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Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak. I'm Feifei.
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And I'm Roy! Feifei, do not
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touch my phone!
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What?! I wasn't even going
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to go near your phone!
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Well, I know you want to know
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who I've been calling, but you
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can't have my contact list.
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Wait! Did you hear me talking
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about contact tracing earlier?
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It's not that kind of contact
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that we're tracing.
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Well, I don't want a hug either!
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I'm not a fan of unnecessary physical
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contact - I don't know why people feel
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the need to touch me to get my
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attention when I have a name.
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Again, not that kind of contact.
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'Contact tracing' is related to the
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coronavirus pandemic. When someone
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is diagnosed with Covid-19, doctors
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try to trace people they have had
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contact with to see who
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could be infected.
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So you don't want my contact list, then?
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No, I don't need your contact list.
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Let's listen to these examples.
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The doctors found four
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other people who had the virus
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through contact tracing.
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I downloaded an app to help me
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with contact tracing.
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Contact tracing is an important
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part of slowing the
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progression of the virus.
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This is The English We Speak
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from BBC Learning English and
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we're talking about the expression
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'contact tracing'. This is the process
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of searching for potential cases of
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the disease in people who have been
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in contact with an infected person.
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Yes, a lot of people are downloading
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apps to help them track and trace
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their potential contact with
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people who have the virus.
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That's right. The quicker you
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know you might have the virus,
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the sooner you can self-isolate
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and avoid infecting other people.
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This could help to slow the
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progress of the virus, therefore
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flattening the curve and
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lowering the strain on
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the hospital system.
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Flattening the curve. We
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taught that expression a while
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ago, didn't we? That was the
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day you destroyed my car!
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It was, but focus on the fact
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that we taught an important
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expression. We teach a lot of
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great vocabulary every week!
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We do, Roy. Thanks for
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listening and join us again.
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Bye!
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Bye!
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