The economic impact of the health crisis

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Please watch the video from 00:00 to 4:35 and answer the questions below.

Coronavirus outbreak: how can we control the economic fallout?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2tqxRZSChM&t=277s

Canada has advised its citizens not to travel at all. *

1 point

True

False

The Canadian Prime Minister will remain in self-isolation for 40 days. *

1 point

True

False

Why are governments telling their citizens to stay home and keep social distance? *

1 point

to lead to panic and fear on the stock market

to stop people from spending money and being social

to get the pandemic under control

What does Goldy Hyder mean when he says it's a misnomer to call the government's proposal for businesses a 'stimulus'? *

1 point

He suggests it's rather a strategic intervention on the part of the government.

He thinks it will not be enough to sustain businesses even for the next month.

In his opinion the government's strategy to help those who are directly impacted is wrong.

In Goldy Hyder's opinion, putting money into healthcare should not be the government's priority now. *

1 point

True

False

The speakers agree that the healthcare side is more important than the economic side. *

1 point

True

False

Vocabulary

The language of the coronavirus

Tick the best word partnerships. *

You heard all the expressions in the video clip.

7 points

remain

earn

mitigate

curtail

weather

give

stay

non-essential travel

collateral damage

in self-isolation

the storm

hourly wage

home

conflicting advice

What's 'collateral damage'? *

Tick all the correct answers.

3 points

Things that you agree to give someone if you are not able to pay back money you have borrowed from them.

During a war, the unintentional deaths and injuries of people who are not soldiers, and damage that is caused to their homes, hospitals, schools, etc.

Injury inflicted on something other than an intended target.

A euphemism for innocent people being killed.

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If you curtail something, ... *

Tick all the correct answers.

2 points

you refuse to disclose information

you cover it with a curtain

you limit, or stop it

you reduce it

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What's a 'misnomer'? *

Tick all the correct answers.

2 points

a use of a wrong or inappropriate name

the fact or condition of not remembering

a missed target

a name or a word that is not appropriate or accurate

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If something is inevitable, ... *

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2 points

you cannot accept it

you cannot avoid it

you cannot prevent it

you cannot predict it

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An uncharted territory or situation is... *

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3 points

the unknown

something completely new that has never been described before

what the coronavirus is for us now

something that is inevitable

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What's a free fall? *

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2 points

a sudden, fast loss, for example in price, popularity, or value

a kick (as in football) with which an opponent may not interfere

a fast fall from a great height under the influence of gravity

the natural force that attracts things toward the earth

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What's 'fallout'? *

Tick all the correct answers.

2 points

the radioactive dust in the air after a nuclear explosion

a free fall

the unpleasant results or effects of an action or event

arguing or falling out with someone

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If you take precautions, ... *

Tick ONE correct answer.

1 point

you spread the virus.

you try and protect yourself from something dangerous or harmful.

you do business as usual.

you worry e.g. about supply chains.

How do you feel about the pandemic?

0 points

Very pessimistic. Life will never be normal again.

The coronavirus crisis will pass and life will return to normal soon.

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