‘Pandemic’ declared as 2020’s word of the year by Dictionary.com

admin 2020年12月11日

Beginner

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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 wear facemasks?
Is your city still on a lock down?

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。

announce /uh-NOUNS/

[verb] – to make something known or tell people about something officially
The host announced the winner of the competition to the excited audience.

search /surch /

[noun] – the action of looking for information on a computer or on the internet
Funny images appeared on the search results.

compare / kuhm-PAIR/

[verb] – to examine or look for the difference between two or more things
The price was a lot cheaper compared to the first one.

quarantine /KWAWR-uhn-teen,/

[noun] – a specific period of time in which a person or animal that has a disease, or may have one, must stay or be kept away from others in order to prevent the spread of the disease
Sarah’s doctor said that she could go home as long as she agreed to stay in quarantine for at least ten days.

meaning /MEE-ning/

[noun] – The meaning of something is what it expresses or represents
Many people believe that there were hidden meanings behind his lyrics.

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。

“Pandemic” is 2020’s word of the year according to the popular online dictionary site, dictionary.com. The World Health Organization or WHO announced the global outbreak as a pandemic last March 11. The searches for the word increased to 13,575% when compared to the results for the word on the same day last year. Throughout the year the word remained in the top 10 searches. Other words such as “asymptomatic”, “quarantine”, “frontliner”, “lockdown”, and “coronavirus” were also at the top. The meaning of the word “pandemic” according to dictionary.com is “a disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world.”

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。

‘Coronavirus’ is 2020’s word of the year.
The word ‘pandemic’ is the most searched word in dictionary.com
Other words such as “asymptomatic”, “quarantine”, “frontliner”, “lockdown”, and “coronavirus” were also at the top of the search results./li>
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the covid19 outbreak as a pandemic.
The search for the word ‘pandemic’ increased by 13,575% compared to last year.

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。

announce

compare

quarantine

meaning

Mr. Smith was on ___________ for fourteen days.
What appeared on the Google search _________ ?
They __________ the winner earlier.
The __________ of words can be found in a dictionary.
We looked at the _________ results.