As we haven't done things properly, now we have harder laws, bans.... We thought this pandemic was just a joke and now here we are, back to square one (LOCKDOWN II). We have to start all over again to make the figures of infected people and deaths go down. (What does the expression 'back to square one' mean?)
Listen to this song by Survivor and pay attention to the lyrics. RESILIENCE is the key word!!!!
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor (Official Music Video and the one with images from the film Rocky III).
Let's start with some activities for you to do:
Listening exercise: Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Another listening exercise: WALKMAN: The music player revolution (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: When to use 'the' to talk about places (BBC Learning English)
MmmEnglish tells us how to say and use: English Abbreviations such as ASAP, FOMO...
Some articles for you to read about 'mass unemployment':
'What am I supposed to do?': Covid-19 sparks mass unemployment across US (The Guardian)
22 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the last four weeks (CNN)
Unemployment rate: How many people are out of work? (BBC News)
News Review: China's Covid Economic Recovery (BBC Learning English)
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We are back to stage one or even worse than we were in March, but sadly now we can´t afford another lockdown like the one we had back in spring. However; if the situation in some areas is critical a lockdown like the first will be necessary.
ResponderEliminarThe main question here is: how we end up in this situation? One of the reasons could be the lack of awareness of some people. Other reason could be how careless is people about what the authorities say like avoid contact with o lot of people unless y strictly necessary.
Furthermore we have to think about the people who believe in conspiracy theories, people that are unable to realize that all the nonsense they believe in is actually putting in danger a lot of people. But at this point is useless to try to change their minds and make them realize how wrong they are.
So, now it’s our turn to pay for our behavior during the summer and for not to think about the consequences of our acts. The only thing we have to do now is to be responsible and make to pressure to politicians when they don’t make wise decisions.
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ResponderEliminarIt's true, this situation is worse than we thought at the moment, when all these start all of us think that it was a joke or that isn't as bad as it is, but it is getting out of hands, we need to do something to make it stop, because it is horrible, I think that there are still people that are no conscious of what is happening, but we are one of the cities that are worse of Spain ande we need to make this change, because it is embarrassing that there are cities with much more population than us and they have half of infected, but I think that the coronavirus isn't going much more longer, I wish for it.
ResponderEliminarThere are many people who had relaxing thinking that the pandemic was over, but actually it isn´t and now we are back to square one and unfortunately we are in another lockdown.
ResponderEliminarBack to square one means that all go to begin again as we did when the coronavirus started.
In the day to day music is in all places. I think that music is an important part to go over problems, because it helps you to motivate yourself and it is a form to forget the problems listening to music.
During these months we have seen how unemployment figures have gone up because we have to stay at home locked down and many shops have closed. So we need to help each other to deal with mass unemployment, because we will have to cope with this situation for some months and people need get a job.
RAQUEL PEINADO TORRES 4ºA
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ResponderEliminarCovid-19 has been a disease that has caused many disasters because it has arrived spontaneously and we have not been able to react.
ResponderEliminarNowadays people are passing from this virus thinking that it is a lie or that it is an invention of the governments etc ...
But no, the truth is that the virus is there and because there are people who do not believe in the virus, we are going back to the beginning of everything and that is bad enough since we have not been confined for several months so that now young people and more do not comply with the necessary measures and infect more people.
The curfew for me, the truth is that I see it useless because the crowds will be at any time not only at night, it is as if a worker begins his day at 7 in the morning, gets on a train with many people and a lot people without security measures, they enter their work and there are many people
He finishes his work and goes back to the same train with a lot of people and then he can't rest and goes to a bar for a drink because there can be a lot of people.
The truth is that the curfew I see a little useless but in the end it is the opinion of each one
Raúl Díaz España 4A
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ResponderEliminarWe need to be stronger than ever, above all, keep a safe distance and wear a mask and be responsible, being responsible is the most important thing of all, because if we are not, this will get worse and there will come a time when make it difficult to control it
ResponderEliminarRocío Avellanedas Nocete 2°ESO A
I think people take joked that there are people died with the new sickness, we have to be responsible and pay attentcion to rules if we want to the virusdie soon and have aware that we can catch the virus or be cought other person in our family who we love.
ResponderEliminarLUCÍA FERNÁNDEZ QUIRÓS 4ºA.
At first this virus was only found in China, but it spread throughout the world. We are having many infections and deaths again and I think this will go on for a long time. People do not respect the security measures and do not seem to realize what is happening. Some go to parties where there are many people and all dance without masks. I think that the curfew is not much use, as there are crowds at other times of the day, for example in the morning on trains and buses. Many people are losing their jobs and they have to feed a family and pay for a house. In Spain there is going to be a very big crisis and many people are going to have a very bad time. Next year there will be a vaccine and I hope this improves.
ResponderEliminarMaría Romero Rodríguez 4ºA
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ResponderEliminarThe pandemic that we are currently experiencing is not easy for the country because it is causing many problems at the death and economic level. At the level of deaths because Spain exceeds the number of 30,000 deaths and it is an important figure, and at the economic level because many bars and small companies are being forced to close due to Covid-19
ResponderEliminarThis pandemic is teaching us to take better care of ourselves and to take better care of our elders, because they are the most bulnerable, especially those who suffer from chronic diseases such as: cancer, respiratory problems ... it is recommended according to doctors who These people with a higher risk of contagion and death are not going out a lot and that they do not interact with outsiders if not with people around them.
In my case, it happens to me with my grandmother, who has respiratory problems, she cannot go out frequently and she loves it, the times she goes out she always wears two masks to protect herself better.
At the end of the day, until a large part of the Spanish population is aware of what we are experiencing and once this is controlled a little, we have to wait to be able to reach the new normal that we had at the beginning of the year.
Antonio Carrascosa 4ºA
At the beginning of the coronavirus it was only a virus that was found in China, but over time it has extended around the world. We thought it was like a cold, that everything would end soon , but it lasting a long time.
ResponderEliminarNow in Spain, there are more infections than in March and there are people who don't realize how bad the is virus.
I know there are new laws that are useless and people don't want to comply with them, but if we all comply with them, the virus will end and we can return to normality.
Denisa Andreea Tomoroga 4ºA
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ResponderEliminarI'm already tired, now, we have to start again. When the pandemic started, we laughed about it, but this has changed a lot and we are not so happy. We are all very stressed by all the restrictions But we have to be patient because if we do not do it, this will get worse and we will be confined again. Because of all the restrictions, it will be the economic crisis that will come after the covid, at least in Spain. And some other bad news is all the people who are losing their jobs and have a family to feed.
ResponderEliminarBut we have to comply with all the rules so that all this is solved as soon as possible. Music is very important now to keep calm,I had already heard ‘’The Eye of the Tiger’’ before and it is quite cool.
RAÚL GARCÍA JIMÉNEZ 4ºA
Security measures are getting harder and harder. This is due that now, we have more infections than in March. Many people still go out without wearing the facemask, or even going to parties with lots of people and that is something really irresponsible.
ResponderEliminarAlthough health is the most important thing, and I understand that due to this we're going to be confined again, closing the restaurants or the local shops, which is going to affect the economy a lot, because lots of people are going to lose their jobs.
Luckily, many people are sympathetic to the ones that are going to be unemployed, and they are trying to help them to recover their money. But that is not positive for everyone…
One of the main ideas is to give these people the money that would be used on the Christmas lights. However, if we use that money for that… who will give money to the employers that are in charge of the Christmas lights? They are not earning any money either because there weren’t any local fairs last summer, so they have not been able to work during all year. It´s really difficult to find a solution that doesn’t harm anyone…
The expression 'back to square one' means that we start the whole process again from the beginning. Nothing that we have done in these 8 months have worth at all, so now we have to do the same things that we did 8 months ago... Well.. not exactly the same, because we can still go to school, or going out for a while but now we are almost in the same situation as in March.
We have to be more conscious about the problems that this pandemic is causing because lots of people have passed away. The real problem is that we don´t know when it is going to end. So, together, we should try to make it happen soon!
You must respect the security measures that must be followed, for example being one meter fifty from people, wearing a mask. There are many people who do not comply with security measures, there is a perimeter confinement that many people bypass. Granada is the province most affected by the coronavirus.
ResponderEliminarOliver Lozano Martín 2ºA
We have to be responsible with the new circumstances and the new protocols on Covid-19. We have to be very careful and we have to be aware of our health, make sure that nothing happens to your brothers or sisters, your father or your mother, but above all, be very careful with grandparents and grandmothers. This disease is doing with the world what it wants, but if we are smart we can stop it and remove Covid-19 from the world.
ResponderEliminarDunia Arnedo Martín 2ºA
we have to be careful with the pandemy, wash the hands, put the mask. The coronavirus doesn't go onholidays.The coronavirus didn't go on holidays in March. We must kill it. The politicians should do better.The coronavirus kill economy and many people in Spain, Europe and in the word. The USA have got a lot of difficulties.
ResponderEliminarRubén Sabio Prados 2º ESO A
A few months ago we laughed at the covid but we did not know what was going to hit us, we had to be locked up for 3 months, people without work and people who needed money to eat because if they did not work they did not have to eat and also after This is over. This is going to see a huge crisis more than there is now, at least in Spain.
ResponderEliminarThis pandemic is exhausting us all due to the corrections that must be carried out, wearing the mask and all the restrictions, but we must wait for this to happen and return to normal life in a few years and that it will see a very big crisis with this. in quarantine with the music you cleared up and relaxed and you were in your agusto moments and "The Tiger's Eye" and I have listened to it and it is a very beautiful song and of improvement.
As we can see, things are getting harder. We are entering in other confinement and the people seems that don't see, because the people continue going out, meeting with more of six person that is the limit that the government say that we can meet, going out without facemask, and the people don'r respect the security measures.
ResponderEliminarWe know that if the government confine again the country or different towns, we know that a lot of people will lost their jobs, but if the people don't respect the security measures and think that isn't a lot of, they don't have more options that confine the country or towns but is that the people are searching during this eight months that we finish the confinement. If the people really that want that the virus and the pandemia finish must to respect the security measures, and it's possible that the government don't confine the country, but as ins't this way, the must to confine the country, that I am thinking that right now is the best solution if we want to pass some days in Christmas with all of our families, and that the coronavirus stop and we win this battle.
The expression "back to square one" mean that I say before, that with the situation that there are now with the Covid-19, that the expert and the dates say that Spain is worst that when this start in February, March, April and May, that are the worst month respect the Covid-19, this expression say that we go again to the start and the government go to confine.
I don't want that the government confine the country, but I think that If we want to save the Christmas, I think that is the only solution.
Wearing mask is very important in these days, because this way is less probable to Getulio the coronavirus. We wear the mask at the high school so everybody have to wear ir in their jobs ( ever sports). Let’s finish COVID-19!
ResponderEliminarAntonio Puentedura Prados 2º ESO A.
The expression’ back to square one’ means to be in the same situation that we were in March. I that month we couldn’t to out.
ResponderEliminarWe must be all day in the house because the goberment forbade it.
We could go out go out only to take our dog for a walk and we throes rubbish. Many people couldn’t go to work and the children couldn’t go to school, all people were in their house. We were 3 month in lockdown. The children did the class online. That was very stressing. My mother could go to work because she works in things of food.
The lookdown finished in May but you only go out for you do sport. In summer we could go to other comunities because there was less causes of coronavirus but then in september we couldn’t as travel as summer.
JOSE ADRIÁN GONZÁLEZ 4A
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ResponderEliminarI think people should care more about the coronavirus. We are in the middle of a pandemic and we don't want it to get worse or last longer. for that reason, we have to use all measures to prevent it. we always have to put on the mask, wash our hands, put disinfectant on our hands... because we don't want to go back to the beginnings of the pandemic.In my opinion i think the pandemic will last at least two years. For that very reason, let's take care of ourselves and let's take care of the world.
ResponderEliminarDAVID PÉREZ MORENO 4A
We have to be responsible with the new circumstances and the new protocols on Covid-19. We have to be very careful and we aware of our health, make sure that nothing happens to your brothers or sisters, your father or your mother, but above all, be very careful with grandparents and grandmothers.
ResponderEliminarJaime López Gándara 4A
We should have been more strict and take seriously the issue of the global pandemic, for example wearing a mask, washing our hands, keeping our distance..., if we had taken these measures from the beginning, we would not be like that now. We need to stop the deaths, but that comes with having a little responsibility and young people are giving parties and meeting together with a lot of people.
ResponderEliminarAlejandra Martín Guirado 2ºA
You must wash your hands, now, is very important because we are in bad situation and this virus never don't sleep. The school can't close because you don't want wash your hands, the school is better than online school because if you haven't got a internet during a time, when you come up, you are lost. The mask, wash the hands and distance is the best right now, also we don't go to street in a future, we be careful for it haven't got it more later.
ResponderEliminarJose Antonio Sabio Prados 2ºESO A
Now we have tougher laws, because over time we have stopped following these security measures. There are some people who think that this virus is only a lie of the government to earn money for the vaccine, so they decide not to take security measures, because of that there are more and more infected.
ResponderEliminarThe expression ''back to square one''means that we have to re-take security measures like those at the beginning of the pandemic because people think that the pandemic is over, but unfortunately it is not.
Once again we are confined by people who do not want to follow these rules and continue to infect.
LARA QUESADA SOSA 4ºA
We now have stricter laws because we have stopped following these security measures over time. Some people think this virus is just a lie that the government snaught money for this vaccine, so they decided not to take safety measures because more and more people were infected.
ResponderEliminarThe term "back to the subject" means that we must take security measures as we did when the pandemic began, because people think the pandemic is over, but unfortunately not yet.
Once again we are restricted by those who do not want to follow these rules and continue to infect.
Álvaro Molina Martín 4ºA
Hello Alberto.
ResponderEliminarI think that a large part of the population has been responsible, but a little girl has been very irresponsible and they have not respected all the restriction they have put us all in danger.
I understand the toughest restrictions that are being put in place but people will have a harder time respecting those rules.
the situation in Spain is similar to that of the first wave but leaving home and with many more pcr tests and better organization, that's why I think we are better.
the expression start from zero means that we are returning to the beginning of the pandemic after the enormous improvement that we were experiencing.
Hello Alberto.
ResponderEliminarI think that a large part of the population has been responsible, but a little girl has been very irresponsible and they have not respected all the restriction they have put us all in danger.
I understand the toughest restrictions that are being put in place but people will have a harder time respecting those rules.
the situation in Spain is similar to that of the first wave but leaving home and with many more pcr tests and better organization, that's why I think we are better.
the expression start from zero means that we are returning to the beginning of the pandemic after the enormous improvement that we were experiencing.
Some people would have to realize that they must take more care of these viruses because it is no longer that they are infected, but that it can spread to all their families and that some do not run with the luck of being cured since now there are too many side effects to pass These viruses, if things such as not going to party, not getting together so many people without a mask or the simple fact of not taking precautions, all this made us all go back to the beginning or be worse than before, I believe that this virus is not it will go away, the safest thing is that it will stay like a flu.
ResponderEliminarMany people would have to realize that they must be more concerned about complying with the safety regulations against this virus because it is not that they are infected, but that it can infect their entire family and that some are not lucky enough to recover. With things like not partying, not gathering so many people without a mask or not taking precautions, they would mark a great positive change. I think this virus is not going to go away, it will most likely stay like the flu.
ResponderEliminarMIRIAM NAZARET POZO MANCILLA 4ºA
I think a lot of people are relaxing with Covid security compliance and that doesn't help at all.
ResponderEliminarThe expression’ back to square one’ would mean that we haven't learned, and the situation now is very similar to that of three or four months ago, although over time we may notice a small improvement.
Music is very important on a daily basis, there is not a day that I don't listen to music.
Music helps me motivate myself and helps me in many moments.
SARA PEINADO TORRES 4A.
Nowadays the coronavirus is the most talked about topic in the news. It is a global problem. Many people are dying and its terrible. Everyone is very concerned and pending the vaccine.
ResponderEliminarWe don't know much about the virus, but we have some rules:
Wear masks, wash our hands very often, keep a safe distance and little else.
I hope the pandemic will pass soon and we will return to normality. Meanwhile let´s try to do our best.
Jose Carlos Escribano Pulido 2 ESO A
I think that at the beginning of the quarantine the people was very scared because CO-VID 19 is a new virus that we don´t know there comes the fear. The people was very careful, putting the mask, disinfecting hands, respecting the distance social. When the quarantine finished the people relaxed, don´t putting the mask. Until grow up the contagions then they forced us to putting the mask. But the people kept being irresponsible. In the summer end they put laws more tough.
ResponderEliminarI think don´t back to square one' mean, we are worse what before quarantine. The people have to be aware more of the situation we are living
Bastian Motos Knaepen 1º BACH
As we can see, things are getting harder. We are entering another confinement and people don´t seem to be scared. We came from a lockdown a few months ago, and no one looks worried about going through the same situation all over again. There are lots of local shops that have closed, lots of families who don't have money to eat, lots of people who could have healed, and sadly now are gone, lots of students who have problems with their exams because the online classes are mostly useless. This virus has affected everyone, and it´s a job of everyone to stop it.
ResponderEliminarWe can´t help in the same way doctors do, but everyone can help. If we always wear mask, respecting the security distance and wash our hands a few times a day, we´ll stop the infection and we´ll finally end this nightmare.
In my opinion, this pandemic is going to take a few years, so it´s in our hands to reduce the damage it causes, we must be careful with what we do. These pictures we see about people having parties with more than a hundred people, or demonstrations wondering why we must wear mask, or some influencers telling their followers that the virus is a joke and that everyone should do what they want. We must be careful with what we hear, and we should only believe what professionals say.
Keep strong! We´ll overcome it!
David Bacas 1º Bach