Q&A Round 1

Lenient adj.寬松

I think the government across the world did not act strictly enough, they were too lenient. 我認為世界各地的政府(采取措施的時候)不夠直接，他們太寬松了。

Hint n.跡象；v.暗示

There is a hint that/ There are hints that

What should have been done at the very beginning as soon as there was a hint that something could become pandemic, was that the government should stop all flights. 當一開始有跡象表明某種疾病可能會蔓延的時候，（政府）應該采取的措施是停止所有航班。

Contain v. 控制；牽制（敵軍對手等）

Control v. 控制；管理（組織機構）；克制（憤怒情緒）

Outbound and inbound flights 出入境的航班

The government should have stopped all flights completely. 政府應該完全停止所有航班的運營。

Like China, outbound and inbound flights were all stopped until the situation was contained and everything could be controlled. 就像中國，在局勢得到控制之前出境游和入境航班都停止了，一切都能得到了控制。

Predict v.預測

Understandable adj. 可以理解的；

Beside hygienic standards, the outbreak of the pandemic was also about the way that governments reacted.除了衛生標準外，病毒的爆發還和政府的應對措施有關。

The governments don’t want to cause economic collapse. 政府不想造成經濟崩潰。

Q&A Round 2

Restriction n. 限制；

Take measures 采取措施

Try as hard as possible 盡可能地努力

Tough adj. 艱苦的，困難的

Question to listeners:

What is your attitude about the new corona virus and its spread?

Which of the countries your visited sounds the most interesting?

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