#3 COVID: One year on

1. Podcast Link: 

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

2. Vocabulary:

(1) pandemic 流行病

The government should control SARS before it becomes a pandemic.

(2) take hold 變強；確立地位 

The economic recovery is just beginning to take hold now.

(3) wimpy 懦弱的

This portrays her as wimpy, but she has a very strong character.

(4) sheer 完全的；徹底的

It was sheer coincidence that we met. 

(5) kicks in 開始見效；起作用

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

(6) genome 基因組；染色體組

Repeated sequences are often present in the genome.

(7) virologist 病毒學家

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

(8) zoologist 動物學家

Zoologists study the development of animal life.