介绍:
主播：Selah | 翩翩
音乐：Hero
1. 美国热搜：“动图”的创造者，因新冠去世
“动图”（GIF) 的创造者史蒂夫·威尔海特（Stephen Wilhite），因感染新冠于当地时间3月24日去世，终年74岁。
对于“GIF之父”的去世，美国网友们netizens纷纷留言
2. Selah: 我也感染了！
Selah前段时间也感染了新冠，说起自己中招的经历，她是这么说的：
In January of this year, I finally got COVID.
为什么要说“finally”（ 终于得了）？Why？
Selah幽默地解释道：
因为她的家人、朋友都感染过新冠，she was the last one. She was just waiting her turn.（在等着啥时候轮到自己）
***：COVID—19
变异毒株：variant/ˈværiənt/
奥密克戎：Omicron /ˈɑːməkrɑːn/
●怎么感染的？ How did I get COVID?
I am not sure how I got it.自己都不知道是怎么感染的。
因为Omicron is even more tricky（病毒特别狡猾），并且是contagious，在很多的地方都有可能接触到。It could have been school, work, or travel.
*tricky /ˈtrɪki/ adj. 狡猾的
*contagious /kənˈteɪdʒəs/ adj. （疾病）接触传染的
●怎么发现的? How did I discover I had COVID?
I went to bed the night before very tired and with a bit of a sore throat. 前一天晚上嗓子疼。
第二天醒来的后， I had a fever.（发烧了） I had a runny nose and my throat really hurt.
于是，Selah让室友帮忙 go to the pharmacy，买了at-home test kit（新冠自测盒）, 每盒大约是 20-30美金。
I took it and it was positive almost immediately. 很灵敏，立马显示positive（阳性）。
In case, 又试了另一个，and it was also positive。
●当时有什么症状 ? What were my feelings and symptoms?
I had a high fever for about 3 days, and the first two, I was very nauseous. 发高烧3天，头两天恶心。
I kept throwing up for 2 days, and felt so dizzy and tired. 吐了两天，并且感到头晕、乏力。
Then my fever finally broke, and I felt better besides feeling tired. 退烧后，感觉好多了，但还是乏力。
上周，Vip在澳洲也感染了新冠，他感觉tasteless（失去味觉了），Selah倒是没有出现这个symptom。（乐观的Selah风趣地说，得再得一次，看看会不会tasteless）
●有后遗症吗？Did I have post-COVID symptoms?
I felt I had “COVID-brain” for maybe a week after. 之后的一周，感觉“COVID-brain”，
“COVID-brain”的表现是：感觉very tired，不能focus, 不能think.
My brain was like turned off. 大脑好像罢工了。
Selah还属于轻症（mild case），有很多像Selah一样感染新冠的人，出现了中等症状（medium symptoms）。如果是重症（serious cases），就得去医院就诊了。
*新冠后遗症：post-COVID symptoms
*轻症：mild case
*中等症状：medium symptoms
*重症：serious cases
●当时打了疫苗吗？Did I get vaccinated？
I got vaccinated and got both doses.接种过疫苗，两针都打了。
The funny story is:
The day I got COVID was the same day I had an appointment to get my booster shot.
感染新冠的这天，恰巧是要去打加强针的那天。
线上取消加强针预约时，在取消理由一栏，只好写：
I got COVID positive test.
*get vaccinated接种疫苗
*dose /doʊs/ n. 一剂
*appointment /əˈpɔɪntmənt/ n. 预约
*booster /ˈbu:stər/ n. 加强针
●我们是这么隔离的。 How was being in quarantine?
I had to be in quarantine for 5 full days, in my own room. 在自己房间隔离5整天。
因为和其他3个女孩一起住, so I only left my room to use the bathroom（只是要去洗手间的时候才出门），and I was the only one to use the bathroom，洗手间是和舍友分开用。
●吃饭怎么解决呢？How did I have meals？
My roommates brought it up to me for every meal. 每顿都由舍友帮忙送。
但因为食欲不振，还nauseous（恶心），so I don’t eat them often。
Because I felt so sick, quarantine was not too bad. 因为身体不舒服，所以觉得居家隔离，在床上躺着（lay in bed ）还不错。
但是，后面两天身体好转后， I got very bored of watching TV and being by myself. 憋坏了，太无聊了。
●耽误上学了吗？Did it affect my schooling?
得新冠期间, I still had to do school and homework online, even though I was sick. 尽管不舒服，还得在网上听课、写作业。
●隔离期间出门了吗？Did I go out during the quarantine period?
One night, I had a social distanced dinner with my roommates outside.
和室友出去吃了social distanced dinner（“保持一定社交距离”的晚餐）。
在美国，感染新冠，没人告诉你what you can or can not do。隔离期间，还可以出去跟朋友一起在室外吃饭，只是要保持一定的distance。美国人把这个叫做social distanced dinner。
Selah有一个室友在nursing school（护理学院），身边有很多old patients（上了年纪的病人），为了不infect her（传染给她），和室友是隔了6英尺（约1.8m）坐的。
●怎么治疗的? How did I feel better?
I felt better by taking medicine and resting. 通过吃药、休息恢复。
只是吃了一些感冒常用药，比如退烧药（fever-reducing medication），来让自己症状缓解。
●什么时候解除隔离的呢？When could I return to school?
如果I was 24-hours fever free without taking fever reducing medication（不吃退烧药，24小时内不烧的话），就可以return to school。
而且，回到学校后，至少是要wear a mask（戴口罩）for a week。
Selah还年轻，感染后比较容易survive，但如果是年纪大的人，或者是有基础疾病的人感染了，就会是more risky and dangerous。
总之呢，就像美国网友说的，people are still dying from COVID。如果落到任何一个家庭里，都是承担不起的代价。希望大家在疫情期间，戴好口罩，做好防护。
希望每一个人都可以：
Stay safe！Stay healthy and take care of each other!
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