Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus

Boris Johnson tested positive for coronavirus
(Level: C1 / Upper-Intermediate to Advanced / ***)



You are gong to listen to a video message by PM Boris Johnson.

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Before listening

The following words could be useful: 

to bring someone up to speed (something): to give someone the latest information about...      apporter une précision à quelqu'un pour qu'il comprenne

the wizardry of...  : the magic of... / magical influence  

The NHS (National Health Service): the healthcare system in the UK which is funded primarily by taxation and which provides free or low-cost healthcare to all legal residents in the UK.

The DWP: the Department for Work and Pensions

to comply with...: to act according to an order or a set of rules                                     se conformer à... 

to bounce back: to return quickly to a normal situation  rebondir / se remettre / se relever  

While listening 

Complete Boris Johnson's Tweet message (from BBC News)! 

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I want to  (1) .......   something that’s happening today. I’ve developed (2) ............... of the coronavirus, that’s to say a (3) ........

I’ve taken a test that has come out positive, so I’m working from home.

I’m (4) ....... and that’s entirely the right thing to do.

But be in no doubt that I can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team, to lead (5) ....... against the coronavirus.

And I want to thank everybody that’s involved, I want to thank of course above all our amazing NHS staff. It was very moving last night to join in the national clap for the NHS. 

But it’s not just the NHS ; it’s our police, our social care workers, teachers, everybody who works in schools, the DWP staff. 

An amazing national effort by the public services, but also by every member of the British public (6) ........

An incredible response : (7) ....... people have volunteered to take part in a great national effort to protect people from the consequences of the coronavirus.

I want to thank you. I want to thank everybody who’s working to keep our country going through this epidemic, and we will get through it and the way we’re going to get through it is of course by  (8) ....... so much about and the more effectively we all comply with these measures, (9) ...... and the faster we will bounce back. 

So thank you to everybody who’s doing what I’m doing : working from home to stop the (10) ........

That’s the way we’re going to win ; we’re going to beat it and we’re going to beat it together. (11) ........

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When you are finished, you can check your answers!

I want to (1)  bring you up to speed something that’s happening today.

I’ve developed  (2) mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that’s to say a (3) temperature and a persistent cough.

I’ve taken a test that has come out positive, so I’m working from home.

I’m (4) self-isolating and that’s entirely the right thing to do.

But be in no doubt that I can continue, thanks to the wizardry of modern technology, to communicate with all my top team, to lead  (5) the national fightback against the coronavirus.

And I want to thank everybody that’s involved, I want to thank of course above all our amazing NHS staff. It was very moving last night to join in the national clap for the NHS. But it’s not just the NHS ; it’s our police, our social care workers, teachers, everybody who works in schools, the DWP staff. An amazing national effort by the public services, but also by every member of the British public (6) who’s volunteering.

An incredible response : (7) 600,000 people have volunteered to take part in a great national effort to protect people from the consequences of the coronavirus.

I want to thank you. I want to thank everybody who’s working to keep our country going through this epidemic, and we will get through it and the way we’re going to get through it is of course (8)  by applying the measures that you’ll have heard so much about and the more effectively we all comply with these measures,  (9) the faster our country will come through this epidemic and the faster we will bounce back.

So thank you to everybody who’s doing what I’m doing : working from home to stop the (10)  spread of the virus from household to household. That’s the way we’re going to win ; we’re going to beat it and we’re going to beat it together.  (11) Stay at home and protect the NHS and save lives.