Позавчера нам сделали вторую прививку от короновируса. Пфайзер. После первой я чувствовала себя нормально, лёгкая слабость была. А после второй меня свалило. Температура 38,2, свинцовые голова и тело, мышцы ломает так, что невозможно найти удобное положение. Любопытно, что у мужа – ничего подобного не наблюдалось. На второй день мне лучше, хотя сильная слабость и странная, покалывающая головная боль ещё сохраняются. Но работать уже могу. Вот и решила познакомить вас с лексикой пандемии.
Мой любимый способ учить новые слова – через контекст. Поэтому я буду давать предложения, из которых можно догадаться о значении слова и сразу увидеть, как его употреблять. Поехали?
Turn on your English language chip).
Lockdown
- We’ve been in lockdown now for several months. That means we have to stay at home almost all of the time.
Key worker
2. My mum is a nurse, so she is classed as a key worker and is still going to work every day.
Furlough
3. The company, where I work, have had to close its stores and furlough (mind the pronunciation!) all of their employees – that means I am still employed but I am not allowed to go to work until my company say I can return.
Social distancing
4. The hardest part has been social distancing (staying away from other people as much as possible). I really miss seeing my friends in person but we chat every day online.
Ebola handshake
5. We use the Ebola handshake (mind the pronunciation; greeting someone by touching elbows with them) instead of common handshake and kisses when meeting).
Underlying; vulnerable
6. Elderly people or people with underlying (fundamental, basic, essential) health conditions are particularly vulnerable (weak and without protection) to the virus.
Patient zero
7. Coronavirus appeared in China, but it still is not clear who patient zero (the first patient) was.
Confirmed cases; fatalities
8. The number of confirmed cases (cases that are proved) and fatalities (deaths caused by an accident or some specific conditions) in the world rose rapidly.
Herd immunity; mass gathering
9. Some countries were concerned with building herd immunity (resistance to the spread of a disease that results if enough people in a population have or develop immunity, e.g. through vaccination or through catching the disease) and didn’t implement strict measures on mass gatherings (when many people get together). And then we faced the closure (when they stopped working) of schools, universities and other public institutions.
Contact tracing
10. Contact-tracing (an attempt to control the spread of an infectious disease by identifying and isolating people who have come into contact with it) remains vital to stopping the spread.
Panic-buying; stockpiling; a run on something
11. People have started panic-buying, stockpiling (buying large quantities of particular products because of fears of shortages) goods. There has been such a run on (rush) items such as toilet paper in some places that supermarket shelves have been left bare.
Blanket bans
12. Some countries have placed blanket bans (including or affecting all possible cases) on flights from certain countries.
Footfall
13. The footfall (visits) in restaurants fell dramatically in the first days of the pendemic.
Asymptomatic
14. People who are infected but show no symptoms (= are asymptomatic) spread the desease without being aware of it.
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