🇬🇧🇨🇳 surgery - 外科手术 : English Lesson

Meaning of "surgery" ("外科手术"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Surgery is when doctors carefully open a part of your body, fix or remove something that’s not working right, and then close it up again, usually while you’re asleep so you don’t feel pain.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I imagined my appendix surgery like a tiny eviction where the doctor says, “You don’t do anything, you have to move out.”

Before my aunt’s surgery, she joked, “If you find my missing motivation in there, please return it.”

My brother wanted to bring his toy tools to my surgery to ‘help,’ and the nurse said, “We already have REAL tools, but thanks, junior mechanic.”

I asked if my grandpa’s eye surgery would give him laser vision, and the doctor said, “No lasers, but he’ll be great at reading tiny menus.”

The word “surgery” comes from old Greek words meaning “hand work,” which sounds like the doctor is just doing really, really serious arts and crafts inside your body.

Anna hurts her hand. The doctor says she needs surgery to take out a small glass. Anna is scared. The hospital team gets her ready for surgery. She sleeps and the surgery is quick. After surgery she wakes, holds her hand, and smiles. The surgery helps her play again. Her mum cries with joy.

This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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