新冠病毒问答（WHO）：口罩能否抵挡新冠病毒传染

Can Masks Protect against the New Coronavirus Infection?

燕山大学 刘立军 编写

u TRANSCRIPT

Medical masks like this one cannot protect against the New Coronavirus when used alone. When you wear them, you must combine with hand hygiene and other preventive measures.

WHO only recommends the use of masks in specific cases. If you have cough, fever, and difficulty breathing, you should wear a mask and seek medical care. If you do not have these symptoms, you do not have to wear masks because there is no evidence that they protect people who are not sick. However, if you are healthy, but you are taking care of a person who may be infected with the New Coronavirus, then you should wear a mask whenever you are in the same room with that person.

And remember, if you choose to wear a mask, use it and discard it properly and clean your hands with alcohol hand rub or soap and water.

For more information on mask use, other preventive measures and the New Coronavirus, check WHO website at who.int. Thank you.

u VOCABULARY

1. combine v. to come together to form a single thing or group; to join two or more things or groups together to form a single one（使）结合，组合，联合，混合。例如：Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water. 氢与氧化合成水。

2. alcohol hand rub n. 酒精洗手液

u QUESTIONS

Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.

Medical masks like this one cannot protect against the New Coronavirus when used alone. When you wear them, you must combine with hand hygiene and (Q1) ___________________________.

WHO only recommends the use of masks in (Q2) ____________________. If you have (Q3) ___________________________________, you should wear a mask and seek medical care. If you do not have these symptoms, you do not have to wear masks because there is (Q4) ____________ that they protect people who are not sick. However, if you are healthy, but you are (Q5) _____________________________ a person who may be infected with the New Coronavirus, then you should wear a mask whenever you are in the same room with that person.

And remember, if you choose to (Q6) _______________________, use it and (Q7) ____________ it properly and (Q8) ________________ your hands with alcohol hand rub or (Q9) ________________.

For more information on (Q10) _______________________, other preventive measures and the New Coronavirus, check WHO website at who.int. Thank you.

u KEY 

Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.

l 简化版

(Q1) other preventive measures

(Q2) specific cases

(Q3) cough, fever, and difficulty breathing

(Q4) no evidence

(Q5) taking care of

(Q6) wear a mask

(Q7) discard

(Q8) clean

(Q9) soap and water

(Q10) mask use

l 完整版

Medical masks like this one cannot protect against the New Coronavirus when used alone. When you wear them, you must combine with hand hygiene and (Q1) other preventive measures.

WHO only recommends the use of masks in (Q2) specific cases. If you have (Q3) cough, fever, and difficulty breathing, you should wear a mask and seek medical care. If you do not have these symptoms, you do not have to wear masks because there is (Q4) no evidence that they protect people who are not sick. However, if you are healthy, but you are (Q5) taking care of a person who may be infected with the New Coronavirus, then you should wear a mask whenever you are in the same room with that person.

And remember, if you choose to (Q6) wear a mask, use it and (Q7) discard it properly and (Q8) clean your hands with alcohol hand rub or (Q9) soap and water.

For more information on (Q10) mask use, other preventive measures and the New Coronavirus, check WHO website at who.int. Thank you.