VOCABULARY

ridding

unveiled time

– be free or relieved of

– show or announce publicly for the first

barge – a long flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals and rivers, either under its own power or towed by another

anchored an anchor

– moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with

autonomous – independent and having the power to make your own decisions

conveyor – thing that transports or communicates something

equivalent

– equal in value, amount, function

chronic – persisting for a long time or constantly recurring

pulmonary – relating to the lungs

research.

South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative director Mark Hatherill said a vaccine would be “the only way in the short-term to interrupt TB transmission and get control of the epidemic.”

Ann Ginsberg, of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative which has been taking part in the research, said 15 possible vaccines are at various stages of development around the world but this was the most “exciting”.

Kim: I don’t know what to do about my father. Ray: What’s wrong with him?

Kim: It’s his health. He doesn’t take care of himself.

Ray: Have you tried talking to him?

Kim: I could talk to him till I’m blue in the face, and it wouldn’t work.

Ray: What about his doctor?

Kim: His doctor is his golf buddy, so they’re always lying to each other.

Explanation: If you say or shout something until you are blue in the face, you are wasting your efforts because you will get no results

Example: You can tell her to tidy her room until you are blue in the face, but she won’t do it.

Williams: What’s been going on around here? Jacky: Nothing much. Why?

Williams: I feel out of the loop after my vacation. Jacky: That’s natural. There’s a staff meeting later on this afternoon.

Williams: Good. Maybe that will help me catch up with things.

Jacky: It’s not an important one. It’s about the company picnic.

Williams: In that case, it won’t matter that I’m clueless in the meeting.

Explanation: Feel out of the loop - feel being left out