Reading assignment- Week 1

1) The name of the illness caused by the coronavirus is called COVID-19.

2) If someone in a household develops a cough or temperature they need to stay at home for 14 days.

3) The word urged means 'strongly advised'.

4) The journalist describes that even among the elderly, nearly everyone survives unless they already have serious health problems.

5a) Now countries across the globe are at war with it.

5b) British people face months of living our lives differently in the fightback against COVID-19.

6) If I was talking to my grandma I would advise her to stay indoors alone for 14 days.

7a) A ventilator helps you breathe.

7b) Companies are helping out in Italy by producing ventilation masks for hospitals.

8) William Gibson has come up with the brilliant idea of creating a website that matches song lyrics to you washing your hands.

9) I think this idea is going to help fight back against the virus because it encourages people to wash their hands.

10a) -I am worried that my grandparents could get the virus

-I am worried that we will have to isolate for a long time

10b) -Do a project

-Learn a new language/skill

-Research something interesting you have wanted to learn about

-Do a science experiment