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com. Hello, this is sixminute English from BBC learning English I'm Neil and I'm Sam

still working from home as you can hear but for many the return to the office has begun.

And to make things safe, new thermal cameras are being installed in some workplaces.

They measure body temperature to screen for coronavirus.

After weeks of working at home, the return to the office is slowly getting underway

in a number of countries. But workplaces are having to change in this coronavirus era. Lots of companies

are rushing to install technology to make offices and workplaces safer. Censors that monitor our movements,

smartphone apps that alert us if we get too close to workmates,

and even devices that take our temperature that has become usual and expected.

In this program, we'll take a look at how this technology works and ask if it really is the answer we're looking for.

But first, today's quiz question.

The thermal cameras I mentioned screen for coronavirus by recording

skin temperature in the area of the body, which most closely resembles the internal body

temperature. But which area is that?

Is it A, the eye, B, the ear or see the nose?

I'll say A, the eye.

Okay, Sam, we'll find out later if you were right.

Now, as employees slowly return to work,

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