BBC 英语学习 News Review 确定了三种新冠肺炎

Long Covid. Scientists say there are three types.

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long covieds Millions of people around the world have reported symptoms of covin 19 more than twelve weeks after getting the disease.

Now, research by scientists in the UK has identified three different types of long covied Some people suffer brain fog and headaches.

Others have breathing problems, and a 3rd group experience a range of symptoms.

Before we look at the headlines, a quick look at the word brain fog.

This is a condition when you feel confusion and you can't think clearly.

Now let's look at the vocabulary today.

So today we have unknown enemy rockets and being sold.

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Let's have a look at our 1st headline.

This one comes from The Guardian.

The Guardian view on Long Covet, an unknown enemy.

So this headline is from an opinion piece about Long Covet.

And the word we're looking at here is unknown enemy.

So enemy, that's the opposite of a friend, right?

Well, yeah, as I'm sure you know, an enemy is someone that hates you.

They want to harm you. You have to defend yourself against them.

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

Yes. So in Star Wars, we have Luke sky Walker and Darth Fada our enemies.

We have Harry Potter and Baltimore.

They are enemies. But also ordinary people like us, we can have enemies too.

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

You probably know that personality and that type of behavior.

But an unknown enemy is different.

And we've long coated we have the perfect example, as in this headline.

Yet. So because it is so new, scientists don't really know that much about longcovid yet.

They haven't had enough time to study it, so its behavior isn't really known.

And for that reason, we call it an unknown enemy.

And the sense here is that it's more worrying because it's unknown, so it might not be as bad as we think, but then again, it might be a lot worse.

And that's the key meaning of unknown enemy, indeed.

And there's that old saying, isn't there no your enemy?

Well, at least you know what to expect?

Or the phrase Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer.

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

Let's look at that again. Let's have our next headline.

This one comes from ITV Demand for long coated services Rockets as thousands battle the condition.

OK? So the headline is saying that demands for medical services for people suffering from longcoved has increased very quickly.

And the word we're looking at here is rockets.

Now, I know what a rock is.

Yes, it's something that blasts off the ground into space.

Can also be a weapon. It's really just something that goes up and goes up very quickly.

But here, we're not talking about an actual rocket, are we?

Here in the headline, it's used as a verb.

Yes, it is a verb, and it's used metaphorically, but really it's just the same sense as the rocket that blasts into space.

So it's something that goes up very quickly.

And thinking back to the headline we had that demand for medical services from people with Long covet has gone up quickly, exactly.

But it's not just demand that can rocket.

Is it? What other things can rocket?

Yeah. So you can use it in other ways, e.g.

prices can rocket. Now, inflation is something that is affecting almost everyone in the world right now, so prices are rocketing, or even sky rocket in which is a more extreme way of saying the same thing.

Let's look at that again.

Can we have the next headline?

Please be Yes. This one comes from the conversation

Ivan acton bloodwashing.

Ozone. How long covet survivors are being sold?

The next round of miracle cures.

OK, so let's break this headline down.

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

sold, and we're gonna look at the use of this being sold here.

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

So I'm sure you know that Souls comes from cell, and Sell is giving something in return for money.

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

Yes, and this is the confusing part.

So some people are actually paying money for cures.

But we can also use cell in another way.

So it can mean that someone is trying to convince or persuade someone else that something is right or a good idea.

And in this case, no money needs to be involved.

Yes. And cell is often used in this way to talk about ideas.

So, E.G. he tried to sell me the idea that people didn't really land on the moon.

So this means he tried to persuade me that the moon landings didn't actually happen.

Yes, good example. And the sense is often that the thing that someone is trying to convince you of is maybe a bit wrong, or you can't really trust it, but you can trust us.

We will never try and sell you a bad definition.

So let's look at that again.

OK? So we had unknown enemy, something or someone wants to harm you, but you don't know how rockets goes up quickly.

Being sold, being persuaded that something is a good idea, but can you trust it?

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