The link of the podcast: 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 adj. (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. 在世界上一些地區瘧疾仍在廣泛流行。 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. 經濟復甦的趨勢剛剛開始穩定下來。 3.wimpy 虛弱的，懦弱的 adj. not strong, brave, or confident 👉I'm far too wimpy to go rock climbing. 我太虛弱，無法去攀岩。 4.sheer 完全的，徹底的 adj. used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except 👉The suggestion is sheer nonsense. 這個建議純粹是胡言亂語。 5.kicks in 開始見效；起作用 v. to start to have an effect or to happen 👉It takes half an hour for the medication to kick in. 藥片的藥力在半小時後開始顯現。 6.genome 基因組，染色體組 n. the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other living thi