A Turkish-German power couple develops the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

admin 2020年11月23日

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Pre-reading questions:

I will read each question. Then, please answer them.

講師がそれぞれの質問を読むので答えましょう。

Do you know about Pfizer?
What are some pharmaceutical companies in your country?

Vocabulary:

I will read the words, meanings, and sample sentences. Then, repeat after me.

単語、意味、例文を読みます。講師に続いて音読しましょう。

giant /JAHY-uhnt/

[adjective] – extremely large, strong, powerful, or important, esp. when compared to similar persons or things
Their sales this year has made them a giant publishing business today.

disease /dih-ZEEZ/

[noun] – (an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident
An infectious disease spread through the city for a very short time.

advanced /ad-VANST/

[adjective] – modern and well developed
This is the most advanced type of car available.

hope /hohp/

[noun] – something good that you want to happen in the future, or a confident feeling about what will happen in the future
Is there any hope of getting support from the government?

indeed /in-DEED/

[adverb] – really or certainly, often used to emphasize something
Indeed, it could be the worst environmental disaster in the country this century.

Article reading:

Please read the whole article. Then, I will check your pronunciation and intonation.

記事を音読しましょう。講師はあなたの発音とイントネーションを確認します。

Scientists Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, the founders of BioNTech, are the minds behind the world’s first efficient coronavirus vaccine. On November 9, 2020, the company’s partner, US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, said that their candidate vaccine was more than 90% effective in putting an end to the disease among enlistees. The couple has sacrificed their lives to the study of the medication of tumors (masses of cells) in the body and infectious diseases. The couple’s advanced study in the field of modified genetic code has made them renowned today. Moreover, Sahin stressed the effect of the news and posted a message of hope for the world. “I think the good message for mankind is that we now understand that COVID-19 infections can be indeed prevented by a vaccine,” he said. Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s CEO proclaimed it the biggest medical advance in the past 100 years.

True or False:

Read the sentences and identify if they are true or false based on the article.

文章を読んで、記事に基づいて正誤を答えましょう。

The couple has sacrificed their lives to the study of the medication of tumors in the body and infectious diseases.
Scientists Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci are the founders of BioNTech.
BioNTech and Pfizer are partner companies.
Pfizer, said that their candidate vaccine was more than 99% effective in putting an end to the disease among volunteers.
Pfizer’s CEO said that the vaccine is the biggest medical advance in the past 100 years.

Fill in the blanks:

Choose the correct word from the table then fill in the blanks.

適切な言葉を選んで空欄を埋めましょう。

giant

disease

advanced

hope

indeed

The _____ company has raised funds to help the victims of the typhoon.
The _____ traffic system will definitely help solve the problem.
The _____ has damaged all of his vital organs.
_____, his visit to Canada was memorable because he met lots of kind people there.
She feels _____ whenever she sees the smiles of the people around her.