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COVID-19 vaccine side effects

  • 英語
  • 初級 ~ 中初級

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予防接種に副作用が出ることがあるのをご存知ですか? 症状が軽いことがほとんどです。こちらのWHOの簡単で便利に使える動画では、コロナウイルスの予防接種を受ける際の心構えを学ぶことができます。

Did you know vaccines sometimes cause side effects? Most of the time those symptoms are mild. In this easy and practical video by the World Health Organization, we learn what to expect when being vaccinated against COVID-19.

6 Useful words and expressions

  1. To fight back
    To counterattack.
    The soldiers fought back the invaders.
  2. Mild
    Not intense or extreme.
    Spring weather is very mild: not too cold and not too hot.
  3. Chills
    a feeling of cold followed by shivering, usually due to illness or fear.
    I think I got a flu… I’m having chills.
  4. Fever
    Abnormally high body temperature, usually due to illness.
    When the thermometer showed 39 degrees I knew she had a very high fever!
  5. Blood flow
    The movement of blood through veins and arteries.
    Exercise helps improve blood flow.
  6. Injection site
    The place where you received an injection.
    The tetanus vaccine usually causes a lot of pain on the injection site.

Listen to the video and fill in the blanks.

Fights back
Fever / chills / immune system / blood flow
Mild / injection site / fever / chills

Extra Reading

Try this article below for extra reading on this topic.

Vaccines Explained


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