1. Post office: Post office, pronounced [p?ust ?fis]
A national department specializing in postal services. Its main business is delivering letters and parcels, handling remittances, and publishing newspapers and periodicals. Wait for a detailed explanation of a large part of the postal and telecommunications business.
2. Bookstore: bookshop, pronounced?['b?k?p]
The ancient bookstore was called Shushi. The word "Shu Si" first began in the Han Dynasty. In addition, various dynasties also have names such as Shu Lin, Book Shop, Book Shed, Book Hall, Book House, Book Shop, Book Book Shop, etc., which both engrave books and sell books. These names, in addition to being collectively referred to as Book Stores, are also collectively referred to as Book Shops after the Song Dynasty. .
3. Cinema: Cinema, pronounced [?s?n?m?]
It is a place where movies are shown to the audience. In the early days of movies, they were shown in coffee shops, teahouses and other places. With the advancement and development of movies, cinemas specifically built for showing movies appeared.
4. Hospital: hospital, read [?h?sp?tl]
Hospitals carry out necessary medical examinations, treatment measures and nursing techniques for patients in accordance with laws, regulations and industry standards. , consultation services, rehabilitation equipment, medical transportation and other services, medical institutions with the main purpose of saving lives and healing the wounded.
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The word hospital (Hospital) comes from the Latin word "guest", because when it was first established, it was It is provided for people to take refuge, and there are also rest rooms to make visitors comfortable and for the purpose of entertaining. Later, it gradually became a professional institution that met human medical needs, provided medical services, and served as a service place to accommodate and treat patients.
The earliest hospital organization in Europe was the medical hospital built in Constantinople by the Christian saint Saint Sampson (Sampson the Hospitable) in the early 5th century AD, more than 5 centuries later than our country. Hospitals were established in Lyon and Paris in France in the 6th and 8th centuries respectively, and in London in the UK in the 7th century. After the Middle Ages, hospitals were built in large numbers in the Middle East and Europe.