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The other day, my kids caught influenza. They are usually lively and energetic, but during this time, they seemed to be in a lot of pain. On top of this, because they contracted it two days before the sports festival, which they had practiced for everyday and had been looking forward to, they couldn't attend their school's sports festival as well. It was a real pity. Fortunately it didn't spread within the family, and 5 days later they were able to go back to their kindergarten.
I was relieved to see them return to their energetic selves.
At the kindergarten that my kids attend, there were some cases where whole classes were temporarily closed. I've heard of other kindergartens where the whole school had been temporarily closed. There are also some stories on the news about influenza sometimes.
Is influenza quite prevalent in your country too ?
今週の語彙 This week’s vocabulary
■前前日 …2日前のこと two days ago, the day before last ■幸い…幸運にもgood fortune, luck ■家族感染…家族の中で病気がうつること ■～によっては…～の場合は in some cases, ■学級閉鎖…クラスが休みになることa temporarily closed class ■耳にします…何気なく聞くこと to hear something by coincidence, catch something
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