“The White Plague” was based on a play by Karel Čapek and based on a play by Czech writer Karel Čapek. It’s about a bellicose (воинственный), nationalist leader whose plans to invade a smaller country are complicated by a strange illness making its way through his nation. They call it the “white disease” since people’s…
Answers to questions about coronavirus and exercise. Read More in English in The New York Times.
Six things you can do right at this moment (сейчас), along with some simple exercise equipment to get for your house. Read More in English in The New York Times.
The health effects of the Covid-19 outbreak have generally been milder on children but many unknowns (неизвестные факты) remain. Read More in English in The Guardian.
Though it’s necessary to stay home and minimize (минимизировать) person-to-person contact during pandemic (пандемия), the inescapable (неизбежная) reality of “sheltering in place” (оставаться в укрытии) is: It’s boring. The trick is to defeat the dullness (скука). Read More in English in Wired.
From shoddy (некачественный) Wi-Fi to digital distractions (отвлекающий фактор), our tech can make remote (дистанционный) work miserable. Here’s how to overcome the problems. Read More in English in The New York Times.
While many of us are already working from home at least part of the time, the new policies leave many employees — and their managers — working out of the office and separated (изолировать) from each other for the first time. Read More in English in the Harvard Business review
Now is the time to stay inside as much as possible and do your part to flatten the curve (нормализовать ситуацию), yet it’s equally important to give yourself a break from the news. Here are some suggestions from New Yorker writers and artists to ease the stress of isolation (изоляция). Read More in English in…
Some changes experts expect to see in the coming months or years might feel unfamiliar or unsettling (вызывающие беспокойство): Will nations stay closed? Will touch become taboo (табу)? What will become of restaurants? Read More in English in Politico.
Take a walk. This is still okay, and even encouraged, so long as you are alone. Read More in English in New York magazine