The virus is spreading from big cities to suburbs and has begun encroaching (распространяться, захватывать) on the nation’s rural (сельские) regions. It is not clear where the crisis is leading in America. More than twenty experts shared their thoughts on the future.
Read more in English in The New York Times
After reading the article answer the questions to chack your comprehension.
1. Read the first three paragraphs. Match the words to build up the phrases.
manage smb’s thoughts справиться с бедствием
to resume adviser вернуться к нормальной жизни
medical at bay врач-консультант
share the scourge поделиться своими мыслями
keep normalcy предотвратить, сдержать
2. Which factors controlling the spread of the virus are mentioned in the article? Select the right answers.
A. A staggered (постепенный) approach to reopening.
B. Widespread testing.
C. Penalty charges for self-isolation breachers (нарушители режима самоизоляции).
D. An effective vaccine.
E. Electronic passes with QR codes.
3. How quickly the pandemic will end depends on…
A. Medical resources still to come.
B. How individual Americans behave in the interim (временной промежуток).
C. The current state of the American economy.
D. The time of year.
4. According to the article, what will definitely stop the spread of COVID-19?
A. An effective epidemiological model developed by the White House.
B. The vaccine.
C. Shutting down the country’s borders.
5. What is the promising news about the coronavirus?
A. It is mutating and becoming less deadly.
B. The number of people dying of heart diseases and cancer is higher than the corresponding impact of the coronavirus.
C. The first wave of the infection has already gone.
6. (optional). Read the article up to the end.
