VOA慢速英语听力练习（教案）
Nigerians Do Group Exercise During Lockdown
Step 1 Words in This Story
lockdown?–n.?confinement for a temporary period as a security measure
aerobics?–n.?a system of exercises often done by a group of people while music is playing; a system of aerobic exercises
isolate?–v. to put or keep someone or something in a place or situation that is separate from others
Step 2 Listen and fill in the missing words.
Many people in Abuja, Nigeria have grown tired of staying inside during the country’s?lockdown?to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.
1 As a result, hundreds of people are doing group exercises on one of the Nigerian capital’s highways. They seem to have little concern for the COVID-19 disease that has killed at least 10 and infected 2 at least 300 others in Nigeria.
Akinyemi Busayo is a trader. Recently, he was doing?aerobics?and other exercises 3 in a group. He said, “Since the lockdown, we are just at home doing nothing, no work, no food, nothing, nothing, so we decided to 4 come and exercise our body instead of sitting at home and just getting fat.”
Behind Busayo was a group of people on a bridge 5 going across one of Abuja’s large highways. They were doing sit-ups, as a group of runners ran between them.
The government has ordered people to 6 remain indoors and?isolate?themselves unless they need necessary goods such as food, water or 7 medical services.
But enforcement of the order has been mixed. Some security officials have beaten and arrested people found outside, even 8 health workers. Other officials have done nothing, as with the crowds of people exercising in Abuja.
Agboola Sabinat is a student. He told Reuters that he 9 does not believe the new coronavirus has reached the area.
He added, “Everyone is scared, like my mom she is scared, she is like I should not go out for this work-out, that they said everybody 10 should be at home, that we should just keep cool and stay at home, but I can’t.”
I’m Jonathan Evans.
(Abraham Achirga reported on this story for the Reuters news service. Jonathan Evans adapted this story for Learning English.?Mario Ritter, Jr.?was the editor.)
Step 3 Write down the following words according to the English explanation.
lockdown?–n.?confinement for a temporary period as a security measure
aerobics?–n.?a system of exercises often done by a group of people while music is playing; a system of aerobic exercises
isolate?–v. to put or keep someone or something in a place or situation that is separate from others
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VOA慢速英语听力练习（学案）
Nigerians Do Group Exercise During Lockdown
Step 1 Words in This Story
lockdown?–n.?confinement for a temporary period as a security measure
aerobics?–n.?a system of exercises often done by a group of people while music is playing; a system of aerobic exercises
isolate?–v. to put or keep someone or something in a place or situation that is separate from others
Step 2 Listen and fill in the missing words.
Many people in Abuja, Nigeria have grown tired of staying inside during the country’s?lockdown?to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.
1 ____________________, hundreds of people are doing group exercises on one of the Nigerian capital’s highways. They seem to have little concern for the COVID-19 disease that has killed at least 10 and infected 2 ____________________others in Nigeria.
Akinyemi Busayo is a trader. Recently, he was doing?aerobics?and other exercises 3 ____________________. He said, “Since the lockdown, we are just at home doing nothing, no work, no food, nothing, nothing, so we decided to 4____________________ our body instead of sitting at home and just getting fat.”
Behind Busayo was a group of people on a bridge 5 ____________________ one of Abuja’s large highways. They were doing sit-ups, as a group of runners ran between them.
The government has ordered people to 6____________________ and?isolate?themselves unless they need necessary goods such as food, water or 7____________________.
But enforcement of the order has been mixed. Some security officials have beaten and arrested people found outside, even 8 ____________________. Other officials have done nothing, as with the crowds of people exercising in Abuja.
Agboola Sabinat is a student. He told Reuters that he 9 ____________________ the new coronavirus has reached the area.
He added, “Everyone is scared, like my mom she is scared, she is like I should not go out for this work-out, that they said everybody 10____________________, that we should just keep cool and stay at home, but I can’t.”
I’m Jonathan Evans.
(Abraham Achirga reported on this story for the Reuters news service. Jonathan Evans adapted this story for Learning English.?Mario Ritter, Jr.?was the editor.)
Step 3 Write down the following words according to the English explanation.
_____________?–n.?confinement for a temporary period as a security measure
_____________–n.?a system of exercises often done by a group of people while music is playing; a system of aerobic exercises
_____________–v. to put or keep someone or something in a place or situation that is separate from others
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