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News Review

Will Zika affect Rio Olympics?

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Clip 1 from BBC World Service bulletinFrom a BBC report on 2nd February 2016:

Brazil says there's no risk that the Olympic Games in Rio will be cancelled despite theWorld Health Organisation's assessment that the spread of the Zika virus constitutes aninternational public health emergency.

A spokesman for President Dilma Rousseff said the lives of athletes and spectators wouldnot be endangered, though pregnant women should not attend..

Fernando Duarte - BBC Brasil

For the population itself it's not a massive deal. However, we do know that there's asuspicion that some cases of microcephaly in babies are influenced by this virus. Until wehave the confirmation we cannot speculate much about that. But it's scared the WHOenough for them to do so. So obviously the media's following suit. People are worried forother reasons. Dengue killed 2,000 people in Brazil in the last three years. Having said that,it's a disease that you can try to avoid and in the months of winter - from June to August in

Brazil - the cases tend to drop dramatically.

The Language Nugget

Which of these is NOT an English phrasal verb?

a) To dream up meaning invent.

b) To dream away spend your time thinking of pleasant things rather than actuallyachieving anything.

c) To dream over to wish things were different.

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Answer

c) To dream over to wish things were different.

Vocabulary

the spread of

the growing area affected by something

constitutes

considered to be

endangered

in a situation which could cause harm

outbreakthe sudden start of something, such as an illness or disease

declared

officially or formally announced or stated

nightmare

(here) very frightening or difficult situation