*Podcast Link:https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210225
*Vocabulary:
1. pandemic大規模流行的:(of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants.
👉In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.
2. take hold加重、變強:to become strong; to be established.
👉There are usually reasons why some ideas take hold and persist while others fail to do so.
3. wimpy懦弱的:not strong, brave, or confident.
👉She was too wimpy to say what she really thought.
4. sheer全然的、純粹的:used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except.
👉The area is under threat from the sheer number of tourists using it.
5. kicks in開始見效、起作用:to give something, especially money or help.
👉Reforms will kick in later this year.
6. genome基因體:the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other living thing.
👉Billions of dollars will have been poured into the human genome project.
7. virologist病毒學家:a scientist who studies viruses and the diseases that they cause.
👉Each February, World Health Organization (WHO) doctors meet virologists to identify the flu strains they think will hit the following winter.
8. zoologist動物學家:a person who scientifically studies animals.
👉Such studies would adopt similar rigorous protocols as used by zoologists for providing accurate methods of quantifying fruit abundance available for dispersers.
9. vaccine疫苗:a substance containing a virus or bacterium in a form that is not harmful, given to a person or animal to prevent them from getting the disease that the virus or bacterium causes.
👉This vaccine protects against some kinds of the bacteria.
10. outbreak爆發:a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something else dangerous or unpleasant.
👉Last weekend saw further thundery outbreaks.
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