B2 Is It Time To Shake Hands Again ?

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Listen to a recording about shaking hands after the COVID pandemic. Match the beginnings
of the sentences with the sentence endings and write the answers into the correct box.
There are TWO extra endings you will not need.

Time To Shake Hands Again ?

https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1006149609/1006149612

When the narrator went to visit people a

1 A makes contact in different ways.
few weeks ago
have prevented many people from
2 During the pandemic John Olszewski B
getting the flu.

3 Olszewski thinks shaking hands again C is afraid of shaking hands.

When meeting a crowd of supporters shows that the pandemic may end
4 D
Senator Salling soon.

5 According to Dr Fauci shaking hands E will become acceptable in the future.

Social distancing rules during the he wasn't sure about how to greet
6 F
pandemic them.
Keri Althoff thinks that you should be is not a problem if people are
7 G
careful vaccinated.
Professor Michel believes that denying a when shaking hands with people you
8 H
handshake in a business environment don't know.

9 Shaking hands is a custom I should be a thing of the past.

J that has been with us for centuries.

K missed shaking hands with people.

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