Online Class Notes (Mike)

Write about your lockdown experience in Xi’an.

Vocabulary

symptom (n)

variant (n) 变异株

lockdown (n) 封锁

traumatize (v) 受到…的创伤.
I was traumatized by the earthquake.

traumatizing (adj.)  – traumatic (adj.)
The war in Ukraine is a very ~ experience for many locals.

trauma (n) 创伤

PTSD:  Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

perceive (v) – perception (n) 感知，认知
receive – reception

receptionist (n) 接待员

describe – description

break out (v) 爆发
outbreak (n) 发病，爆发

do Covid test
Covid test result

think
think of 想起，想到
think about 考虑

travel restriction
public gathering

minimize (v)

inverted (adj.) – invert (n)

lift (v) to cancel (restrictions)
After 2 months of lockdown, the government lifted all restrictions on traveling, public gathering etc.

support (v) – supportive: to be supportive of sb/sth
My parents are supportive of me studying abroad.

large-scale 大规模

The feature of Omicron shows …
The symptom of Omicron appears later than other variants.

The pandemic suddenly outbreak.
But covid suddenly outbreak.
But there was a few new cases, so we cancelled our ….

new/confirmed cases

Covid
pandemic
covid situation. 

They took some urgent methods.

They took a series of strict measures to stop/prevent the virus from spreading.