Hello, my dear friends! And welcome to English Mania!
Today we'll talk about catching a cold, coming down with the flu
or any other virus, like coronavirus.
First of all, there are two different kinds of infections.
There's a viral infection caused by a virus.
And there's a bacterial infection caused by bacteria.
Firstly there's a cold, it's a mild disease.
Then there is the flu or influenza.
It's a very common disease when you sneeze,
you have a running nose a sore throat, you cough a lot and things like that. Flu.
Speaking about the coronavirus, COVID-19
this is its shortening, COVID-19.
You can say to catch a cold when you get ill.
To catch a cold, to catch the flu.
You can also use the phrasal verb to come down with a disease.
To come down with the flu, when you start being ill.
She's come down with the flu.
You can say to be infected with when you have this disease.
For example, she is infected with the coronavirus.
You can also say to test positive or to test negative for a disease.
For example, he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
President Trump tested negative for COVID-19.
There's another expression about testing.
The test came back negative.
So you don't have the disease. The test came back negative.
Now speaking about people, there are patients, a patient.
A patient is a person who receives medical care, who is sick.
There's a doctor or a physician, the person who helps other people to get well.
Doctor, physician.
There's also a nurse, who helps the doctor or the physician.
A hospital is a place where patients get treatment,
and are taken care of.
Now you can go to the hospital.
You can skip the and simply say - go to hospital.
You can use a different proposition - to go into the hospital.
To spend a week in a hospital.
Last year I spent two weeks in a hospital.
If you feel terrible, you can call an ambulance.
To call an ambulance.
We need to call an ambulance.
You can also call a doctor, simply give him a call, to talk.
Or you can call in a doctor.
So that the doctor would come to your house.
Their child was really ill so they called in a doctor.
To be in an intensive care unit.
There's another expression when things are really bad.
To be in an intensive care unit
or to be in an intensive care ward.
A ward is a room where you stay when you are in a hospital.
There are three people in my ward.
An intensive care ward or unit is a place
where people are treated when they are feeling terrible.
So when it's really bad.
Now a very important term here - a quarantine.
You can say to be under quarantine
or to be in quarantine.
We can also use the verb to put -
to put in quarantine or to put under quarantine.
The government makes the decision
if we talk about some massive lockdown.
To put under quarantine.
In face of the pandemic situation of COVID-19
the government of the United States of America
decided to put most of its cities under quarantine.
You can also say to tighten quarantine measures,
to make them stricter.
To impose or institute a quarantine
when you make it happen.
And to raise the quarantine means to stop it.
To be quarantined, this word can be used as a verb.
You can say a home quarantine or a two-week quarantine.
We are under a five-week quarantine.
Speaking about general vocabulary
here we can also use two adjectives - to be sick and to be ill.
They are a little bit different and I'll devote a separate video to them
But in most cases they are interchangeable.
When you are feeling not well you can say:
I feel ill. I feel sick.
However here be careful, in Britain 'I feel sick' means to vomit in most cases.
I think I'm gonna be sick!
To pick up a bug.
I think I've picked up a bug.
I'll talk about different symptoms of a cold or the flu in a separate video.
But that's it for today I hope that you studied some new vocabulary.
And most of all, I hope that you are feeling well!
And you haven't come down with the flu
or a cold or coronavirus. Please, stay healthy!
I send my love to you, I send my strength to you!
Cheer up! Everything is going to be just fine. Stay healthy!