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COVID: One year on

 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 thing

👉Your genome helps determine what a person will look like. 你的染色體會決定你的長相。




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