Assignment 1
You may use English-language Internet sources to help you.
Which English COVID-19 words do you know?
a Try to think of at least 5 English COVID-19 words.
b Write them down
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Assignment 2
Read the text. For each definition, find the word or expression it describes in the text and write it down.
- situation in which an illness quickly and affects people worldwide……………………………………………..
- very obvious and definite………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- something that is dangerous and could cause harm……………………………………………………………………
- involving the whole world……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- to be different…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- based on personal opinions; not objective………………………………………………………………………………….
- seriousness……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- something that causes people to worry……………………………………………………………………………………….
- very many………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- a description or name that is given to something…………………………………………………………………………
- thinking about something to decide whether you need to change your opinion about it…………………..
- illness………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- situation when something becomes smaller or less……………………………………………………………………….
- behaving in a way that is expected……………………………………………………………………………………………….
- ways of behaving………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Assignment 3
a True or false?
1 The COVID-19 outbreak was officially called a pandemic in March 2020.
2 The end of the pandemic will not be a clear-cut moment.
3 The number of people infected with COVID determines the end of the pandemic.
4 The pandemic is over when COVID is gone.
5 Some health safety measures will probably stay even when the pandemic is officially over.
b What are the main three things to determine the state of the pandemic?
1 How much of a threat the disease is; the number of sick people; the impact of the disease.
2 The number of cases; international concern; the most acute phases of the crisis.
3 The number of infected people; the severity of the disease; the impact of the disease.
4 The severity of concern; the number of infected cased; international relations.
c COVID-19 might become a more predictable virus. What does this mean?
1 The COVID situation will gradually become the same in all countries.
2 The disease will become harmless, like the flu.
3 The pandemic will return regularly, but we will know exactly when.
4 There will still be COVID outbreaks in certain times of the year.
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