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  • Long Covid.

    Long Covid。

  • Scientists say there are three types.

    科學家們說有三種類型。

  • This is News Review from BBC Learning English.

    這是BBC學習英語的新聞評論。

  • I'm Sian. And I'm Beth.

    我是Sian。而我是貝絲。

  • Make sure you watch to the end to learn how to talk about the story.

    確保你觀看到最後,學習如何談論這個故事。

  • And remember: Subscribe to our channel, like this video,

    請記住。訂閱我們的頻道,喜歡這個視頻。

  • and try the quiz on our website.

    並嘗試在我們的網站上進行測驗。

  • Now, today's story.

    現在,今天的故事。

  • Long Covid.

    Long Covid。

  • Millions of people around the world have reported symptoms of Covid-19

    世界各地有數百萬人報告了Covid-19的症狀。

  • more than twelve weeks after getting the disease.

    得病後超過12周。

  • Now, research by scientists in the UK

    現在,英國科學家的研究

  • has identified three different types of long Covid.

    已經確定了三種不同類型的Long Covid。

  • Some people suffer brain fog and headaches.

    有些人出現腦霧和頭痛。

  • Others have breathing problems.

    其他人有呼吸問題。

  • And a third group experience a range of symptoms.

    而第三組則經歷了一系列的症狀。

  • Before we look at the headlines,

    在我們看頭條新聞之前。

  • a quick look at the word 'brain fog'.

    快速瞭解一下 "腦霧 "這個詞。

  • This is a condition when you feel confusion

    這是你感到困惑的一種情況

  • and you can't think clearly.

    而你無法清楚地思考。

  • Now, let's look at the vocabulary today, Beth.

    現在,讓我們看看今天的詞彙,貝絲。

  • So today,

    所以今天。

  • we have 'unknown enemy', 'rockets' and 'being sold'.

    我們有 "未知的敵人"、"火箭 "和 "正在出售"。

  • This is News Review from BBC Learning English.

    這是BBC學習英語的新聞評論。

  • Let's have a look at our first headline.

    讓我們看一下我們的第一個標題。

  • This one comes from the Guardian:

    這篇報道來自《衛報》。

  • So, this headline is from an opinion piece about long Covid, and the word

    是以,這個標題來自一篇關於長科維德的評論文章,而這個詞

  • we're looking at here is 'unknown enemy'. So, 'enemy' -

    我們在這裡看到的是'未知的敵人'。是以,'敵人' -

  • that's the opposite of a friend, right?

    那是朋友的反面,對嗎?

  • Well, yeah.

    嗯,是的。

  • As I'm sure you know, an enemy is someone that hates you.

    我相信你知道,敵人就是討厭你的人。

  • They want to harm you.

    他們想傷害你。

  • You have to defend yourself against them.

    你必須為自己辯護,反對他們。

  • We can think of some good fictional examples from films and books.

    我們可以從電影和書籍中想到一些好的虛構例子。

  • Yes, so in Star Wars

    是的,所以在《星球大戰》中

  • we have Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader

    我們有盧克-天行者和達斯-維德

  • are enemies. We have Harry Potter and Voldemort.

    是敵人。我們有哈利波特和伏地魔。

  • They are enemies, but also ordinary people like us. We can have enemies too.

    他們是敵人,但也是像我們這樣的普通人。我們也可以有敵人。

  • Yeah. And usually you know quite a bit about your enemy.

    是的。而且通常你對你的敵人有相當多的瞭解。

  • You probably know their personality and their type of behaviour,

    你可能知道他們的個性和他們的行為類型。

  • but an 'unknown enemy' is different. And with long Covid,

    但 "未知的敵人 "是不同的。而且有很長的Covid。

  • we have the perfect example,

    我們有一個完美的例子。

  • as in this headline.

    如這個標題。

  • Yeah. So, because it is so new scientists don't really know that much about long

    是的。所以,因為它是如此之新,科學家們並不真正瞭解長壽。

  • Covid yet. They haven't had enough time to study it,

    科維德還沒有。他們還沒有足夠的時間來研究它。

  • so it's behaviour isn't known, and for that reason we call it an unknown enemy.

    所以它的行為並不為人所知,為此我們稱它為未知的敵人。

  • And the sense here

    而這裡的意義

  • is that it's more worrying because it's unknown.

    是,它更令人擔憂,因為它是未知的。

  • So, it might not be as bad as we think.

    是以,它可能沒有我們想象的那麼糟糕。

  • But then again, it might be a lot worse.

    但話說回來,情況可能會更糟。

  • And that's the key meaning of 'unknown enemy'.

    而這就是'未知的敵人'的關鍵含義。

  • Indeed. And there's that old saying, isn't there?

    的確如此。還有那句老話,不是嗎?

  • 'Know your enemy'.

    瞭解你的敵人"。

  • At least you know what to expect. Or the phrase:

    至少你知道該期待什麼。或者說這句話。

  • 'Keep your friends close.

    '把你的朋友留在身邊。

  • Keep your enemies closer.'

    讓你的敵人更接近'。

  • Well, it's a good job we're friends then, Sian.

    好吧,那我們是朋友就好了,西安。

  • Exactly. Let's look at that again.

    正是如此。讓我們再看看這個。

  • Let's have our next headline. This one comes from ITV:

    讓我們來看看下一個標題。這條新聞來自ITV。

  • OK. So, the headline is saying that demand for medical services

    好的。所以,標題是說,對醫療服務的需求

  • for people suffering from long

    為患有長期疾病的人

  • Covid has increased very quickly. And the word

    Covid的增長速度非常快。而這個詞

  • we're looking at here is 'rockets'.

    我們在這裡看到的是 "火箭"。

  • Now, I know what a rocket is.

    現在,我知道什麼是火箭了。

  • Yes, it's something that blasts

    是的,它是一種可以爆炸的東西

  • off the ground into space. It can also be a weapon.

    離開地面進入太空。它也可以成為一種武器。

  • It's really just something that goes up

    它真的只是一些上升的東西

  • and goes up very quickly.

    而且上升得非常快。

  • But here, we are not talking

    但在這裡,我們不是在談論

  • about an actual rocket,

    關於一個實際的火箭。

  • are we? Here, in the headline,

    我們是嗎?在這裡,在頭條新聞中。

  • it's used as a verb.

    它被用作一個動詞。

  • Yes, it is a verb and it's used metaphorically, but really,

    是的,它是一個動詞,而且是用在比喻上,但是真的。

  • it's just the same sense as the rocket that blasts into space.

    這和火箭飛向太空的意義是一樣的。

  • So, it's something that goes up very quickly,

    是以,這是一個很快就會上升的東西。

  • and thinking back to the headline,

    並回想了一下標題。

  • we heard that demand for medical services from people with long

    我們聽說,長期臥床的人對醫療服務的需求量很大。

  • Covid has gone up quickly.

    科維德已經迅速上升。

  • Exactly. But it's not just demands that can rocket, is it?

    正是如此。但是,不僅僅是需求會產生火箭,是嗎?

  • What other things can rocket?

    還有什麼東西可以火箭化?

  • Yeah. So, you can use in other ways. For example,

    是的。是以,你可以以其他方式使用。比如說。

  • prices can rocket. Now,

    價格可能會飆升。現在。

  • inflation is something that is affecting almost everyone in the world right now,

    通貨膨脹是目前影響世界上幾乎所有人的事情。

  • so, prices are rocketing. Or even 'sky rocketing' -

    是以,價格正在飆升。甚至是 "天價"--

  • which is a more extreme way of saying the same thing.

    這是對同一件事更極端的說法。

  • Let's look at that again.

    讓我們再看一下。

  • Can we have the next headline, please, Beth?

    請給我們下一個頭條,貝絲?

  • Yes, this one comes from The Conversation:

    是的,這篇文章來自《對話》。

  • OK. So, let's break this headline down.

    好的。是以,讓我們把這個頭條新聞分解一下。

  • So, there are a list of three possible cures that they say

    是以,他們說有三個可能的治療方法清單

  • are being sold. And we're going to look at the use of this 'being sold' here.

    正在銷售。而我們要看一下這個 "被賣 "在這裡的用法。

  • Yeah. And this is a bit more complicated than you might think.

    是的。而這比你可能想象的要複雜一些。

  • So, I'm sure you know that

    是以,我相信你知道

  • 'sold' comes from 'sell', and 'sell' is giving something in return for money.

    'sold'來自'sell','sell'是給東西換取錢。

  • So, are we talking about people paying money for these cures?

    那麼,我們是否在談論人們為這些治療方法付出金錢?

  • Yes. And this is the confusing part.

    是的。而這是令人困惑的部分。

  • So, some people are actually paying money for cures,

    是以,有些人實際上是在花錢買治病。

  • but we can also use 'sell' in another way.

    但我們也可以用另一種方式來使用'銷售'。

  • So, it can mean that someone is trying to convince

    所以,這可能意味著有人在試圖說服

  • or persuade someone else that something is right

    說服別人的事是對的

  • or a good idea. And in this case, no money needs to be involved.

    或一個好主意。而在這種情況下,不需要涉及金錢。

  • Yes, and 'sell' is often used in this way to talk about ideas. So, for example:

    是的,而且'賣'經常以這種方式被用來談論想法。是以,舉例來說。

  • 'He tried to sell me the idea that people didn't really land on the Moon'.

    '他試圖向我推銷人們並沒有真正登陸月球的觀點'。

  • So, this means he tried to persuade me

    所以,這意味著他試圖勸說我

  • that the Moon landings didn't actually happen.

    登月並沒有真正發生。

  • Yes. Good example. And the sense is often that

    是的。好例子。而人們的感覺是,往往

  • the thing that someone is trying to convince you of is

    有人想讓你相信的事情是

  • maybe a bit wrong or you can't really trust it.

    也許有點錯,或者你不能真正相信它。

  • But, you can trust us.

    但是,你可以相信我們。

  • We will never try and sell you a bad definition.

    我們永遠不會試圖向你推銷一個不好的定義。

  • So, let's look at that again.

    是以,讓我們再看看這個問題。

  • OK. So, we had 'unknown enemy' - something or someone wants to harm you,

    好的。所以,我們有 "未知的敵人"--有東西或人想傷害你。

  • but you don't know how. 'Rockets' - goes

    但你不知道怎麼做。火箭" - 去

  • up quickly'. 'Being sold' - being persuaded

    迅速上升'。'被賣'--被說服

  • that something is a good idea,

    那件事是個好主意。

  • but can you trust it?

    但你能相信它嗎?

  • Don't forget, there is a quiz on our website:

    不要忘記,我們的網站上有一個測驗。

  • bbclearningenglish.com

    bbclearningenglish.com

  • Thank you for joining us, goodbye. Bye.

    謝謝你加入我們,再見。再見。

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