
Cancer vaccine?
Learning English from the News
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Is This a Good Idea?
Hail is usually used in a passive form in headlines. The thing that is hailed is often more important than the people who are praising. But do we use hail in our everyday English? Not really. It's quite a dramatic word. So it's not really used in informal chat. It's more in headlines. And it has more impact because of that. Well, I'm going to hail that explanation as a great success. Let's have a look at it one more time. Time for our next headline, please. Expect cancer vaccine by 2030. Say COVID pioneers.
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