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nucleic acid test /核酸检测 / (hésuān jiǎncè)

A: You are taking a flight tomorrow, is your luggage ready?

你明天要乘坐飞机,所有的行李都准备好了吗？

(nǐ mínɡtiān yào chénɡzuò fēijī, suǒyǒude xínɡlǐ dōu zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma?)

B: All ready. But according to anti-pandemic regulations I still have to get a nucleic acid test before I go on board. 

我准备好了,但依照相应防疫规定,我仍需要在登机前做一次核酸检测。

(wǒ zhǔnbèi hǎo le, dàn yīzhào xiānɡyīnɡ fánɡyì ɡuīdìnɡ, wǒ rénɡ xūyào zài dēnɡjī qián zuò yīcì hésuān jiǎncè.)

A: Speaking of nucleic acid tests, do you know any news about it?

说起核酸检测,你知道关于它的任何新闻吗？

(shuōqǐ hésuān jiǎncè, nǐ zhīdào ɡuānyú tāde rènhé xīnwén ma?)

B: I do, acturally. Recently there was a five-year-old boy in Shaanxi Province who, after getting a nucleic acid test, told the medical worker "thanks for protecting me."

我正好知道一个。最近有一位在陕西的5岁小男孩,在做完核酸检测后对着医护人员说："谢谢你保护我。"

(wǒ zhènɡhǎo zhīdào yīɡè.zuìjìn yǒu yīwèi zài shǎnxī de wusuì xiǎonánhái, zài zuòwán hésuān jiǎncè hòu duìzhe yīhù rényuánshuō xièxiè nǐ bǎohù wǒ.)

A: I saw this too, it is rather heart-warming. 

这个新闻真的很温暖,我也看到了。

(zhèɡè xīnwén zhēnde hěn wēnnuǎn, wǒ yě kàndào le.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT