20220121躺平还是疫情已触顶？英国将取消疫情限制措施

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England's Plan B measures are to end from next Thursday, with mandatory face coverings in public places and Covid passports both dropped, Boris Johnson has announced.


The prime minister also said the government would immediately drop its advice for people to work from home.


He told MPs scientists believed the Omicron wave had peaked nationally.


▍语言点

1. be to do sth. 将要做某事

· 注：be to do比 will do 和 be going to do 还要确信这件事情会发生

· He is to leave the city.

他将会离开这座城市。（去意已决）

2. mandatory /ˈmændətɔːri/ adj. 法定的，义务的 (required by law)

· mandatory measures 指令性措施

· mandatory standard 法定标准

3. drop /drɑːp/ v. 停止，放弃

· with sth. dropped 某事物将会处于被放弃、被停止的状态

· Drop everything and come at once!

放下所有事情赶快来吧！

· Look, can we just drop it?

喂，这事儿能不能就谈到这儿？

· I’ll drop this course.

我放弃这门课，不选了。

· high-school dropper 高中辍学的孩子


4. work from home 在家办公

· 词组辨析：work at home是强调“办公的地点”，而 work from home 则是一种“办公形式”


5. peak /piːk/ v. 达到巅峰，到达高峰