News in slow French – Episode #12 podcast – 8 March 2020

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0:00Hello and welcome to the HelloFrench press review, the podcast that immerses you in the news
0:05of the week to help you improve your French.
0:11On the front page for this week, from March 8 to 14, 2020.
0:14The coronavirus epidemic is becoming a pandemic.
0:18Italy, the first country to place its entire population in quarantine. Clashes in Italian prisons.
0:26Seven prisoners lost their lives and dozens escaped.
0:30Still on the coronavirus, an update on the situation in Europe.
0:35In the United States, Trump prohibits Europeans from entering the territory.
0:41It's official, the coronavirus epidemic has become a pandemic.
0:46The virus is now a global health problem.
0:50To date, more than 150,000 people have been infected in more than 137 countries.
0:57The virus has killed almost 5,800 people across the world, outside of China.
1:04The most affected country is Italy with 1,441 dead, followed by Iran with 611
1:11dead, Spain with 183 dead and France with 91 deceased people. An update on the situation in Italy.
1:21The health crisis caused by the coronavirus has only worsened this week.
1:26On Sunday March 8, the government first decided to place only
1:31certain regions of the North in quarantine, including Milan and Venice. Other measures had also been
1:37taken to try to slow down contamination, such as the closure of museums, theaters, cinemas,
1:45schools and even libraries throughout Italy. A little over 24 hours later, a new decision was made.
1:53Barely 24 hours later, a new decision was made.
1:57The 60 million Italians are now quarantined until April 3. Italians can only
2:06travel to work, go to the pharmacy or buy food. No other travel is authorized,
2:13under penalty of a fine of 206 euros or three months in prison.
2:18The streets are now deserted in Italy
2:20and the Vatican has just announced that the Pope will celebrate Easter without any faithful.
2:25A first in this context of the coronavirus epidemic. Mutinies broke out in 27 Italian prisons.
2:32These riots began after the decision to suspend family visits
2:37to avoid bringing the virus into prisons.
2:40These mutinies caused the deaths of at least seven inmates and dozens
2:44escaped within five years from Faujas prison.
2:47While some could be caught, other prisoners are still on the run.
2:52Elsewhere in Europe, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have
2:57closed their borders to virtually all foreigners. Spain, the second most affected country
3:03in Europe, announced on Saturday the almost total quarantine of the country.
3:08The Spaniards, too, can now only go out to buy food, work or go to the pharmacy.
3:16France is also slowly taking the same path. Earlier this week, gatherings of 1,000 people
3:22were banned before moving to those of more than 100 people. The government then decided
3:29to close nurseries, schools and universities.
3:32The president, in a speech Thursday night, encouraged those who could to
3:37telecommute to avoid travel. A more radical decision ended up falling on Saturday night at midnight.
3:45Bars, restaurants and theaters should close their doors until further notice. Only supermarkets,
3:51pharmacies and tobacco shops can now open.
3:54The first round of municipal elections this Sunday was however maintained.
3:58In the United States, Donald Trump has decided to close his borders to Europeans.
4:03The president suspended all flights between Europe and the United States for 30 days.
4:09Only Americans staying in Europe and the British are not affected by the measure.
4:15Some travelers therefore rushed to catch a plane before the ban took effect on Saturday at 5 a.m.
4:25Thanks for this podcast, I hope you enjoyed it.
4:28I will now explain the key words, the important words of the week. We first talked about an
4:35epidemic, an epidemic. It is a contagious disease that spreads through the population
4:42and that we can catch from other people who spread among people.
4:48Usually an epidemic will stay in a particular region. We then talked about a pandemic.
4:56A pandemic is an epidemic that will affect a very large number of people.
5:02The disease will start to spread, to spread around the world. We talked about a virus, a virus.
5:11It is a disease that spreads, that spreads.
5:14We used the adjective health to talk about a health crisis. It means that there is a crisis linked
5:22to the health of people, to human beings, to their well-being. We have used the verb tainted
5:28to mean that people have been tainted. So this is a disease spread. So when someone is going to get
5:37sick or give their sickness to someone else. We also used the word contamination, or contamination.
5:47It's catching a disease. We have talked about quarantine
5:52to say that Italy has quarantined its population. So when we separate people or here a
5:58whole country from other people, we prevent them from going to other places.
6:03Usually, this is to prevent a disease from spreading, from spreading. We used the verb to slow down
6:13to mean that we tried to slow down the epidemic. It means making it slower
6:19for it not to go faster, preventing it from spreading further. We talked about travel.
6:27So when we move, we move. It means we go from one place to another.
6:34We said that now the streets were deserted. If a street is deserted or a city
6:39deserted, it means that there are no more inhabitants. There is no one left outside. It's empty.
6:44We talked about a celebration. So to celebrate Easter without the faithful.
6:51When we celebrate something, we make an event, a date or even an anniversary.
6:57Let us celebrate Easter here. We talked about the Pope. The Pope is the leader of Catholics.
7:04He heads the Vatican State. We also spoke of the faithful. It is a person who believes
7:12in a religion which practices this religion, who will believe in God.
7:18In Italian prisons, we have used the word prison.
7:22It is an establishment where we lock up people who have been deemed
7:28to be deprived of their liberty for a given period. In this prison, we said that there were
7:35mutinies in prisons, mutinies. These are riots, revolts. We talked about inmates.
7:44The detainees are the prisoners. This is what we call someone who is in prison. In prison.
7:51We have said that some inmates have escaped. When we escape, we run away, we leave, we escape.
7:59Usually, we run away because we want to avoid someone.
8:03A situation where here, being in prison, being locked up. We have used the expression to be
8:10on the run. When someone is on the run, they have run away. He escaped from prison and we
8:16still haven't managed to find him, to put him back in prison.
8:20We have talked about countries closing their borders.
8:23When a country closes its borders, it means that it prevents certain
8:27nationalities or all other countries for that matter from entering its country.
8:32We talked about foreigners. A foreigner is someone who is not of your nationality,
8:37therefore it is a person who comes from a country other than yours.
8:42We also talked about teleworking. Teleworking is when you work remotely. Usually,
8:48you go to your company to work in an office. Here, we will work from home.
8:55We used the adjective radical to talk about more radical
9:01decisions, harder decisions that are going to be more effective. We have said that some
9:08establishments, especially bars, cafes, have to close their doors.
9:12When an establishment closes its doors, it permanently ceases its activity.
9:18Or they stop it for quite a long time. So it's not just
9:22for the evening, time to reopen the next day. Expression actually used
9:27for a company, an association, a restaurant, a cinema. For example.
9:36We have used the expression "until further notice."
9:39When it means that a decision has been made and can only
9:44be changed when the person in authority changes their mind.
9:49We used the verb "to suspend." When we suspend something, we stop, we interrupt it for a while.
9:58So here we have said that Donald Trump has suspended flights to Europe. It means he stopped them.
10:05No more plane can take off and go from the United States to Europe and vice versa.
10:12Finally, we used the verb "to rush." When rushing,
10:16it means that we hurry to do something or go somewhere. We act very quickly.

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