{"id":10594,"date":"2020-03-05T10:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=10594"},"modified":"2020-03-20T01:45:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T07:45:41","slug":"kaci-hickox-defiantly-rode-her-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/kaci-hickox-defiantly-rode-her-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"kaci hickox defiantly rode her bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>the overwhelming media coverage of the corona virus outbreak this year has  me of an incident that happened a few years back when cases of ebola were discovered in the u.s. kaci hickox, a nurse who was working with ebola patients in sierra leone, made headlines for demonstrating the sensibility and determination to return to her normal life despite efforts by politicians and the media to stigmatize her.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>this  edited re-post about what happened was originally posted october 31, 2014:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>though there have only been four cases of ebola diagnosed in the united states, the illness has been a gigantic story for global media it (grew, moved) from africa to america.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10614\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/141026133441-hickox-sierra-leone-tablet-large-2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"kaci hickox from her time in sierra leone--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s &quot;defiy&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>kaci hickox on the job<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>yesterday, the majority of the coverage of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/deal-with-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>dealt with<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (talked about)\u00a0<strong>kaci hickox<\/strong>, a nurse who returned to the u.s. last weekend after working with ebola patients in sierra leone. her reaction to a quarantine<a title=\"map that includes maine &amp; new jersey\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/maine-newjersey-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the states of new jersey and maine<\/a> have tried to impose on her has been in headlines all week, and her actions yesterday morning were, <strong><em>among other things<\/em><\/strong> (her actions represent other things too), a spectacular english lesson on how one incident can be described many similar but different ways.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10613\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ht_hickox_ml_141030_16x9_992-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"kaci hickox riding bike with her boyfriend--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s defiant\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ht_hickox_ml_141030_16x9_992-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ht_hickox_ml_141030_16x9_992.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>a bike ride through the countryside on a beautiful october morning&#8230;..<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>the global media was fascinated by the fact that ms hickox went for a bike ride with her boyfriend  (it didn&#8217;t matter to her) the state of maine insisting that she was under quarantine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10612\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_ebola_nurse_mar_141030_16x9_992-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"kaci hickox riding bike with her boyfriend--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s &quot;defiance&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_ebola_nurse_mar_141030_16x9_992-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ap_ebola_nurse_mar_141030_16x9_992.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>&#8230;..accompanied by the cops<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>different websites described it with different forms of the word <em><strong>defy<\/strong><\/em>, which means <em>resist, refuse or disobey.\u00a0<\/em>it is used as part of the expression <em><strong>death-defying<\/strong><\/em>, which means <em>very dangerous<\/em> and is the title of this song by the <strong>hoodoo gurus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hoodoo Gurus Death Defying\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aRHvTrfpiTI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the verb <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/defy-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defy<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>was perhaps the most commonly used way to explain what happened<strong>. <\/strong><strong><strong><a title=\"huffington post article on kaci hickox&#039;s bike ride\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/kaci-hickox-defies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the huffington post<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> reported<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title\"><strong>Nurse Kaci Hickox <\/strong><em><strong>Defies<\/strong><\/em><strong> Ebola Quarantine In Maine, Goes For Bike Ride<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"business insider article on kaci hickox\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/kaci-hickox-defiance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the business insider<\/a><\/strong> used a headline with the noun <em><strong>defiance<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Maine Nurse Goes On A Bike Ride With Her Boyfriend In <\/strong><em><strong>Defiance<\/strong><\/em><strong> Of Ebola Quarantine<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10610\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kaci-hickox_3085670b-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"kaci hickox--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s--defiant\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>the defiant maine nurse<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong><a title=\"washinton post article on kaci hickox&#039;s bike ride\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/kaci-hickox-defiant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the washington post<\/a><\/strong> described hickox as <em><strong>defiant<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>Defiant<\/em> Maine nurse Kaci Hickox emerges at center of debate on Ebola and civil rights<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>and <strong><\/strong> chose the adverb <em><strong>defiantly<\/strong><\/em> to describe hickox&#8217;s action<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><strong>Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox <em>defiantly<\/em> goes for a bike ride with boyfriend Ted Wilbur<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>all of these headlines give the same idea, but it is important to select the part of speech that the situation requires. if u change a noun for a verb or a verb for an adjective, etc. other people will probably understand u, but they will also subconsciously register that u said something <a title=\"i heart\u2026.\" href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/2013\/08\/19\/i-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">weird<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10611\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/en-contra-del-aislamiento_54418426809_53699622600_601_341-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"kaci hickox\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>kaci hickox<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>while i understand the necessity for politicians to make tough decisions to protect public health,having lived through <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/remembering-the-pig-flu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bureaucratically imposed lockdown<\/a> that exaggerated the real <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/threat-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>threat<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (imminent danger) of an epidemic i respect\u00a0kaci hickox&#8217;s 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