Hospital Routine
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Barbara
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Todd
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Todd: So, back to the hospital, so, you were there all day, what do you do? Do you watch TV? I mean, do you play cards?
Barbara: Well, at first I was in too much pain to do anything, and, well, after awhile friends came to see me. They brought me books. I read a lot of books. I had my portable CD player and listened to music and I guess the most important part of the hospital routine is when they bring the food around – the meal times, but I couldn't eat.
Todd: Oh, no.
Barbara: So I could just watch from the sidelines as the other people in my room, were, you know, getting ready for meals, and they would get out their chopsticks and they would be discussing what was on today's menu and, yeah, they really got into it, and I was left out, you know.
Todd: That's terrible.
Barbara: Not able to eat anything. And there were three old ladies in the same room as me, and they commented on the food that was served up and they often said things like, “Oh, you know, I could cook better than this at home” and “Oh, I don't think this is very good” but… so all of the talk of food just made me salivate, made my stomach constrict, and I was like dreaming about food all the time.
Todd: So when you got out and you could actually eat food outside of the hospital for the first time, what's the first thing you had?
Barbara: Soba.
Todd: Soba.
Barbara: Japanese soba noodles.
Todd: Well, soba is pretty good.
Barbara: Yeah. Yeah. And in a sense I lost my interest in I guess junk food and high calorie food.
Todd: I guess there's a lesson to be learned.
Barbara: Definitely.
get into
They really got into it.
Here, 'get into it' means to get excited about something and to look at details eagerly. Notice the following:
- In the morning, he really gets into his sports scores.
- She really gets into the gossip magazines.
salivate
The thought of food made me salivate.
When you mouth salivates, it gets watery thinking about food. Notice the following:
- The smell of BBQ made my mouth salivate.
- He salivates at the thought of making money.
lose interest
I lost my interest in junk food.
When you lose interest in something, it does not interest you anymore. Notice the following:
- She has lost interest in her boyfriend.
- Teens usually lose interest in cartoons as they get older.
in a sense
In a sense, I lost my interest in junk food
Here, 'in a sense' means 'in a way' or partially. Notice the following:
- In a sense, you are right.
- In a way, you are right.
lesson to be learned
I guess there's a lesson to be learned.
We use this phrase to show that something was learned from a bad experience. Notice the following:
- I left home without an umbrella. That was a lesson learned.
- I see you spent all your money. There's a lesson to be learned.
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Barbara shares how her stay at hospital changed her thoughts about food.
