VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Do you got any update about the new variant? -> Have you followed the new disease ?  / have you heard about the new disease? 

It is a serious disease.

He is engaged with a research project with a big company. The company is very powerful in medicine.
It knows a lot of info the public don’t know and has connection with the Chinese government. -> the company has a lot of insider information due to its connection with the Chinese government 

It is preparing a project to research and produce vaccines and medicine for monkey pox 

It thinks the virus is more deadly and spreads more quickly than we think.

There is also a production by the US institute and the research gives us a prediction that the monkey pox will spread in the future and it will be another pandemic after covid 19. / it may trigger a new pandemic 

Maybe it is underestimated.
The first case was in Taiwan. The original case may have been in Europe. There are several cases in the UK.

The Chinese policy is still very restrictive 

There are still several ways to spread the virus -> there are still many ways for the virus to spread / the virus can still spread through several ways.

It is like smallpox 

Your skin will suffer and more than 15% of  patients will die if they are not vaccinated

For Smallpox is spread through the air of body fluids 

some people say it can spread through sexual intercourse.

The vaccine will give you immunity to that illness  / it will make you immune to it.

I feel like I am in another area of history. In a special area in history which is never happened before. -> I feel we are living a special time in history  / I feel we have entered an unknown territory

Maybe we will meet and live with some deadly virus our whole life. / maybe the virus will never go away.

The virus is so powerful right now. For example covid can change its structure to avoid being killed by medicine and the vaccine. / Covid can change its structure to adapt better and neutralize the vaccine or medicine. There are a lot of variants.
It is like a smart robot / it is like a chameleon

Maybe it will take you a few weeks or a month , you will get a high fever if you catch it  / if you get infected.

Even you recover you will get a lot of scars on your skin / even if you recover you will suffer long lasting effects

Vocabulary

Unknown territory/uncharted waters  (n) place you know nothing about / expression to describe new situation with no precedence or unfamiliar situation
With AI we have entered an unknown territory , many things are possible and we don’t know for sure what will happen.

Insider information (n) information only people in a specific field know / not public yet
trading based on insider information is illegal 

Fluid (n) 液体
It spreads through body fluids 

Chameleon (n) 变色龙/见风使舵的人
The virus is like a chameleon 

To restrict (v)
Shanghai decided to restrict the movement of people to limit the spread of Covid.

Restrictive (adj)
China has restrictive flight policies to avoid the spread of covid

variant (n) a form or version
The new Covid variant is milder 

Pharmaceutical / pharma (adj) 药物的
It is one of the leading pharmaceutical company in China 

Pharmaceutical industry (n) 制药业