#3 COVID: One year on

BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English
COVID: One year on  (25 FEB 2021)

podcast link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210225

vocabulary

1. pandemic （疾病）大規模流行的，廣泛蔓延的
(of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
→ In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.

2. take hold 變強；確立地位
to become strong; to be established
→ The economic recovery is just beginning to take hold now.

3. wimpy 懦弱的
not strong, brave, or confident
→ I'm far too wimpy to go rock climbing.

4. sheer 完全的，徹底的
used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except
→His success was due to sheer willpower/determination.

5. kicks in 開始見效；起作用
to start to have an effect or to happen
→ It takes half an hour for the medication to kick in.

6. genome 基因組，染色體組
the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other living thing
→ For the last 20 years researchers have been able to calculate genome sizes and mutation rates.

7. outbreak 尤指疾病、危險或不快之事的）發作，暴發，突然發生
a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something else dangerous or unpleasant
→ There's been an outbreak of food poisoning at the hotel.

8. take stock 仔細考慮；作出判斷；評估
To take stock (of something) is to think carefully about a situation or event and form an opinion about it, so that you can decide what to do.
→ After two years spent teaching overseas, she returned home for a month to take stock of her life.

9. lockdown （建築或地區）因緊急情況而被封鎖了
a situation in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or area freely because of an emergency
→ The Secret Service is imposing a virtual lockdown on the city.

10. feeble 虛弱的；衰弱的，無力的
weak and without energy, strength, or power
→ He was a feeble, helpless old man.

11. vaccine 疫苗
a substance containing a virus or bacterium in a form that is not harmful, given to a person or animal to prevent them from getting the disease that the virus or bacterium causes
→ This vaccine protects against some kinds of the bacteria.

12. pneumonia 肺炎
a serious illness in which one or both lungs become red and swollen and filled with liquid
→ People who are bedridden can easily get pneumonia.

13. death toll 死亡人數
the number of people who die because of an event such as a war or an accident
→ The day after the explosion the death toll had risen to 90.

14. recap 扼要重述；摘要說明；概括
to repeat the main points of an explanation or description
→ Finally, the teacher recapped the main points of the lesson.