Name: Coronavirus: Italy takes action: BBC News Review
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the Italian government has asked its citizens to stay at home in an attempt to slow the spread of Corona virus.

We've got the language you need to talk about this story.

I'm Catherine on Let's hear more about this story from this BBC Radio One news bulletin.

The latest government advice is, Don't travel to Italy unless you have to.

Public gatherings in the country have been banned, and people that have been told to stay near their home unless it's an emergency.

Yes, so the Italian government has asked all of everyone to stay near their homes and only travel unless it's an emergency.

All public gatherings have bean band that includes any football matches that includes nightclubs as well.

I believe these are drastic measures in the UK The British government has a suggested that people do not travel to Italy unless it is an emergency.

It's a pretty serious situation over there.

If you're watching or listening from Italy, we do hope that you're safe.

So you've bean looking at the news headlines around these stories, and you picked out three with interesting language that we're going to talk about today I have.

So we've got locked down Quarantine on dhe self isolates, lock down quarantine and self isolate.

So comical to your first headline, please.

So the first headline is from a the BBC News Websites.

So that's a UK best based website and is Italy wakes to first day in lock down lock down emergency situation where movement is restricted.

Well, our first fall are telling the spelling, So it's L o c k D o W n on dhe.

So a lock is something that you put a key into to prevent somebody from entering a room.

You want it to remain locked or to stop people leaving a room as well.

On the other word is down and that's the opposite of up.

So we got up pointing upwards and down, pointing down for those that are just listening.

And you're well, I do like to look like that to lock the bathroom.

Usually, when I'm using that, I think it's really important to lock the bathroom door when you've been there.

Sometimes I like Thio for a bit of privacy and might lock lock the bedroom door when I want some me time.

Turn the key to lock yourself to lock people out or to lock yourself in, However you want to look at it.

But the term locked down actually means that somebody else an external body is preventing you from leaving an area, in this case to stop the spread of the Corona virus.

So the Italians are being prevented from moving freely.

Okay, so again, it's quite it's reflecting the seriousness of the situation.

Yes, it So it is it always a kind of got a negative idea of restriction of movement on?

No, you way have people user in a jokey fashion.

So yeah, I was doing an essay one time, and I decided I wasn't gonna talkto anybody.

I said to everybody I'm writing my assignment.

Yeah, and that's a very good example of how you can use it.

We must stress this is done in a jokey fashion because obviously you're not seriously locking yourself language we call but on.

We must also stress that normally is used in a negative context on about quite serious situations.

So it's when ah, situation through government or an authority of body decide that it is better for people to not move freely because there is a certain on emergency situation now.

Georgina, what can you tell us about laws?

So an example would be the street was in lock down after the gas explosion, so that's in lock down.

And it's weird to be, isn't it to be in lock down?

But it could also You can also use the proposition on so you could say the building was on lock down following the security beach breach, I should say on dhe it can also be a phrase or verb to lock down the same meaning s o.

The building was locked down following the security breach.

So can we have your next headline, please?

So the next headline is from Northern Ireland, from Belfast on It's from Belfast Telegraph Digital on it is Corona virus.

Italy implements nationwide quarantine measures quarantine a situation where living things are separated in order to stop the spread of disease quite along Where that quarantine Where success.

Yeah, I often have to use my hand quarantine quarantine.

So yet the stresses on the first syllable on it's spelt q u a r a N t i n e as Catherine?

Apart from the UK, I've lived in several other countries apart from the UK And have you ever had a pet dog or cat whilst you lived in those?

on the street, but it was very, very cute, and it had one ear pointing up on one, pointing down.

That's a very lovely picture now when you decided to bring back this imaginary dog to this real dog for the purposes of today, yes, what did what procedures did you have to do?

There was a lot of paperwork, and I came back to the UK and the dog came on a separate flight, and when the dog came, I went home.

But the dog had to stay in a special kind of little zoo near the airport, and it had to stay there for six months.

It had lots of medical tests, and after six months they decided that it didn't have any diseases.

Yes, so that's what's really important about this word.

It doesn't actually mean that you have anything any diseases.

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