside?

19:28 I think I just missed food.

19:31 Like I don't know if you've ever gone that long without eating.

19:34 I think I went 55 hours without eating.

19:37 Um that was [laughter]

19:40 Mode says, poor Bob lost a lot of blood and some pounds, too.

19:43 I think I am a little bit thinner, possibly.

19:46 Uh we'll see.

19:48 Oh, Gita Helena says, actually this stay in hospital cost a fortune,

19:52 especially when you don't have insurance.

19:53 I remember I spent $250 for 3 hours in the hospital.

19:57 So, here's where in Canada, we pay a lot of tax,

20:04 but we also have free health care.

20:06 So, my trip to the hospital cost $0.

20:10 The only thing we had to pay for was parking.

20:13 So, that was very, very nice.

20:15 I did I do like that part of being in Canada.

20:19 Judith, hi Bob.

20:20 The hospital room looks nice, much nicer than here.

20:22 Did you have a window?

20:23 When is this hospital open?

20:25 Thanks.

20:25 This is a brand new hospital.

20:27 It just opened in November 2025.

20:31 And so, yes, it is very, very nice.

20:33 The old hospital, the rooms were very small and they

20:36 sometimes had two or three people in every room.

20:40 Uh so, I was very happy.

20:41 Um it did have a window and I could watch the workers outside.

20:46 And there was a large construction project I could watch as well.

20:52 Unsal, what's the most unusual medical word you've learned

20:54 and is it harder to understand doctors or make yourself understood?

20:58 Doctors use a lot of really big words that I

21:01 had to look up later because they're words I didn't know.

21:05 I knew the word hemoglobin,

21:08 but then there was another word for low hemoglobin, hemo blah blah blah.

21:12 I can't remember the word.

21:14 Um in English sometimes when you don't know a word,

21:17 you just make it up a little bit.

21:19 Um but uh yes, it was easy for me to get the doctors to understand me,

21:24 but sometimes it was hard for me to understand the doctors.

21:29 From Unsal, do you have any funny or interesting hospital memory

21:32 from your life either as a patient or as a visitor?

21:35 Something that surprised you or made you smile.

21:37 Thanks a lot.

21:38 When I was much younger, when I was 12 or 13,

21:43 I twisted my ankle and I had to go to the hospital and put my leg

21:49 in a hot tub and then move my foot

21:51 around and I had never experienced that before.

21:54 Um that was a long time ago, way back in the '80s and uh so,

21:59 my mom would take me every other day for what they call physiotherapy.

22:04 I had to use my toes to pull a towel towards me with a weight

22:09 on it and I had to put my foot into um that type of yeah,

22:15 I would say it was like a jet tub or hot tub.

22:19 From Unubiko, hi Mr.

22:20 Bob, glad to see and hear you again.

22:21 Could you tell us a few words about Canadian medical insurance and how it works?

22:25 Thanks a lot.

22:26 So, every Canadian citizen gets free health care.

22:30 You can go to the hospital if you don't feel well, you can go to the hospital.

22:34 It does not cost money.

22:36 Um we do not get free medicine though.

22:40 When the doctor says you need to take

22:42 this, then you might need to pay for that yourself.

22:46 For me, I have medical insurance through work that pays for my medications.

22:52 So, health care is free.

22:54 Visiting the doctor is free.

22:55 Going to the hospital is free.

22:57 But medicine does still cost money.

23:02 Unsal, you once mentioned that health care in Canada

23:04 is free except for dental and eye care.

23:06 True.

23:07 That's a good follow-up to the last question.

23:09 Why is that?

23:10 Is there a historical or political reason why those two aren't included?

23:14 I don't know.

23:15 It is interesting, but yes, you if you need glasses,

23:19 you do have to pay for that.

23:21 Uh if you need someone to um remove a tooth or fix something on your teeth,

23:27 you do have to pay for that.

23:29 And again, I have insurance through work that does cover that.

23:35 Uh let's see here.

23:39 From Takagero, hello dear teacher Bob.

23:41 Looking at the first photo, I saw a big yellow box on the wall.

23:44 Could you explain what this what is this for?

23:48 So, let's find that.

23:52 Oh, yes, that is the sharps container.

23:55 So, if they use a needle or if they take blood with a needle, after they use it,

24:01 they put it in that yellow box because it is sharp and pointy

24:05 and they don't want to put it into uh the regular garbage.

24:10 I guess I could have just jumped to that photo.

24:12 Um so, that's what that yellow box is.

24:16 Good question.

24:18 Um let's do one more and then we'll get back to the lesson.

24:22 Judith, hi Bob.

24:23 It seems the ER service in Canada is as good as in the US.

24:27 How much time does it take for you to get

24:28 to the hospital in case of emergency by the ambulance?

24:31 Thank you.

24:31 By ambulance, it would probably be like it might take

24:36 longer because the ambulance would have to come here first,

24:39 but then the ride to the hospital would be much

24:41 quicker uh because they would um drive over the speed limit.

24:45 Ambulances are allowed to speed.

24:48 Um ER service in Canada and in the United States is probably the same.

24:54 It depends what time of day you go to the hospital

24:58 and it depends on what hospital you go to.

25:01 In my area, sometimes when you go to the ER, you wait forever.

25:06 Sometimes you go to the ER and there's hardly anyone

25:08 there and I'm sure it's the same in US hospitals.

25:13 Uh let's see here.

25:15 Are you guys talking about the '80s?

25:17 Wonder how Bob's hair looked back then.

25:18 It was a bit longer, yes, for sure.

25:20 No, that says perhaps it was the time when he had long hair, who knows?

25:24 Yes, it was a bit longer in the '80s.

25:26 Um okay, let me get Yes.

25:31 We'll do this one and then get back to lesson.

25:33 How much do tax taxpayers how much do taxpayers pay

25:38 for a free health care percent from income {slash} salary?

25:41 I don't know because they simply take it off as income tax.

25:46 And so, it's hard to actually say, but I will say this.

25:49 Um if I get paid $100, I only get about $65.

25:55 Does that make sense?

25:57 The rest goes to the government.

25:59 Taxes are very, very high in Canada.

26:02 Okay, let me have a sip of water and we'll continue with this.

26:08 Um let's see here.

26:13 Back to the lesson.

26:15 Hospital gown.

26:16 A loose piece of clothing worn by patients in a hospital

26:19 that is easy to put on and remove for medical care.

26:22 So, if you go to a hospital, you have to wear a hospital gown.

26:26 Um one of the reasons you wear a hospital

26:29 gown is if they need to do something quickly,

26:32 they can easily access different parts of your body or something

26:36 as simple as they needed to put a heart rate monitor on me.

26:40 They can easily access the parts of my body

26:43 to put all of the the little sticker leads on.

26:48 Um but they're not they're not exactly pleasant to wear.

26:52 So, a hospital gown is a very loose piece of clothing worn by patients

26:56 in a hospital that is easy to put on and remove for medical care.

27:01 It's not very In English, we would say it's not very flattering.

27:04 Like you don't look great wearing a hospital gown,

27:07 but the intention is you can see to the sleeves have snaps.

27:13 So, if all of the sudden something went wrong, they could easily um you know,

27:19 open it up to do whatever they needed to do.

27:22 But yes, a hospital gown,

27:24 a very loose piece of clothing worn by patients in a hospital

27:27 that is easy to put on and remove for medical care.

27:31 Hospital bed.

27:32 A movable bed designed for patients in a hospital.

27:36 The bed I was in was actually you can kind of see it in the background there.

27:40 It was a very modern bed.

27:42 This is a a bit of an older bed, I would say.

27:45 Um but my my bed, they could drive it.

27:50 Like it had um like it had it had motorized wheels,

27:56 so they could drive me around in the bed.

27:59 It was it was pretty cool.

28:01 But like I said, it's a brand new hospital,

28:04 so they have a lot of brand new things.

28:06 Uh a hospital bed as well,

28:08 you can kind of raise and lower the section where your head is.

28:12 So, if you want to sit up, you can sit up um instead of laying around all day.

28:19 And different than a stretcher.

28:20 So, if you ever watch a sports uh game, any kind of athletic match,

28:26 uh a stretcher is an apparatus

28:27 designed for transporting patients needing medical care.

28:30 If a football player twists their ankle or can't walk,

28:35 they will come out with a stretcher.

28:37 They will put him or her onto the stretcher and then they are

28:40 able to carry them wherever they need to go to get medical care.

28:45 So, stretcher.

28:46 An apparatus designed for transporting patients needing medical care.

28:52 And a wheelchair.

28:53 This is the exact wheelchair that um they made me use in the hospital.

28:58 Uh a chair with wheels used to move people who cannot walk or should not walk.

29:02 I was in the second category.

29:05 They didn't want me to walk because I had lost blood and they

29:09 were afraid that I might pass out or that I might become unconscious.

29:13 That didn't happen.

29:14 Um it was close though, but it didn't happen.

29:18 Um but a chair with wheels used to move

29:19 people who cannot walk or should not walk.

29:22 So, I thought this was a pretty fancy wheelchair.

29:25 Um so, I spent some time trying to find the exact model.

29:30 Um I don't think this was motorized.

29:33 I think they had to push me when I was in it,

29:35 but yes, a chair with wheels that allows them to move people around.

29:40 IV.

29:41 Intravenous, a needle, tube,

29:42 and fluid pouch used to give fluids or medicine directly into a vein.

29:47 I did experience this part of it because I had lost lots of fluids.

29:51 I had lost blood.

29:53 They did have a needle that went into a vein.

29:56 Um I think they did a couple different spots.

29:59 I think it was on my left arm, actually.

30:01 Um and then they had what they called um Sometimes

30:04 we just call it a drip because it drips water in.

30:08 But uh yes, they put me on IV.

30:10 Or if you want to use the whole word, they put me on intravenous.

30:14 So a needle tube and fluid pouch used

30:16 to give fluids or medicine directly into a vein.

30:21 Vital signs.

30:22 Basic body measurements like heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature.

30:26 So you can kind of see, let me go back to this picture.

30:31 It's kind of if you look at my right arm at the bottom there,

30:35 that is the little machine that was monitoring all of my vital signs.

30:40 So when you are monitoring vital signs, well that's really big.

30:44 You could see on here.

30:45 It was monitoring my blood oxygen level,

30:48 my heart rate, and probably a few other things.

30:52 I know it took my blood pressure every half hour.

30:56 The little thing would you know how it would squeeze

30:59 the arm and then it would take my blood pressure.

31:01 But yes, vital signs.

31:03 Basic body measurements like heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature.

31:08 Heart monitor.

31:09 A machine that shows the heartbeat and heart activity.

31:12 So I was put on a heart monitor because in the past I have

31:17 had heart surgery and they wanted to make sure that my heart was working good.

31:21 And it worked great the whole time.

31:24 I was very happy about that.

31:25 But a heart monitor is a special machine

31:27 that shows the heart rate or heartbeat and heart activity.

31:31 You could say heart rate as well.

31:33 That would work.

31:35 Oxygen.

31:36 A device that helps a patient breathe by giving extra oxygen.

31:40 They might put an oxygen mask on someone or they might

31:43 just do this, which kind of just puts oxygen into your nose.

31:48 Just a little bit of oxygen.

31:49 They did do this when I first arrived,

31:53 but they took it off fairly quickly because they realized

31:55 I didn't really need um uh I didn't really need oxygen.

32:00 But I did have that little with two little things

32:03 that go in your nose and it kind of pushes oxygen in.

32:06 So you might be put on oxygen, you might need oxygen,

32:10 but all of that refers to a device

32:12 that helps a patient breathe by giving them extra oxygen.

32:18 Okay, we're going to do questions again.

32:19 I know it's a little quick, but I'm also going to go into members only chat

32:23 mode if I can remember how to do do that.

32:27 It's here and then you click here and then I would again

32:30 I wish there was just a big button that did it for me.

32:34 Um if you are wondering what members only mode is,

32:38 uh members only mode is when you can ask directly

32:43 questions directly in the chat if you are a member.

32:47 Um Mode says, "Oh, even Bob finds it

32:49 difficult to say monitoring." I feel less alone now.

32:52 Yeah, I have to think about that word when I say it.

32:55 Monitoring.

32:56 Monitoring.

32:58 Monitoring.

32:59 Yeah, we really crunch that down, don't we?

33:01 Monitoring.

33:02 Okay.

33:03 Uh if you do have a question in the forum though, I will answer those as well.

33:09 Betty from the ether.

33:11 Hi, Betty.

33:12 Uh by the way, I'm going to answer

33:13 questions from here and from the chat as well.

33:17 Hi, Bob.

33:17 Hope you're well.

33:18 Question, how is mental health care integrated into general hospital services?

33:24 So in Canada, at least in my part of Canada,

33:28 you usually go and see what's called a family

33:31 doctor if there's something that you if there's something wrong.

33:35 Um and when you visit the family doctor,

33:37 let's say um let's say you broke your arm and then they put a cast on.

33:44 And then you're you're visiting your family doctor

33:47 3 weeks later to see how things are going.

33:50 At that time your family doctor will probably ask

33:53 you some questions like how is this affecting your work?

33:56 How is this affecting your ability to make money?

33:59 How is this affecting your relationships?

34:02 How is this affecting uh your ability to do your hobbies?

34:06 And then if you answer all of those questions

34:10 saying that life is a bit stressful,

34:13 they might ask you to see another doctor who specializes

34:16 in mental health if they identify that maybe you need that.

34:20 That's how it works here, at least.

34:23 Uh Pedro, I used to be afraid of needles earlier,

34:25 but now that I've to have tests done quite often, I'm not anymore.

34:29 I still I still look the other way when they put a needle in me.

34:35 No that, Bob.

34:35 Hey, Bob.

34:36 First of all, I can only say again how great it is to have you back.

34:40 Nice, thank you.

34:41 But above all that you are feeling better and are back to 100%.

34:44 That's the best part.

34:45 This time, I've had a few different things medical things happen.

34:50 This time I made sure they said take a a week off work,

34:54 so I took a week off work.

34:56 They said don't do anything,

34:57 so I didn't do anything and I think that was helpful.

35:02 Uh from Helene, "Hi, Bob.

35:03 How are you?" I'm good.

35:06 I'm also happy because I have a four-day weekend.

35:08 That will help as well.

35:10 No that question, "What are you up to today or this weekend?

35:12 Do you have anything special planned?

35:14 A heartfelt thank you as always." So it is Easter weekend here,

35:18 so I will probably see Jen's family at some point.

35:23 And I'll probably I definitely know I'm going

35:24 to be seeing my brothers and sisters for sure.

35:28 Um Mode, "Yeah, you're cheating by not saying the flat T.

35:32 It becomes a lot easier to say that way." It's kind of like Toronto.

35:36 So Toronto, we say Toronto and monitoring, we say monitoring monitoring.

35:43 So I think we do like I know this doesn't exactly show it,

35:47 but we crunch the word and the sounds.

35:50 Um let's see.

35:51 Uh speaking of plans, what are your plans for Easter?

35:53 Only if you don't mind sharing, Bob.

35:55 Yeah, probably more like it's not like Christmas where I would

36:00 see my brothers and sisters and we would have a big meal.

36:03 Um but I do know I'm going to be seeing my brothers and sisters sometime

36:06 this weekend and we'll probably just have

36:09 some soup and just sit around and talk.

36:11 So family family stuff.

36:14 From Mode, "No questions, Mr.

36:15 Bob.

36:15 Just well wishes and to clear something up.

36:17 They messed up the routine procedures so you ended up in the hospital

36:21 or were you not feeling good in the first place so you went

36:24 in and they misdiagnosed you so you had to go back." So I want

36:28 to be clear there was no there's words like they can botch a procedure.

36:33 That didn't happen.

36:34 Uh they didn't misdiagnose anything.

36:37 It was simply something that happens to I think 1% or 2% of the people

36:42 who have the surgery or have I didn't have surgery who have the procedure I had.

36:48 Um so I wouldn't say they misdiagnosed.

36:51 Literally everything was going exactly how it

36:53 was supposed to be until it wasn't.

36:56 So I went home and for 4 or 5 days I felt great.

36:59 Everything was good.

37:01 So yes, no mistakes made, just something that does happen to some people.

37:06 Let me go back speaking of plans.

37:08 No question, okay.

37:10 And then Hafiz, um been watching the medical TV show The Pit.

37:14 Reviews keep saying it's the most accurate medical show of recent times.

37:18 I watch it and I feel like I've I've become a doctor.

37:22 Yeah, sometimes TV shows are a good source hopefully of real information.

37:27 Uh Keypark says, "You look definitely much better after a week off,

37:30 Bob." Well, thank you, Keypark.

37:32 Thanks for letting me know that.

37:34 Um let me see here.

37:35 Let's get another question on the screen from Judith.

37:38 Hi, Bob.

37:39 How expensive difficult would it be to open a hospital in your area?

37:42 Are there a minimum maximum bed capacity or medical equipment expected?

37:46 Live stream tomorrow.

37:47 So no live stream tomorrow.

37:49 I'm going to wait a week.

37:51 I don't want to overdo things.

37:52 So there will be no beginning of April live stream until next week Saturday.

37:58 So in 8 days.

37:59 Um you can't open a hospital.

38:02 Only the government can open hospitals in our area.

38:06 Um so I that maybe that's not what you were asking.

38:09 It is very expensive.

38:10 Like millions and millions of dollars.

38:12 I'm not sure exactly what our hospital costs, but it cost quite a bit.

38:18 Uh let's see here.

38:20 Mode says, "Ah, so your body reacted to the procedure in a different way.

38:23 Well, I'm glad this whole thing is over and you're feeling better now." Yes,

38:26 I was one of the 1% of the world where my body reacted differently.

38:31 Um Pedro says, "Positively Positivity helps a lot to get better." It does.

38:36 I noticed when I was in the hospital,

38:39 some people were pretty grouchy and I tried not to be.

38:42 I was a little grouchy cuz I I didn't want to be there.

38:45 But yes, being positive is very very helpful.

38:51 Freddy, at the hospital,

38:52 do you have the choice of meals and are there are they quite

38:54 good or even yummy even if you were unfortunately not allowed to get any?

38:59 My memory when I was there like 8 or 9 years ago for heart surgery is

39:05 that I got to choose the day before what meals they would bring me the next day.

39:10 But then the doctor would say there were things

39:13 you were allowed to have and not allowed to have.

39:15 And it's not great food at all.

39:19 Um Freddy says, "It's Easter time.

39:21 There will be many chocolate rabbits.

39:23 Are you allowed to eat chocolate after your journey

39:25 in the hospital about your digestive issues?" Yes,

39:27 in fact, they said I should be eating foods that are high in iron.

39:33 And dark chocolate is one I should be

39:35 having one or two little squares of dark chocolate.

39:39 Uh Hafiz, "I I 3 nights in hospital.

39:41 There was a health scare and I had to go

39:43 to the neurology department and that was during the crazy heyday of COVID.

39:47 So no family members were allowed to visit.

39:49 That is unfortunate.

39:50 Jen was able to visit me and my brother visited

39:53 me and my sister visited me and Brent texted me.

39:57 Thanks Brent.

39:58 And other friends texted as well.

40:00 Um Ryan says, "Hey, how's it going?" to Pedro.

40:03 "Greetings from Brazil." Mo says, "Though your cheeks aren't as red as usual,

40:06 do you need a do you need a blood transfusion?

40:09 I might fly to Canada to donate some I

40:11 could use a cookie now if you catch my drift.

40:13 I hope our blood types are compatible.

40:15 Is that how you say it?" Yes.

40:17 You would need to have your blood type would need to be the same as mine.

40:22 I probably am a little bit pale still.

40:24 They said it probably will take two to three weeks for that to go away.

40:29 Um what else was in there?

40:31 I did not need a blood transfusion.

40:34 Um but I was I think if my hemoglobin levels had been a bit lower,

40:40 I might have needed one.

40:42 And then Brent says, "Of course,

40:43 yeah." Thanks Brent for touching base with me while I was in the hospital.

40:49 Okay, let me see here.

40:52 I should finish the lesson.

40:53 Why don't I do that?

40:55 Let me Let me finish the lesson off and then

40:58 I will handle There's about eight questions in the form still.

41:01 We'll try to keep things going here.

41:04 Let me have a bit I haven't been sipping enough water.

41:10 Okay, here we go.

41:12 That is not the right slide.

41:14 blood test medical test that check a sample of blood.

41:19 So when they take blood, that's how we that's how we say it.

41:23 They need to take blood and then the blood is sent to a lab.

41:27 So they might say, "We're going to do some blood tests.

41:29 You need a blood test.

41:31 We need to find out what's in your blood,

41:33 whether you have healthy blood." And so they will use a little needle and they

41:37 will poke your arm and they will fill these little test tubes with blood.

41:43 By the way, hopefully you don't faint at the sight

41:45 of blood cuz there is blood in this slide.

41:47 Uh and then they will check to make sure that your iron levels are correct.

41:51 They'll check to make sure that your hemoglobin levels are correct and a number

41:55 of other things that I learned when I was at the hospital.

41:59 But yes, that's how we say it.

42:01 I think I actually have a slide to take

42:03 blood means to collect blood from a patient for testing.

42:07 So this might be something you do every few years.

42:11 Your doctor might say, "Just to make sure you're healthy,

42:15 let's take some blood and do a blood test to find out if everything

42:19 is working the way it's supposed to." You know what I'm going to do now?

42:24 I'm going to turn off members only chat cuz I forgot.

42:28 I'm not sure if someone in the chat mentioned that.

42:30 I'm sure if I look Um let's see here.

42:36 Mathias any specific food and other remedies

42:38 you're being recommended to get the hemoglobin up?

42:40 Yes, things that are high in iron.

42:42 So beans, dark chocolate, uh taking a multivitamin with iron.

42:48 Keep up.

42:48 Hi Bob.

42:49 All of the hospitals are public in Canada are some of them private.

42:52 They are all public.

42:53 Yes, they are run by the by the government.

42:57 Okay.

42:58 Back to the lesson.

43:00 Here we go.

43:02 ICU the intensive care unit.

43:05 I was not in the intensive care unit,

43:07 but this is a special area for patients who need very close monitoring.

43:13 So the ICU and we usually just call it that.

43:16 We rarely say intensive care unit.

43:19 We might say intensive care, but here's how I would use it.

43:24 The man had an accident and he was in the ICU for two days.

43:29 Or the man had a car accident and he was in intensive care for two days.

43:33 So that's how we use it in a sentence.

43:36 It's an area in the hospital where there are a lot more doctors

43:39 and nurses there all the time and they very closely monitor the patient.

43:46 So a very special area for patients who need very close monitoring.

43:50 If you have surgery, let's say you have heart surgery, after the surgery,

43:56 you will probably be in the ICU for half a day or a few

44:00 hours until they make sure everything is working the way it's supposed to.

44:05 So ICU, intensive care unit,

44:07 a special area for patients who need very close monitoring.

44:13 OR We shorten these things a lot, don't we?

44:16 Or operating room, the room where surgeries are performed.

44:20 So if they need to like fix something inside of you,

44:23 if you need surgery, you need to go to the hospital.

44:27 They will get you ready for surgery and then

44:30 at a certain point you will be taken to the OR.

44:33 You'll be taken to the operating room, which is a very clean room,

44:37 uh a very sanitary room because they don't want you

44:40 to get an infection and that's where they will do the surgery.

44:44 So OR, operating room, the room where surgeries are performed.

44:49 to examine We're going to look at a few verbs now, maybe a little quicker.

44:53 To examine is to check a patient's body for problems.

44:57 So when you first go to see a doctor or when you first go to the emergency room,

45:03 they will examine you.

45:04 They will check to see what your heart rate is.

45:07 They might look in your eye to see if everything looks good.

45:10 But to examine, to check a patient's body for problems.

45:14 And then to diagnose, to identify a disease or condition.

45:18 So if I hurt my arm, they might first examine my arm and then they might say,

45:24 "You need an x-ray." And then they might say,

45:26 when they diagnose me, they might say, "Your arm is broken.

45:29 You need a cast." So to diagnose is to identify a disease or condition.

45:36 To treat, to give medical care to help someone get better.

45:39 This person is getting a needle.

45:41 So they examined this person and they diagnosed

45:45 that they needed the needle to help them feel better.

45:48 So to treat means to give medical care to help someone get better.

45:54 to admit to officially accept a patient into the hospital.

45:58 So let me explain this.

46:00 When you go to the emergency room,

46:03 you have not been admitted to the hospital yet.

46:06 You are waiting to have someone look at you.

46:09 When they ask you to come to um a room

46:13 in the back to to examine and to diagnose,

46:17 you still have not been admitted to the hospital.

46:20 But if they say, "We'd like to keep you overnight or you

46:24 need to stay overnight." They will then admit you to the hospital.

46:28 They'll take you from the emergency room to a normal hospital room

46:32 and then that's where you will stay for a day or two.

46:38 to monitor to regularly check a patient's condition.

46:41 So for me, they wanted to monitor my vital signs.

46:45 They wanted to monitor my blood.

46:47 They wanted to monitor monitor my blood pressure and a few other things.

46:53 So to monitor means to regularly check a patient's condition.

46:58 And to discharge, to allow a patient to leave the hospital.

47:01 You know this person is being discharged because

47:04 they are no longer wearing a hospital gown.

47:07 So that must be a nice feeling.

47:10 I was very excited when they took the needle out of my arm

47:14 and I could take off my hospital gown and put on normal clothing.

47:18 And then they still made me ride in a wheelchair to the door of the hospital.

47:23 I think they just don't want anyone to trip or fall on their way out.

47:28 And then to recuperate.

47:30 Let me say that word again.

47:31 It's a little tricky.

47:32 To recuperate, to rest and recover your health and strength after being sick,

47:36 injured or having a medical procedure.

47:39 So they told me, "You can go home.

47:41 You need to take five days off work to recuperate.

47:45 You need to just rest.

47:47 Your body needs time to heal.

47:50 You need time to become strong again." So to recuperate,

47:54 to rest and recover your health and strength after being sick,

47:58 injured or having a medical procedure.

48:01 to follow up Now this verb works two ways.

48:04 Your doctor might follow up with you,

48:07 which is to check on a patient after treatment.

48:10 But they might also say, "You need to follow up with your doctor in a week.

48:13 You should call and make an appointment." So the doctor can follow up on you,

48:18 but you can also follow up with your doctor.

48:20 There's two ways to use that verb.

48:24 And then just two fun things to end the lesson.

48:27 Short-staffed means not having enough workers available.

48:31 The hospital I went to did not seem short-staffed.

48:34 I feel like they had enough nurses and doctors

48:38 that I was very well taken care of.

48:40 But sometimes when you go to an ER,

48:42 it looks like this because they don't have enough workers.

48:46 They don't have enough nurses or doctors.

48:48 They are short-staffed.

48:50 So um this would not be an enjoyable visit to the hospital.

48:55 And then lastly, let's talk about what did Jen do in all of this?

48:58 Jen would come and visit and she would park and it was paid parking.

49:02 Our hospitals require that you pay to park,

49:05 a parking area where you must pay to leave your car.

49:09 Um this is pretty common in Ontario,

49:11 Canada that when you visit someone at the hospital,

49:14 sometimes parking is the most expensive part of the visit.

49:19 Thankfully at our hospital, I think it was only $6,

49:22 but they definitely had paid parking,

49:25 a parking area where you must pay to leave your car.

49:31 Hey, let's finish off some questions and let's finish off this lesson.

49:35 Um I think they say hospital is very similar to Portuguese.

49:39 Yeah, it probably is.

49:40 Know that.

49:41 Bob, do you know your blood type?

49:42 It's one of the O's, I think.

49:46 But I don't know for sure.

49:47 Hafiz says Bob is recuperating.

49:49 Yes.

49:50 Even today, I'm still recuperating a little bit.

49:53 Okay.

49:54 Here we go.

49:55 Unabi.

49:56 Sorry for a bit off for a bit off topic, but just one curious fact.

50:00 The average passenger of transatlantic flight gets the same

50:04 radiation dose as a patient during x-ray session.

50:07 Well, there you go.

50:08 Now you know.

50:10 From McKenna.

50:12 Hi Bob, what do you think about using the IPA,

50:14 International Phonetic Alphabet, for learning pronunciation?

50:17 I think it's one good method to help

50:20 you figure out what a word should sound like,

50:23 but there's nothing quite like hearing an English speaker say it.

50:28 Judit says, "Hi Bob, happy Easter to you and your kind family.

50:31 Thank you for your work." Thank you very much for that.

50:35 Uh, you are welcome.

50:38 Sergey, is it illegal to give a small gift to a doctor after recovery?

50:42 I don't think it's illegal, but it's not very common.

50:46 It might be more common to send a nice message.

50:49 Like to send a thank you.

50:50 Thank you for helping me.

50:52 Um, but gifts, we usually don't do that here in Canada.

50:57 From Ryan.

50:59 Hi Bob, I'm launching an English learning

51:01 channel on YouTube and wanted to reach out.

51:03 Since you have experience in this field, do you have any advice for a beginner?

51:07 Consistency is probably one of the most important things.

51:12 But you also have to make sure that your videos are interesting.

51:17 Honestly, there's about 50 different things that you

51:21 need to do to be a successful YouTuber.

51:23 I should make a list someday.

51:25 Um, but uh certainly consistency and then every

51:31 video should be like when you're first learning,

51:34 every video should be a little bit better than the one before.

51:40 Judit says, "Hi Bob, then it seems it would be much cheaper,

51:43 easier to open a first aid center, is it not?" Yes, and we do have those.

51:48 We have what are called walk-in clinics.

51:52 But they aren't equipped to handle serious problems.

51:56 You would go to a walk-in clinic if like

51:58 if one of our children had a high fever, we might go to a walk-in clinic.

52:06 Uh, from Hasham.

52:07 Is treatment for every disease free in Canada, even for cancer and others?

52:10 Yes.

52:11 Um, although I will say that sometimes So, we have free health care,

52:17 but people do sometimes go to the United States and pay for different diagnosis.

52:25 How do I explain this?

52:26 Like let's say you have a sore back.

52:29 In Canada, you might have to wait a few months for them to do a scan,

52:34 but you can just go to the United States and pay to get it done earlier.

52:37 So, uh, bye Brent.

52:39 Thanks for hanging out.

52:40 Uh, we're almost done here, people.

52:42 Let's see.

52:46 From It's truly Hey Bob, what's good?

52:50 If your body could send you push notification about your health,

52:52 what would it say most often?

52:54 Not much.

52:55 I mean, I do have my Fitbit.

52:56 It says my heart rate right now is 80,

52:59 which is probably pretty normal because I'm talking and fairly animated.

53:03 Um, but uh yes, I would like my body to tell me everything's okay all the time.

53:08 From Hasham.

53:09 Hi Bob, sir, what's your blood group?

53:11 Take care.

53:12 I think it's O.

53:13 I don't know which kind of O.

53:16 Hasham, no private hospitals in Canada.

53:19 So, this is kind of hard to answer.

53:22 There are some There is some level of private care available,

53:27 but for the most part,

53:29 I would say 99% of the time people will go to a public hospital in Canada.

53:36 Um, I don't know like if you some of the more minor things,

53:40 I think you can go to a private clinic,

53:43 but I have never not really heard of a private hospital in Canada.

53:50 From Unabi.

53:51 You mentioned an expression,

53:52 "Thanks for touching base with me." Could you explain it, please?

53:54 Thank you, Mr.

53:55 Bob.

53:56 So, while I was at the hospital, I got a text message from Brent.

53:59 I'll read it to you.

54:00 Uh, let me see here.

54:03 Brent said, Um, "All good.

54:10 Just checking in." So, when you touch base with someone,

54:14 it means you phone them or you text them

54:17 or you somehow you just Hey, is everything good?

54:21 Is everything good?

54:21 You're You're connecting with them.

54:23 You're sending them some kind of message.

54:27 A romantic at heart, what do you think of hospital romance?

54:30 Do you think it's ethical?

54:31 Long time no see, hope you're fab.

54:33 So, I do know there are a lot of TV shows

54:36 about hospitals and on those shows people sometimes fall in love.

54:41 I don't know if that actually happens in real life.

54:45 Um, I I'm guessing it probably doesn't happen very often.

54:48 Hasham, just a curious question.

54:50 Have you ever had any surgery or operation?

54:52 I had my tonsils removed when I was two and I

54:55 had heart surgery eight years ago now to repair a valve.

55:01 Um, let's see.

55:03 From Pavel.

55:05 Canada has free health care, but why isn't there private paid system?

55:08 Maybe this would help solve the problem of long wait to see a specialist.

55:12 So, I think we do have a there is a bit of a blend.

55:16 Like if you need an ultrasound,

55:20 you do go to a private clinic for the ultrasound,

55:24 but it's paid for by the government still.

55:26 So, it I think it's a little tricky for me to describe.

55:30 Um, but uh yes.

55:32 Uh, let's see here.

55:37 From Austin.

55:38 Hello Bob, what do you think about mouth posture?

55:40 Is it necessary for pronunciation and speaking?

55:43 Here's what I know.

55:44 The way my mouth is moving, in particular the way I am using my tongue,

55:49 it's very important to figure that out if

55:52 you don't make the same sounds in your language.

55:57 If there's an English sound,

55:58 you should study the position of the mouth, the lips, and the tongue.

56:04 That's just a good idea.

56:07 Judit says, "Is there any medicine named Panadol

56:09 or Ibuprofen in Canada?" Yes, we have Ibuprofen.

56:13 "Are you taking any medicine for any disease?" I am not.

56:16 I am not taking any medicine.

56:19 From Aman.

56:20 Hello, Mr.

56:20 Bob, I would be happy if you

56:21 make a video about higher level business vocabulary.

56:24 Thanks for the valuable lesson.

56:26 I'll see what I can do.

56:29 Um, Kelly.

56:32 Hi Bob, what are some ingredients

56:34 in herbal skin care products allowed in Canada, but not in the United States?

56:37 Thank you.

56:38 I don't know.

56:39 I do know there's a lot of aloe vera

56:43 in skin care products and that's as much as I know.

56:45 I'm out of my element when it comes to skin care products.

56:50 Okay, let's see.

56:51 Hafiz says, "My younger brother and his wife are both doctors,

56:53 different departments, but cough cough lol, so it does happen, Bob." Oh, I see.

56:59 Hospital romances do happen, according to a source that I will not name.

57:04 Um, let's see here.

57:06 I think I'm done.

57:06 I think I'm going to wrap this up.

57:08 Thank you so much for watching.

57:10 Uh, so a couple of things.

57:12 This lesson will come out in a couple days in a shorter version.

57:16 I will remove all of the viewer questions and make it a straight lesson.

57:20 It'll be, my guess is, 23 minutes long.

57:23 You should watch it or listen to it.

57:25 Number two.

57:26 There will be no no live stream tomorrow.

57:30 I usually do a live stream the first Saturday of every month.

57:34 I'm going to push that back to next week.

57:37 Um, just because I don't want to do too much as I start

57:41 to uh live life as normal again after recuperating from being in the one.

57:49 Know that says, "Thanks for your time, Bob,

57:50 and especially for sharing what happened to you

57:52 and why you ended up in the hospital.

57:53 Wishing you and your family a wonderful Friday weekend.

57:56 Take good care of yourself." You, too.

57:58 Um, Panadol, I'm guessing in the USA or Canada is known as Tylenol.

58:02 Possibly.

58:03 Yes, I don't know all the details.

58:06 Um, let's see.

58:07 Mode says, "Thanks so much, Mr.

58:08 Bob.

58:08 Take it easy." I will.

58:09 Yep says, "Hey Bob, how can I level up from shadowing

58:13 to responding immediately and fluently?" You need to find a speaking partner.

58:16 That is the best way to do that.

58:19 Anyways, I'm going to stop this live stream.

58:22 I'm going to enjoy the rest of my day.

58:24 Thanks for hanging out and learning a little bit of English.

58:26 Um, I'll see you Tuesday with a new lesson

58:29 and I'll see you next week Friday with another Friday lesson.

58:32 So, bye.

58:32 You guys are awesome.

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