​Chapter 14: "Alien Invasion: Part 2"

HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS
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新冠病毒 (xīn guān bìng dú) novel coronavirus [COVID-19]
  • 新: "new  //  冠: short for 冠状 (guān zhuàng) "corona-"
  • 病毒: "virus"
  • Often abbreviated to just “新冠”

病毒 (bìng dú) virus
  • Example: "这是一个新的病毒" (This is a new virus)

疫情 (yì qíng) epidemic [n], literally "epidemic situation"
  • Example: "新冠病毒疫情越来越大。" (New coronavirus epidemic is bigger and bigger)
  • Example: “新冠疫情没有控制好。“ (The coronavirus epidemic was not controlled well) 

感染 (gǎn rǎn) [n/v] to infect; infection
  • Example: "如果您感染了病毒，快去医院。" (If you are infected by the virus, go to the hospital quickly)
  • Example: "很多人被感染了" (A lot of people have been infected)

生活 (shēng huó) [n] life
  • Example: 隔离影响了我的生活！对我的生活有大影响！
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Chapter 15: "War of the Worlds"

HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE CORONVIRUS
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症状 (zhèng zhuàng = symptoms)
  • Example: "新冠病毒有几个症状" (Novel coronavirus has a few symptoms)

咳嗽 (ké sou) [v] to cough / [n] cough
  • Example: "咳嗽是新冠病的一种症状" (Coughing is one of the symptoms of the coronavirus)

安全 (ān quán) [adj] safe
  • Example: 在所有(suó yǒu = all)国家都安全以前，没有一个国家是安全的。(Before all countries are safe, no country is safe)

危险 (wēi xiǎn) [adj] dangerous
  • Example: “新冠病毒是一个很危险的病毒" (Coronavirus is a very dangerous virus)
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Chapter 16: "Live Together, Die ALone!"

HOW TO TALK ABOUT CONTROLLING THE CORONAVIRUS
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控制 (kòng zhì) [v/n] to control, control
  • Example: "这种病毒很难控制" (It's very hard to control this type of virus)

国家 (guó jiā) country
  • Example: "很多国家没有控制到新冠病毒" (A lot of countries didn’t control the coronavirus)

口罩 (kǒu zhào) mask (i.e. medical face-mask)
  • 戴 (dài) 口罩 = to wear a face mask
  • Example: "出去的时候，我们应该戴口罩" (When going outside, we should wear a mask)

疫苗 (yì miáo) [n] vaccine
  • 打疫苗 = to take [lit. “to shoot/inject”] the vaccine
  • Example: 研究人员正研发一种对付新型冠状病毒的疫苗 (Researchers are developing a vaccine to treat COVID-19)
  • Example: 目前没有新冠病毒的疫苗 (There is no COVID-19 vaccine now)
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 MINIBOSS #4: ACT 4 REVIEW

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Pika, Pika! Can you beat me?
Mastery Challenge: Interpretive Listening
  • Listen to part of a random audio clip from this folder. Orally answer the teacher's questions based on that clip.​ The questions will be spoken in Chinese, but you may answer in Chinese or English.
  • See the rubric for more details.

Mastery Challenge: Interpretive Reading
  • Read a random page displayed on the screen from one of the four books of《2020年，一个有新型冠状病毒的春节》. This page is guaranteed to contain mostly vocabulary that you have learned (i.e. there will be few words that are not part of the unit).​
  • Then orally answer questions based on that page. The questions will be spoken in Chinese, but you may answer in Chinese or English.
  • See the rubric for more details.

Mastery Challenge: Interpersonal Speaking
  • Role-play a conversation between a doctor and a patient about the coronavirus. Your role will be randomly selected.
  • See the rubric for more details.

Mastery Challenge: Presentational Writing
  • You have 15 minutes to write a response to a random prompt based on one of the lessons in this unit. This challenge is open-book (can use outside resources and the Internet).
    • ​For example, "我们可以用哪些办法控制新冠病毒? 你觉得哪个办法最好？哪些办法不好？为什么？"
  • ​See the rubric for more details.

BONUS CHALLENGES:
  • ​GODLIKE: Achieve a 100% score on all mastery challenges—zero mistakes!