Better Safe Than Sorry!

小心駛得萬年船！

【摘要2020.4.5.蘋果】

Andre and his family went to the mall to do some shopping. The mall was packed because it was a weekend. When he entered, Andre saw two children playing and chasing each other, and one had an ice cream in his hand. A thought came into Andre’s mind that something would happen to him.

As Andre expected, just a few minutes later, something did occur. The kid with the ice cream fell down and the ice cream happened to end up on Andre’s pants. Andre scolded the boys and told them to stop running in the mall. However, they didn’t listen and didn’t seem to care. They obviously had not learned their lesson and kept playing around in the shopping center. Andre continued to watch as one of the kids slipped, bumped into a pile of cans, and got hurt.

安德烈與家人到購物中心去採購些東西。因為是週末，所以購物中心擠滿了人。安德烈一進門時，看到兩個小朋友正在嬉戲追逐，其中一個手上還拿著冰淇淋。安德烈心裡就覺得某些事情會發生在他身上。

正如安德烈所預料，幾分鐘後事情確實發生了。手裡拿著冰淇淋的那個孩子跌倒了，而冰淇淋恰好沾在安德烈的褲子上。安德烈責罵了這兩個小男孩，並告訴他們不要在購物中心裡到處跑。但是他們並沒有聽進去，而且看來不以為意。他們顯然沒有記取教訓，繼續在購物中心裡玩耍。安德烈持續注意時，其中一個小朋友滑倒、撞上了罐頭堆而受傷。

生活必備字詞

★be packed (out)　　擠滿了人
★come into sb’s mind　　突然浮現在某人腦海中
A good idea came into my mind when I was taking a walk.
★happen to V　　碰巧╱正好…
Jake happened to sit by the woman he likes in the movie theater.
★learn sb’s lesson　　某人學到╱記取教訓
David learned his lesson about wearing the seatbelt after he had a terrible accident.

Korea’s front-line virus fighters get creative to up their games

南韓前線抗疫戰士發揮創意來提升成效

【摘要2020.4.5.自由】◎茅毅

Health care workers at the forefront of South Korea’s virus battle are coming up with novel ways to better arm themselves.

位於南韓抗疫前線的醫療照護人員，正想出加強武裝自己的新奇法子。

A virus testing booth developed by a doctor at a public health center in southern Busan allows health workers to wear minimum protection as they swab patients.

由該國南部釜山一名公共衛生中心醫師研發的一種病毒檢測亭，讓醫療人員在用棉花拭子採集檢體時，得以穿戴最少的防護裝備。

"Health care providers require no personal protective equipment as they stand inside the booth and take samples from patients using the gloves protruding outwards," said Dr Ahn Yeo-hyun, who has been working there since December 2016.

「提供醫療照護的人員，當他們站在這種亭子內，用向外伸出的手套採集病人身上的樣本時，不需要任何個人防護裝備」，自2016年12月起在該中心服務至今的安餘賢博士說道。

新聞辭典

come up with：片語，想（提）出。Tom has come up with a scheme to double his income.（湯姆想出一個使其收入增加一倍的計畫。）

up one’s game：片語、等於raise one’s game或step up one’s game，提升表現、努力改進。You’re going to have to up your game if you want to keep the job.（你若想保住這份工作，就必須力求改善表現。）

swab：動詞；名詞，用棉花棒清理傷口、用拭子採樣；棉花棒、拭子。"I’m going to swab your ear," said the doctor.（「我要用拭子從你耳中採樣檢查」，醫師說道。）