时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:地道美语播客


英语课

At my company, I have a choice of health insurance plans. We can pick between HMOs and PPOs, and I have been with the same managed health plan for the past few years. It’s the plan that has the lowest co- pays and the best coverage 1, and the network of doctors is fairly large. The drug coverage is good and the affiliated 2 hospital is close to my house. Unfortunately, I’m discovering that it’s also the plan with the largest bureaucracy 3 and patients can easily get lost in the shuffle 4.



I have a primary care physician, but like other plans, if I want to see a specialist, I must be referred by my primary care physician. I have been trying to see an eye specialist for a few weeks. I called my doctor’s office for a referral, but the nurse told me that I needed to first make an office visit. I tried to get an appointment, but there weren’t any openings for five weeks! I tried to leave a phone message for my doctor to talk to her about my situation, but she never returned my call. I tried several more times, and still received no response.



I finally decided 5 to file a grievance 6. I know that I have patient rights, and that if I didn’t feel I was being treated fairly, I could file a complaint. I just hope that filing the grievance will get me a resolution to this problem. I’d like to see an eye specialist before I go blind!





Script by Dr. Lucy Tse



n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
adj. 附属的, 有关连的
  • The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
  • All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
n.官僚主义,官僚机构,(非民选的)委任官员
  • The bureaucracy has become ossified.官僚主义已变得僵化了。
  • Bureaucracy may be said as a disease in our very vitals.官僚主义可说是我们的心腹之患。
n.拖著脚走,洗纸牌;v.拖曳,慢吞吞地走
  • I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal.我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。
  • Don't shuffle your feet along.别拖着脚步走。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.怨愤,气恼,委屈
  • He will not easily forget his grievance.他不会轻易忘掉他的委屈。
  • He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months.几个月来他对老板一直心怀不满。
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abraided
acoustic inertia
additive group of real numbers
aldehyde benzoic acid
angular-cutter
arginine-vasotocin
aristadiplodia pini shirai
arsena
atlanto occipital joint
barrier sediment
beebe
biarcuate
citraxanthin
co-optated
combinatorial digital circuit
compound mixture
confidential factoring
coord of ben. priority
coral reef shoreline
corner loss
Cowal, L.
crank travelling gear
dataspaces
deebo
derisory
direct-current trigger
dreye
duo-
erythrostasis
external field influence
family Membracidae
federal income tax accrued
FGGE
field warehousemen
fitter's tools
frequency assignment
full sea speed
funnel web
glenoid fossas
heterochlamydeous flower
horse-jumping bicycle
hydroxycysteine
hydroxyl-ethyl-starch
icelandite
indoor horizontal bar
isopropylphosphoramidothioic acid
k.k.k
Kansuella
king's cake
laser frequency
linguaphilia
littres
log reading
logarithmic base
MAHT
media advocacy
media bridge
middle-infield
Namp'yǒng
nasorphysis
neiman-marcus
Nervus mandibularis
non-metal lining
nonproductive departments
Norton Bay
o-ren
oblong hole
octet theory
Odontites serotina
optoelectronic input
organ sonata
peak absences
phacolytic glaucoma
Plath-lyse
programmer workbench
pseudocercospora lygodii
pulse-power output
quaternary ammonium chloride
quraishi
reception facilities for oil wastes
retranscription
Saint Paul
salvage value of fixed assets
saturation efficiency
signeticss
spendthrift trusts
spherical annulus enclosure
split winding rotor
spruik
sympathetic abscess
telesis
thyrotropin binding inhibiting immunoglobulin
tirol
truslow
unprostituted
variegated glass
Wastwater
wheel weight
Xanthostemon
Yadkin
yellow ribbonism