#3 Covid: One year on

Link to podcast: 6 Minute English, Covid: One year on

VOCABULARY-1

1. pandemic: a dangerous disease that infects many people at one time

💬What can be done to prevent a bird flu pandemic?

2. take hold: to become strong; to be established

💬The economic recovery is just beginning to take hold now.

3. wimpy: not strong, brave, or confident

💬I was too wimpy to be a boxer so I decided to be a musician.

4. sheer: used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except

💬The suggestion is sheer nonsense.

5. kicks in: to start to have an effect or to happen

💬It takes half an hour for the medication to kick in.

6. genome: the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other living thing

💬Billions of dollars will have been poured into the human genome project.

VOCABULARY-2

1. outbreak: 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.

2. take stock: to think carefully about the things that have happened in a situation in order to decide what to do next

💬He walked back inside and took stock of the situation.

3. lockdown: an emergency situation in which people are not allowed to freely enter, leave, or move around in a building or area because of danger

💬The entire city was in lockdown.

4. feeble: weak and without energy, strength, or power

💬He was a feeble, helpless old man.

5. virologist: a scientist who studies viruses and the diseases that they cause

💬The world-leading virologist has joined the new EU COVID-19 advisory team.

6. pneumonia: 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.