接触者追踪
Contact tracing
Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.
大家好，欢迎来到BBC《地道英语》。
I'm Feifei.
我是菲菲。
And I'm Roy!
我是罗伊！
Feifei, do not touch my phone!
菲菲，别碰我的手机！
What?!
什么？!
I wasn't even going to go near your phone!
我根本不想靠近你的手机！
Well, I know you want to know who I've been calling - but you can't have my contact list.
我知道，你想知道我一直在给谁打电话，但你不能有我的联系人名单。
Wait!
等等！
Did you hear me talking about contact tracing earlier?
你听到我之前说“contact tracing”了吗？
It's not that kind of contact that we're tracing.
它不是我们追踪的那种联系。
Well I don't want a hug either!
我也不想要拥抱！
I'm not a fan of unnecessary physical contact - I don't know why people feel the need to touch me to get my attention when I have a name.
我不喜欢不必要的身体接触，不知道为啥人们会觉得有必要触碰我来吸引我的注意力，我明明有名字的。
Again, not that kind of contact.
再说一次，不是那种接触。
'Contact tracing' is related to the coronavirus pandemic.
“contact tracing”与冠状病毒大流行有关。
When someone is diagnosed with Covid-19,
当有人被诊断患有新冠，
doctors try to trace people they have had contact with to see who could be infected.
医生试图追踪他们曾经接触过的人，看看谁可能被感染。
So you don't want my contact list, then?
那你就不想要我的联系人名单了？
No, I don't need your contact list.
不，我不需要你的联系人名单。
Let's listen to these examples.
一起来听听这几个例句。
The doctors found four other people who had the virus through contact tracing.
医生通过接触追踪，发现另外四人感染了这种病毒。
I downloaded an app to help me with contact tracing.
我下载了一个应用程序来帮助我进行接触追踪。
Contact tracing is an important part of slowing the progression of the virus.
接触追踪是减缓病毒进展的一个重要部分。
This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the expression 'contact tracing'.
这是BBC《地道英语》，我们谈论的是”contact tracing“’这个短语。
This is the process of searching for potential cases of the disease in people who have been in contact with an infected person.
这是在与感染者接触的人身上寻找潜在病例的过程。
Yes, a lot of people are downloading apps to help them track and trace their potential contact with people who have the virus.
是的，很多人正在下载应用程序来帮助他们追踪，也追踪他们与病毒携带者的潜在接触。
That's right.
没错。
The quicker you know you might have the virus,
你越早知道你可能接触过病毒，
the sooner you can self-isolate and avoid infecting other people.
你越早能自我隔离，避免感染其他人。
This could help to slow the progress of the virus,
这可能有助于减缓病毒的传播，
therefore flattening the curve and lowering the strain on the hospital system.
因此，可以使曲线变平，减缓医院系统的压力。
Flattening the curve.
使曲线变平。
We taught that expression a while ago, didn't we?
我们很久以前就讨论过这句话了，不是吗？
That was the day you destroyed my car!
那天你毁了我的车！
It was, but focus on the fact that we taught an important expression.
是的，但要注意的是，我们教会了一个重要的表达方式。
We teach a lot of great vocabulary every week!
我们每周教很多很棒的词汇！
We do, Roy.
是的，罗伊。
Thanks for listening and join us again.
感谢您的收听，并再次加入我们的行列。
Bye!
再见！
Bye!
再见！