COVID: ONE YEAR ON

 

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

VOCABULARY

     1. Pandemic

         Existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people,animals,or plaant

          💬    In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.

     2.Take hold 

         To become strong and is difficult to stop

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

      3. Wimpy

          No 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

           💬    It was sheer coincidence that we met.

        5. Kicks in 

            To give something, especially money or help;starts to happen

           💬    Another plan would require employers to kick in $20 per worker to set up the fund.

         6. Genome

             The complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other living thing

            💬    Further, these simulation studies have not considered markers over the entire genome.