Online Class Notes (Mike)

Homework

Write about how Covid changed your life.

Writing exercise

She is losing weight, so she eats food not as much as before
The weather is not as hot as before
I don’t like it as much as before

She is trying to lose weight, so she is not eating as much food as before.

Vocabulary

runny (adj.) 流鼻涕的

confirmed cases 确诊病例

asymptomatic cases 无症状

compound 小区

symptom (n) 症状

quarantine (n/v) : 14-day quarantine

low/medium/high risk area

seal (v) 密封 (n) 海豹,封印
Seal the letter

Covid test (n) 核酸检测  = Nucleic acid

entertainment (n)

transmit (v) – transmission (n)
reduce the chance of transmission

keep social distance

community transmission 社区传播

break out (v) 爆发,发作
Covid first broke out in Wuhan.

outbreak (n) 爆发
There is a small Covid outbreak in Shanghai 3 months ago.

breakout (n) 越狱

volcano (n) 火山

erupt (v) 喷发,爆发 – eruption

hand sanitizer

health code 健康码

vaccine (n) – vaccinate (v) 打疫苗
I have been fully vaccinated.
I was vaccinated last month.

Speaking exercise

I don’t have anything new.
I don’t have any new going on.

many parks and excitement place will be shut down.
Many public areas will be shut down.

take mask.
Wear a mask.