How to Avoid the Flu at Work (ABC News, 2013) http://www.youtube
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How to Avoid the Flu at Work (ABC News, 2013) http://www.youtube
www.anglophonie.fr page 1/2 How to Avoid the Flu at Work (ABC News, 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v7Q1x-nDDc The flu continued to move across the country again. Tonight we’re seeing the effects of the virus, particularly in the workplace, and here’s ABC’s chief medical editor, Doctor Richard Besser, on that. The office is now a flu obstacle course. I’m sitting in my car now taking refuge from the people at my work who’ve come in coughing and sneezing and sniffling. (I’m) constantly washing my hands. Since I’m in sales, I press the flesh a lot and come into contact with a lot of people. All of my co-workers have already been sick this season. Watch how many (people) touch the revolving door on the way to the office -- fourteen in just four minutes! So what’s a healthy worker to do? Of course, you can wipe down any shared phones, keyboards, wash your hands. But the flu is really about the air that you breathe. In office meetings one cough could send a cloud of a thousand of flu droplets out into the shared air. And those droplets? They can stay in dry, indoor air for fifteen to thirty minutes, so the next people who walk into this room will breathe in the flu. Try phone meetings for the next couple of weeks; don’t hang out at that water-cooler. Stay away from people! The smartest way to head off this flu epidemic is this: if you’re sick, don’t go to work! Doctor Richard Besser, ABC News, New York. Vocabulary 01. the flu 02. to move across the country 03. a flu obstacle course 04. taking refuge 05. coughing, sneezing and sniffling 06. since I’m in sales 07. I press the flesh 08. what’s a healthy worker to do? 09. to wipe down 10. shared 11. a cloud of a thousand of flu droplets 12. to breathe in the flu 13. try phone meetings 14. don’t hang out at that water-cooler 15. stay away 16. the smartest way 17. to head off the flu la grippe traverser le pays un parcours d’obstacles pour éviter la grippe (m)’abritant, me réfugiant toussant, éternuant, reniflant comme je travaille dans la vente je serre la main (littéralement: je serre la chair) Que doit faire un employé en bonne santé? essuyer avec un désinfectant partagés un nuage d’un millier de gouttelettes contenant le virus de la grippe respirer/inspirer le virus de la grippe (dans les gouttelettes) Essayez de faire des téléconférences ne trainez pas près de la fontaine d’eau restez à l’écart le meilleur moyen parer à la grippe page 2/2 How to Avoid the Flu at Work (ABC News, 2013) Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words The _f___________ continued to _m___________a____________ the country again. Tonight we’re grippe traverser seeing the effects of the virus, particularly in the workplace, and here’s ABC’s chief medical editor, Doctor Richard Besser, on that. The office is now a flu _o______________c_______________. parcours d’obstacles I’m sitting in my car now _t___________r______________ from the people at my work who’ve come in m’abritant / me réfugiant _c______________ and _s__________________ and _s_________________. toussant éternuant reniflant (I’m) constantly washing my hands. _s________ I’m in _s____________, I _p_______the_f________ comme (je travaille) dans la vente serre la main a lot and come into contact with a lot of people. All of my co-workers have already been sick this season. Watch how many (people) touch the revolving door on the way to the office -- fourteen in just four minutes! So what’s a healthy worker to do? Of course, you can _w_________d_______________ any essuyer _s________________ phones, keyboards, wash your hands. But the flu is really about the air that you partagés breathe. In office meetings one cough could send a _c____________ of a _t______________________ nuage un millier of flu _d_________________ out into the shared air. gouttelettes And those droplets? They can stay in dry, indoor air for fifteen to thirty minutes, so the next people who walk into this room will _b_____________i____________ the flu. respirer/inspirer Try phone meetings for the next couple of weeks; don’t _h___________o____________ at that (ne) trainez pas _w__________-c__________. _S___________a_______ from people! fontaine d’eau Restez à l’écart The _s______________w_____________ to _h__________o________ this flu epidemic is this: if you’re (le) meilleur moyen sick, don’t go to work! parer à