本土疫情以每日數萬人確診的速度攀升。4月底，台灣自口罩、疫苗之後，再現大排長龍搶購（panic buying）快篩試劑的景象。政府雖然每間藥局配額，仍是一劑難求。眼見民怨四起，政府開放超商藥妝通路販售。
【淺談搶購快篩】
1、panic buying 搶購
Ａ：Did you see the long queues snaking around the pharmacies for COVID-19 rapid test kits？（你有看到藥局門口買快篩的排隊人龍嗎?）
Ｂ：Yes! That the government failed to ensure an adequate supply has led to panic buying.（有! 政府沒有備足供貨導致人民搶購。）
2、to overwhelm 使應接不暇、壓垮
Ａ：I'm afraid that Taiwan's testing capacity has been pushed to its limits.（我怕台灣的檢測量能已達極限。）
Ｂ：The experts worry the hospitals are beginning to show signs of being overwhelmed!（專家擔心醫療體系已有崩潰的跡象。）
3、to replenish 補充、重新裝滿
Ａ：Hopefully, we'll fight back the outbreak this time like the way we successfully did before.（但願我們能如以往般，擊退這次的擴散。）
Ｂ：The good news is the convenience stores have replenished their rapid test supplies and started sales.（好消息是超商現已完成備貨並開賣快篩了。）
【延伸關鍵字】
1. kit：工具套組
2. ward：病房
3. isolation：隔離
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