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Hello and welcome to the English We Speak with me, Fay Fei, and me, Roy.
Roy, why are you hitting that table with a hammer?
Well, I got your message about flattening the curve.
And then I saw that this table had a bit of a bump in it, so I wanted to make sure you were happy.
No, Roy.
When I talked about flattening the curve, it relates to lowering and soothing out the peak on a graph or chart.
Oh, because you were talking about the rate of infection in the uk,
it's really important to flatten the curve of the infection to avoid our healthcare services being overwhelmed
with too many patients at one time.
That's right.
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The government have introduced social distancing measures to try and flatten the curve.
We need to flatten the curve to prevent too many admissions into hospital.
Flattening the curve is vital to help save lives.
This is the English we Speak from BBC Learning English.
And we're talking about the expression flatten the curve, which has been used a lot during the coronavirus crisis.
It means to reduce the peak of a graph or chart.
Yes, people have been in lockdown and social distancing to flatten the curve.