-Podcast Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/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。
7) Outbreak （尤指疾病、危險或不快之事的）發作，暴發，突然發生 n.
a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something else dangerous or unpleasant
■ Last weekend saw further thundery outbreaks.
上週末仍然雷聲不斷。
a situation in which people are not allowed to enter or leave a building or area freely because of an emergency
特勤局實質上把整個城市都封鎖了。
9) Vaccine 疫苗 n.
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.
這種疫苗能抵抗這些細菌中的某幾種。
10) Recap 扼要重述；摘要說明 v.
to repeat the main points of an explanation or description
■ Finally, the teacher recapped the main points of the lesson.
最後老師又概括了一下這一課的重點。
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