Pre-reading questions:
- Do you often get sick?
- Is there already a COVID-19 vaccine in Japan?
Vocabulary:
- proven /PRU-vuhn/
- licensed /LAHY-suhnst/
- allow /uh-LOU/
- emergency /ih-MUR-juhn-see/
- quality /KWOL-i-tee/
[adjective] – shown to be true
He has proven himself to be a good employee.
[adjective] – having a license (an official document) that gives you permission to own, do, or use something
Don’t use the vaccines unless they are licensed.
[verb] – to let someone do something or let something happen
You’re allowed to use calculators on your math quiz.
[noun] – a dangerous or serious situation, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs immediate action
Don’t call me unless there’s a real emergency.
[noun] – how good or bad something is
Let’s check the quality of these lesson materials.
The United Nations (UN) health agency will not give any COVID-19 vaccines unless they are proven safe and effective, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday, September 4, in Switzerland. Russia and China have been using their own experimental vaccines in their respective countries, but Ghebreyesus tells the public that WHO will only provide vaccines that are tested and licensed. Some countries like Britain, however, allow the use of COVID-19 vaccines for emergency purposes, as long as they pass quality check. In Russia, doctors have been testing its vaccine known as Sputnik V to about 40,000 people, including Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughter and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. It is also the first country in the world to introduce and test a COVID-19 vaccine in August.
True or False:
- The UN health agency will give COVID-19 vaccines this year.
- China is the first country to introduce and test a COVID-19 vaccine.
- Some countries like Britain are allowed to use COVID-19 vaccines for emergency purposes.
- Around 40,000 are being vaccinated with Sputnik V in Russia.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has been vaccinated against coronavirus.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| proven | licensed | allow | emergency | quality |
- Are we _____ to enter the school without our IDs?
- The _____ of these fruits are not bad.
- She has _____ herself correct.
- The vaccines are not yet _____ so don’t use them.
- I have to take a leave, there’s an _____ at home.