Health care workers across the US struggle with the shortage of hand sanitizer, and ethanol producers say that they can produce millions of gallons of alcohol that could be made into hand sanitizers.
Health care workers across the US struggle with?the?shortage?of?hand sanitizers, and ethanol producers are?willing?to help. However, federal regulators have been?preventing?this from?happening.
The reason is that most?ethanol producers are not willing to help. However, federal regulators have been preventing this from happening ing.
The reason is that most?ethanol plants?make?food-grade?ethanol, which is a step?below?medical grade .
The reason is that most ethanol plants ? The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) worries about ? The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) worries about allowing?people to put a lower grade alcohol on their skin. Some officials say that the FDA should?consider?loosening its?guideline s? Some officials say that the FDA should consider ?loosen ing its? guideline s, which would allow ethanol producers to help with the hand sanitizer shortage.
In recent days, federal regulators have? relax ed? restriction s to support to production of? medical supplies?
In recent days federal regulators have relax ed restriction s to support to production of medical supplies ?
Language Knowledge Points
1? Key Vocabulary Expressions
1. willing , adj, ready, eager, or prepared to do something, willingly, gladly; the adverb is willingly, unwillingly
eg. be willing/ unwilling to ?do sth, willing/ unwilling to do something; be reluctant to do sth, unwilling to do something
2. prevent , vt, to stop something from happening, or stop someone from doing something, stop, block, prevent, prevent; the noun is prevention, prevent, prevent
eg.?prevent/?keep/ stop?sb/ sth from?doing sth, prevent/? prevent someone from doing sth/? stop/ prevent something from happening
3.?happen, vt, to take place, especially without being planned, (esp. by chance) to occur, to appear
eg. take place, (esp. according to arrangement or plan) to happen, to proceed
4. below , prep, at or to a lower level or position than sb/sth, at/ to ...... below
eg. under/ underneath, at ...... below; on/ above, at/ to ...... above
5. allow , vt, to let sb/sth do sth, ?to let sth happen or be done, allow, permit
eg. allow sb to do sth, to allow someone to do something; allow doing sth, to allow doing something
6. consider , vt, to think about something carefully, especially before making a choice or decision, to consider, to think carefully; the noun is consideration, deliberation, deep thought; considerate, adjective, considerate of; considerable, adjective, considerable, considerable
eg. consider/ ponder/ meditate/ deliberate, to think y, think over and over again; consider doing sth, to consider doing something; consider/ regard/ take/ to see...... .as...... see...... Consider/ regard/ as......
7. loosen , vt, to make sth less tight or firmly fixed, to become less tight or firmly fixed, (to make) relaxed, loosened; loose, adjective, loosening; loosely, adverb, loosely, loosely
eg.?tighten/?tight/ tightly, vt/?adj/?adv, to become tight/? tighten/? tightly
8. guideline , noun, rules or instructions about the best way to do something, guidelines, guiding principles; guide, verb, to instruct, to direct
eg. follow/ issue guidelines, follow/ issue guidelines; clear/ strict guidelines, clear/? strict guidelines
9. relax , vt, to allow rules, laws, etc. to become less strict, relax (restrictions, etc.)
eg. relaxing/ relaxed, relaxing/? relaxed; exciting/ excited, exciting/ exciting; amazing/ amazed, surprising/? surprised; boring/ bored, boring/? bored; interesting/ interested, intriguing/? interested
10. restriction , noun, a rule or law that limits what you can do or what can happen, a restrictive rule, a restrictive statute; restrict, verb, to limit
eg. severe/ tight/ tough restriction, severe restriction, strict restraint; accept/ be subject to restriction, accept constraint/? be subject to restriction
11. ventilator , noun, a piece of equipment with a pump that helps sb to breathe by sending air in and out of their lungs , respiratory machine; ventilate, verb, to make airy, to make ventilation
2? Fixed collocation1. millions of? gallons of , millions of gallons
2. hand sanitizers , hand sanitizer, disinfectant
3. h ealth care workers, health care workers
4. ?struggle with , intractable, with ...... struggle with
5. ?shortage?of , shortage, lack of
6.? food-grade ethanol , food-grade ethanol
7. medical grade , medical grade
8.? worry about , worry, worry
eg. worry that/?be?worried that +? clause, to worry about, to be worried
9. medical supplies , medical supplies
10. coronavirus tests , new coronavirus tests
11. ethanol plants , ethanol factories
eg. power plants , power plants, power stations
3? TerminologyThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a federal government agency under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is one of the largest food and drug regulatory agencies in the world. Its responsibility is to ensure the safety of food, cosmetics, drugs, biologicals, medical devices, and radiological products produced or imported into the United States, as well as to carry out inspections of public ****anitary conditions and interstate travel and transportation, and to control diseases that may exist in many products.
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