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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Mask-Wearing, Common in Asia, Spreads in the West PARIS — Until...
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mask-Wearing, Common in Asia, Spreads in the West
PARIS — Until a few weeks ago, Asian tourists were 1. only mask wearers in Paris, 2.(cause) puzzlement or suspicion from French locals or even hostility as the coronavirus began sweeping across Europe.
Four days into a national lockdown to stem the outbreak, the French government spokeswoman, Sibeth Ndiaye, warned that face masks were so 3. (familiar) that wearing them was too difficult technically and could even be “counterproductive (适得其反).” Even Thursday morning, when 4. (ask) whether she wore a mask or made her children wear one, she said, “Oh, no, not at all.”
This taboo is falling fast, not only in France but across Western countries, after increasing 5.(cry) from experts who say the practice is effective in curbing the coronavirus pandemic.
The shift for Western nations is profound and has had to overcome not merely the logistical challenges of securing enough masks, which are significant enough, but also a deep 6. (culture) resistance and even stigma (污名) associated with mask-wearing, 7. some Western leaders described flatly as “alien.”
8. (seem), it won’t be for much longer. After discouraging people from wearing face masks, France, like the United States, has begun urging its citizens 9. (wear) basic or homemade ones outside. And some parts of Europe are moving faster than the United States by requiring masks instead 10. simply recommending their use.
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