[Eng] 1. Should we wear face masks?

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BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / Should we wear a face mask?

 

Voca

• epidemic: 전염병
• come into contact with: (물리적인) 접촉하다
• plagues: 역병, 흑사병
• medieval: 중세(middle ages)
• wearer: the person wearing something
• equivocal: not clear and seeming to have two opposing meanings
• throw back: 되돌리다
• heated debate: discussion or argument in which people become angry and excited
• it stands to reason: 누가 봐도 명백하다, 도리에 맞다
• droplet: 방울
• emit: 방출하다
• interpret: 해석하다
• up until recently: 최근까지
• carer: 간병인
• outweigh: 무겁게 하다
• mask shaming: criticising, mocking or humiliationg someone for not wearing a face covering
• in turn: 차례차례, 결국
• incident: 사건
• mock: 놀리다, 조롱하다
• drawback: 약점

Summary

It is heated debate whether good or not wearing face masks in the Covid-19 epidemic.

It stands to reason, wearing masks is beneficial because it can prevent the disease spreading by reducing droplet emitting from careers caughing

But some suggest the opposite.
It can commits a false sense of security to people. It's not enough to wearing masks. We also wash hands quite frequently.

and it also have negative effects like mask shaming.