TIếng Anh 12 - Greetings in the Age of Coronavirus

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1. 1. Reading comprehension ‘No Handshake? No Kiss?’ Greetings in the Age of Coronavirus From VOA Learning English Every culture has some sort of person-to-person greeting. But they are different all over the world. In some countries such as the United States, handshakes and hugs are the norm. In many European cultures, kisses on the cheek or air kisses are the thing to do when greeting people. And if you play on a sports team, high fives may be the greeting no matter what your cultural background. These are our traditions during normal times. The World Health Organization recently declared the new coronavirus a “pandemic.” Health officials all over the world are urging people to wash their hands frequently. People are warned to avoid large crowds and to practice social distancing to control the spread of the disease. This has led to new ways of greetings around the world. The new COVID-19 virus came from Wuhan, China. So, it is not surprising that a video featuring something called the “Wuhan Shake” recently went viral. In the video, a man offers his hand to another man for a handshake. Instead of shaking hands, the two men greet each other by kicking feet – quick right kick, quick left kick. The video then shows more men greeting each other this way. It looks like a dance step or a soccer move. Other videos are appearing on social media showing people in other parts of the world using the foot tap as a greeting. Changes in the workplace Zheng Yu Wen is a television host for Voice of America’s China service. Her job involves contact with many on-air guests. So, she says she has changed her guest greeting policy. “So, starting today [March 12] I was telling all my guests who appear in the studio we don’t shake hands anymore. We do elbow touch, we do foot tapping or, we say, foot kissing ” Another journalist in VOA China’s branch, Sharon Wu, is taking a different approach. For now, she has not changed the way she greets guests. However, she has a new after-greeting habit – group hand-washing. “Recently we’ve had some guests coming to the studio. And for me, I still shake hands with them. But after that I say, ‘Okay. Let’s both go to the restroom and wash hands.’ ” Mir Abdul Moshref works at Voice of America in the Afghan service. He says that while hugging between men and women is not common, same-sex hugging is. However, those who used to hug have started using new ways of greeting people. “Usually people are not shaking hands. But, they are greeting verbally. They are not hugging, which is common among Afghans here in my service. We are just elbow-touching and sometimes we are kicking feet [with] each other. And sometimes we are just, you know, having a bump-bump to each other.” In Iran, people have used a similar greeting called “butt bump.” Besides the foot kick, butt bump and elbow touch, there are other ways to greet people without touching. Many Asian cultures already use non-contact greetings. So, people in this part of the world may have an easier time avoiding person-to-person contact. In Japan, a deep bow with both hands kept down to the sides is a traditional greeting. No more kissing for now In Europe, kissing is a common way to greet people. People in France and other parts of Europe often use two kisses one on each cheek or in the air as a greeting. People in Switzerland give three kisses. Reuters reported that health officials in Switzerland and France have advised people to stop the traditional kiss greeting. And the Italian government has banned kissing in an effort to stop the spread of the disease. This is not the first time a government has made lip contact between people forbidden. In 1439, kissing was temporarily banned in England during ceremonies involving King Henry VI. This was to avoid endangering the King’s life during the Plague. Kissing in public was also banned and punishable by death in Naples, Italy around 1562. The reason? To stop the spread of disease. Vocabulary: high five – n. a slapping of an upraised hand by two people (as in celebration) viral – adj. quickly and widely spread or popularized especially by means of social media forbidden – adj. not permitted or allowed Choose the best answer: 1. Handshakes and hugs are common in every Western country. 4. The ‘group hand-washing’ has been invented by a. True b. False a. Mir Abdul Moshref b. Sharon Wu 2. Health officials warn people to avoid c. King Henry VI d. Zheng Yu Wen a. washing hands b. large crowds 5. What is the so-called “Wuhan Shake”? 3. ‘social distancing’ means the invention of new ways of greeting. a. An early symptom of the new coronavirus a. True b. False b. A new way of greeting someone by touching feet, not hands
2. c. A prejudice shown to Chinese people during this virus outbreak 7. The article talks about different greetings that are replacing d. A new dance now popular in nightclubs in China handshakes, hugs and kisses. Which is NOT one of them? 6. What reason does the article give for Asian cultures adjusting well to a. foot kick b. face mask kiss c. elbow touch d. butt bump no-contact greetings? 8. Why was kissing banned in certain places around the world during the a. Asian countries use more verbal greetings than others. 15th and 16th centuries? b. People in Asian countries use more protective gear such as face masks. a. To prevent conflict between husbands and wives c. Asian cultures never use handshakes as a greeting. b. To show high moral behavior d. Many Asian cultures already use no-contact greetings. c. To prevent the spread of disease d. To limit sexual activity among young people 2. Fill in the gaps with the given words: means, longer, their, debtors, than, who, enough, shrewdly, squandering, unrighteous Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no be manager.’ The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong to dig; I am ashamed to beg. I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into homes.’ And he summoned each one of his master’s , and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ And his master praised the manager because he had acted ; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind the sons of light. And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. 3. Put the words in the correct order. 1. this/authority/one/you/who/ the/who/ gave/is/? 2. everyone/that/to/be/stone/falls/on/who/pieces/will/broken 3. you/prepare/us/do/it/to/where/want? 4. the/I/you/am/serves/among/one/who/as 4. Grammar 1. When Henry arrived home after a hard day at work, (C) makes the filing of Americans (A) his wife was sleeping (D) makes all Americans filing (B) his wife slept 8. pitched his first major-league game, Joe Nuxhall was only fifteen (C) his wife has slept years old. (D) his wife has been sleeping (A) Because of he 2. Kitchen appliances called blenders became in the 1930s, when (B) He Stephen J. Poplawski developed a machine that excelled at making his (C) When he favorite drink. (D) Surprisingly he (A) establish 9. occasions for congratulations. (B) establishing (A) Birthdays that usually considered (C) established (B) Usually considering birthdays (D) which establish (C) Birthdays are usually considered 3. Sometimes wears people out and is worse than the lack of sleep (D) That considered birthdays usually itself. 10. ___, he would have signed his name in the corner. (A) to sleep the desire (A) If he painted that picture (B) the desire to sleep (B) If he paints that picture (C) to desire sleep is (C) If he had painted that picture (D) the desire to sleep who (D) If he would have painted that picture 4. John said that no other car could go 11. There is evidence to suggest that, at certain times of the year, smog in (A) so fast like his car the Arctic is thicker anywhere else on earth. (B) as fast like his car (A) of smog (C) as fast like the car of him (B) that smog (D) as fast as his car (C) smog 5. The attorney told his client that (D) than smog (A) they had little chance of winning the case 12. The speaker is (B) the case was of a small chance to win (A) very well acquainted with the subject (C) it was nearly impossible to win him the case (B) recognized as an authority who knows a great deal in terms of the (D) the case had a minimum chance to be won by him subject 6. Doctoral students who are preparing to take their qualifying (C) someone who knows well enough about the subject which he has examinations have been studying in the library every night the last undertaken to do the speaking three months. (D) a person who has close awareness of the subject that he speaks about (A) since so much (B) until 13. Sedimentary rocks are formed below the surface of the earth (C) before very high temperatures and pressures. (D) for (A) where there are 7. The Internal Revenue Service their tax forms by April 15 every (B) there are year. (C) where are there (A) makes all Americans file (D) there are where (B) makes all Americans to file
3. 14. In his inaugural speech, John Kennedy that we should not ask (B) that Andrew Jackson later became what our country could do for us but what we could do for our country. (C) who was Andrew Jackson (A) said (D) later became Andrew Jackson (B) told 18. The various types of bacteria are classified according to shaped. (C) did (A) they have (D) got (B) having 15. There are three kinds of solar eclipses: one is total, another is annular, (C) how they are and . (D) whose (A) the another is partial 19. Franchising offers many advantages to small business owners (B) the partial is other problematic. (C) other is partial (A) however it is (D) the other is partial (B) even though it is 16. Keynes argued that to avoid an economic depression the government (C) despite its spending and lower interest rates. (D) it is (A) is 20. Jane changed her major from French to business (B) higher (A) with hopes to be able easier to locate employment (C) increase (B) hoping she can easier get a job (D) should increase (C) with the hope for being able to find better a job 17. A hero of the war of 1812, President of the United States. (D) hoping to find a job more easily. (A) Andrew Jackson later became 5. Word formation: Add a suffix to build the correct new word. 1. Your party was the most (success) party I had ever been 11. He is so (forget) that he has even left the cooker on to. before he left. 2. The doctor said that her (ill) was a result of overwork. 12. They wouldn't like to live in a noisy (neighbour) . 3. There were so many (rain) days that we spent a lot of 13. We understand your (excite) , it's a very good news. time watching T.V 14. Try to be more (friend) when you talk to them. 4. My children have all received a (music) education. 15. My cousin has (mother) qualities. Children are fond of 5. Ingrid spent her (child) in Sweden. her. 6. I was glad to have the small (book) that describes the 16. Don't you hate his (child) reactions ? courses. 17. It's very fragile ! Handle it (careful) ! 7. None of my (employ) went on strike because they are 18. Before going to sleep, give him a (spoon) of that syrup. satisfied with their working conditions. 19. Avoid the road that goes past the forest, it's (danger) at 8. You should get your poor mother prepared It's (hope) night. 9. Why did you look at me so (suspicious) ? 20. I can't bear the pain of a (tooth) ! A headache isn't better! 10. Carol's parents were very upset by your (refuse) . 6. Translate into Vietnamese: 1. Sin leads us to hide ourselves, to not want nearness. 2. Let’s ask the Lord the grace of being near to each other, not to hide ourselves from each other, not to wash our hands as Cain did. 3. United to Christ we are never alone, but we form one single Body, of which He is the Head. 4. In this moment of crisis because of the pandemic we are experiencing, this nearness asks to be manifested more Perhaps we cannot draw near physically to others because of the fear of contagion, but we can reawaken in ourselves a habit of drawing near to others through prayer, through help. There are many ways of drawing near. 7. Writing: A short paragraph about your favourite hobby