墨爾本在地人，Melbournian

目前澳洲 COVID 19 疫情防得不錯。但很怕變種的病毒，從英國傳進澳洲。從報紙 The age 照下上圖，我們今天，來學學最近常用的幾個字。

1. Victoria closes border to travellers from Greater Brisbane due to mutant COVID strain

    Mutant，讀成：

Mutant（變型）的意思如下：

    Mutation 名詞，讀成：

    Mutate 動詞，讀成：

2. New Virus variants underline need for strong public health measures

    Variant 意思也是變種：

noun

1. a form or version of something that differs in some respect from other forms of the same thing or from a standard.

   "clinically distinct variants of malaria"

    

   Definitions from Oxford Languages

    

Variant 讀成：