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[Special edition]
FIGHTING THE EPIDEMICS(1)
1.Dialogues:
Part one
(David Wang is going through an epidemic check for Covid-19 at a community check point in Suzhou Industrial Park.)
C: Good morning. We need to have a health check on you for the Coronavirus epidemic according to the city rule, can you show your personal ID first?
D: Yes sir, here you are.
C: Where did you come from today?
D: I came from my hometown Wenzhou today,just finished my Spring Festival holiday and going back tomy work place in Suzhou. Any problem with that?
C: Yes, quite a big problem. Wenzhou as well as some other cities are listed as the secondary worst-hit epidemic cities in China now. People travel from these areas are subject to go through a special quarantine check before entering the community.
D: What shall I do then?
C: Let's take your body temperature first.Ok, it's 36.8 degree Celsius, seems normal.
D: I know I'm ok. What else?
C: Do you have any symptoms like cough, breath with difficulties or fever?
D: No, not at all.
C: Did you have any history of contacting with confirmed or suspected Coronavirus patients in the past fourteen days?
D: Not either.
J: That's fine. Please fill out thisform.
(After David finished filling out theform.)
C: You can go now. But you still need to stay at home for fourteen days as a self-quarantine demmand. During this period of time you are not allowed to go outside nor to contact anybody else.
D: Oh, that's really going to be a hard time for me. What about if I need to buy food or some daily supply?
W: You may do some online shopping, when the delivery guy comes our community workers can help receive and take them to your home.
J: That's fantastic. What to make the payment?
W: Of course, it will be at your own cost. Now you may follow our team worker to go home, good luck!
J: Thanks a million. Hope to see yousoon.
Part two
(William is having an audio-chat about the Epidemic situation with his American friend John in New York.)
W: Hi John, how is everything going with the Covid-19 Pandemic in your city now?
J: According to CDC latest report, the total confirmed cases in the US today has topped eighty thousand and the deaths toll has passed one thousand, and half of these number happened in New York.
W: US has now surpassed Italy to become the highest Covid-19 infected country in the world.
J: You are right, things here are really getting worse and worse, just like Hubei and Wuhan in China two months ago. Since the President Trump declared National Emergency for it, people started worry and panic, they rushed to stores to buy things for preparation.
W: I saw on photos that most store shelfs of foods and daily suppliers are empty now. Even toilet papers are out of sales.
J: That's true. The governor of New York State also decleared lockdown for the whole State to avoid further transmission of the virus. People are ordered to stay at home and not to go outside.
W: That's really something serious. It seems people there have realized the denger now and are taking the same measures as what we did when the Coronavirus outbreak started in China.
J: Exactly, now all businesses, shops, restaurants and bars are shut down. Schools are closed. Company employees are working from home on computers, teachers and students are staying home for online classes.
W: But some WeChat video show that young men and young women are still wandering or gathering in restaurants, streets and parks, even playing around on beaches for fun, is it true?
J: Yes, some young people tend to be neglecting the risks of virus spreading, and they are over confident that they are strong enough to resist the virus and not to be infected.
W: There is an old saying in China: “Do something protective before the disaster comes”, we’d better be more cautious during this special time. Then what about the elderly and homeless people?.
J: Their conditions are not good now. Since the city lacks protective supply and medical facilities and also doesn’t have enough medical workers, many of these people have to stay along without treatment on time even after got infected.
W: Then what happen if their sickness are getting severe?.
J: Nothing they can do but wait for death.
W: That’s really sad.
2. New Wordsand Phrases:
epidemic[ ] 疫病，传染病
Covid-19[ ] 2019年新冠肺炎
communitycheck point[ ]社区检查点
Coronavirus[ ]新型冠状病毒
personal ID[ ]个人身份证
secondary [ ] 次级的
worst-hit[ ] 最严重感染
quarantine[ ] 检疫，隔离
symptom [ ]症状
cough [ ]咳嗽
fever [ ] 发热
confirmed[ ]确定
suspected [ ] 怀疑
demmand [ ] 要求
daily supply[ ] 日用品
fantastic[ ] 好极了
audio-chat [ ] 音频聊天
pandemic [ ] 全球传染
CDC/Center of Disease Control[ ] 疾控中心
deaths toll[ ] 死亡总数
nationwide[ ] 全国范围
infected[ ]被感染
contribute [ ]提供，贡献
national emergency [ ]国家紧急状态
panic[ ]恐慌
disaster[ ] 灾难
store shelf[ ]货架
lockdown[ ]封锁
cautious [ ] 当心
measure [ ] 措施
online class [ ] 线上课
neglect [ ] 忽视
elderly [ ] 老年的
facility [ ] 设施
homeless [ ] 无家可归
resist [ ] 抵抗
3. Chinese Version
抗 击 疫 情
第一部分：
（王大卫正在苏州工业园区某小区检查点进行一次2019年新冠疫情的检查。）
检：早上好！根据市里规定，我们需要对你进行一次新冠疫情的健康检查，请出示你的个人身份证。
王：好的先生，给你。
检：你今天从哪里过来？
王：我今天从老家温州过来，刚过完春节回苏州工作单位上班。有什么问题吗？
检：是的，问题很大。温州以及部分其它城市，现在被列为国内次级严重的疫情地区，从这个地区出行过来的人，进入小区都要通过特别的疫情检查。
王：那我应该怎么做？
检：我们先给你量一下体温。好，36.8摄氏度，正常。
王：我知道我是正常的。还有什么？
检：你有没有像咳嗽、呼吸困难或发热等症状？
王：都没有。
检：在过去十四天里，你有没有跟新冠肺炎确诊或疑似病人的接触史？
王：也没有。
检：那就好了。请填写一下这个表格。
（王大卫填好表格以后）
检：现在你可以走了，不过你仍然需要在家里自我隔离十四天。在这段时间里，你不允许外出，也不能跟任何人接触。
王：哦，那对我可是一段难熬的时间了。我如果要买些吃的或日常用的怎么办？
检：你可以网上购物，快递送来后我们小区工作人员可以帮你接受并送到你住的地方。
王：那真好极了！怎么付费呢？
检：那当然是你自己付。现在你可以。跟随我们工作人员回家了，祝你好运！
王：万分感谢！希望不就能再见面。
第二部分：
（威廉正在微信上与他在纽约的美国朋友约翰，进行关于新冠疫情的音频聊天。）
威：嗨，约翰，你们城市现在的全球性新冠肺炎情况如何？
约：根据疾控中心的最新报告，美国现在确诊病例已高达八万，死亡人数已超过一千，其中有一半数字是发生在纽约的。
威：美国现在已经超越意大利，成为世界上新冠肺炎确诊人数最多的国家。
约：你说的不错，这里的情况现在愈来愈糟，就跟两个月前中国的湖北与武汉一样。自从特朗普总统宣布全国紧急状态后，人们开始恐慌，抢着到超市去购买物品以作准备。
威：我看到微信照片很多商店的货架食品和日用品都空了，就连厕所卫生纸都买不到了。
约：是的，纽约州长已宣布整个州封锁，防止病毒进一步传播。市民被要求待在家里，不要外出。
威：那可真的严重了！看来那里的人们已经意识到危险，开始采取我们在新冠病毒爆发时一样的措施了。
约：正是这样，现在所有商业、店铺、饭馆、酒吧都关闭了，学校也不上课了，公司员工待在家里在电脑上上班，教师和学生待在家里上线上课。
威：哦。但我也看到有视频显示，仍然有不少年轻男女在街上和公园里聚集或游荡，甚至在海滩上玩耍呢，是这样吗？
约：是的，年轻人易于轻视病毒传播的危险性，同时他们也有点过于自信抵抗力和免疫力强，不会轻易被感染。
威：中国有句老话“防患于未然”，疫情期间还是当心为好。那么老年人和那些无家可归的人怎么样呢？
约：他们的情况就不容乐观了。由于市政方面缺少防护器材和医疗设施，同时医疗人员也不够，很多这样的人即使感染了新冠病毒，也只能孤独地得不到及时治疗。
约：那如果他们病情恶化怎么办？
威：除了等死别无它法。
约：哎，太悲催了!
