VOA慢速英语:洗手有助于阻止冠状病毒的传播

simulate – v. to look, feel or behave like something

global – adj. involving the entire world

toilet – n. a large bowl attached to a pipe that is used for getting rid of bodily waste and then flushed with water

cough – v. to force air through your throat with a short, loud noise often because you are sick air through your throat with a short, loud noise often because you are sick

sneeze – v. to suddenly force air out through your nose and mouth with a usually loud noise because your body is reacting to dust, a sickness, etc.

mucus – n. to suddenly force air out through your nose and mouth with a usually loud noise because your body is reacting to dust, a sickness, etc.

epidemic – n. an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people