#3 COVID:One year on

BBC news podcast-one year on:

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english/ep-210225

1.pandemic（疾病）大規模流行的，廣泛蔓延的

In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.

2.take hold 盛行,根深蒂固,落實

Many scientists are hopeful, however, that a new, more practical ethos of exercise is beginning to take hold. 

3.take stock (of) 回顧,審視

Work appraisals are a good opportunity for taking stock of your performance and making plans for the next steps you want to take in your career.

4.kick in 起作用

the hospital's emergency generators kicked in.

5.sheer 完全的,徹底的

His success was due to sheer willpower/determination.

6.lockdown 因緊急情況而被封鎖

The Secret Service is imposing a virtual lockdown on the city.