Name: 長頸鹿：確定了三種類型 - BBC新聞評論 (Long Covid: Three types identified - BBC News Review)
Uploaded: 2022-08-18T16:55:23.000Z
Duration: 7 min 29 s

This is News Review from BBC Learning English.

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。

並嘗試在我們的網站上進行測驗。

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.

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.

And a third group experience a range of symptoms.

而第三組則經歷了一系列的症狀。

This is a condition when you feel confusion

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

現在，讓我們看看今天的詞彙，貝絲。

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

我們有 "未知的敵人"、"火箭 "和 "正在出售"。

讓我們看一下我們的第一個標題。

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' -

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

是，它更令人擔憂，因為它是未知的。

是以，它可能沒有我們想象的那麼糟糕。

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？

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。

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

好吧，那我們是朋友就好了，西安。

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

Covid has increased very quickly. And the word

Covid的增長速度非常快。而這個詞

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。

我們是嗎？在這裡，在頭條新聞中。

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。

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。

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？

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。

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。

Can we have the next headline, please, Beth?

Yes, this one comes from The Conversation:

是的，這篇文章來自《對話》。

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。

'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？

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

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