世卫组织宣布用希腊字母命名新冠病毒变异株（讲解版）|E0603

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new naming system for variants of Covid-19.

From now on the WHO will use Greek letters to refer to variants first detected in countries like the UK, South Africa and India.

The UK variant for instance is labelled as Alpha, the South African Beta, and the Indian as Delta. The WHO said this was to simplify discussions but also to help remove some stigma from the names."

▍语言点 

1. variant /ˈveriənt/ n. 变体，变种 adj. 不同的；有差别的

· 构词：词根vary-change改变

· Covid-19 variants或variants of Covid-19 新冠病毒变异株

· a variant form of a word 同一个词的不同形式

2. refer to 提及，说到(mention or speak about sth.)

· I promised not to refer to the matter again. 

我答应过再不提这事了。

3. label /ˈleɪbəl/ v. 给……贴标签 (to name sth. or sb. in a specific way) n. 标签

· be labelled as 把……称为

· Many people have labelled him as selfish.

很多人都称他自私。

4. stigma /ˈstɪɡmə/ n. 耻辱，污点；污名化

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