2021年CRI 拜登公布抗击新冠肺炎的国家战略 世界最大疫苗生产商突发大火

The White House has confirmed that President Joe Biden will be seeking a five-year extension to the New START arms control treaty with Russia.

The treaty is due to expire early next month.

It limits the United States and Russia to deploy¹ no more than 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads each.

Talks for prolonging the treaty had failed under Donald Trump².

U.S. President Joe Biden has unveiled a national strategy to combat COVID-19 that reflects the ideas he set forward during the presidential campaign.

The plan aims to ramp³ up vaccinations⁵ and testing, reopen schools and businesses, and increase the use of masks.

"Our plan starts with mounting an aggressive, safe and effective vaccination⁴ campaign to meet our goal of administering 100 million shots in our first 100 days in office. We're on day one. This will be one of the greatest operational challenges our nation has ever undertaken. And I'm committed to getting it done."

Biden warns that the crisis will "get worse before they get better." But he promised that "help is on the way."

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to approve a waiver for Lloyd Austin to serve as President Joe Biden's defense⁶ secretary.

Congress has to pass a waiver to allow the retired⁷ four-star general to take the job, as U.S. law requires Pentagon chiefs to be out of the military for at least seven years.

Austin retired in 2016.

He would be the first African American to run the Department of Defense if confirmed by the Senate.

China has expressed hopes for work to be done to repair and restore relations with the United States under President Joe Biden's administration.

Chinese Foreign Ministry⁸ spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks when she extended China's congratulations to Biden after his swearing in.

"I noticed that President Biden mentioned several times in his inauguration⁹ speech the word 'unity¹⁰.' I think this is precisely¹¹ what the China-US relationship needs at the moment."

Hua noted¹² that China-US relations became strained under former President Donald Trump's administration.

Hua expressed hope that the Biden administration will help restore the relationship, but stressed that China will continue to defend its sovereignty.

The Canadian Governor General has quit amid allegations of workplace harassment¹³.

Julie Payette resigned hours after the conclusion of an independent probe against her. Reports say the details of that report are "damaging."

Payette was appointed as the representative of Queen Elizabeth in October 2017 on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recommendation.

She will be replaced temporarily by Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme¹⁴ Court of Canada.

The head of the World Health Organization says the global COVID-19 caseload is expected to hit 100 million by the end of this month, but vaccines¹⁶ have the potential to bring the pandemic under control.

The disease has so far infected over 95 million people around the world with 2 million deaths.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says COVID-19 vaccination is now underway in more than 50 countries, yet all but two of them are high- or upper-middle income countries.

He also says that vaccines complement¹⁷ rather than replace fundamental public health measures.

European Union leaders have met to address mounting challenges of new and more infectious coronavirus variants¹⁸.

The leaders also discussed the slow roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines during the virtual meeting held on Thursday.

They were also expected to discuss the closure of the bloc's internal borders in efforts to stop the spread of the virus.

Germany has warned it could unilaterally decide to close its borders if other countries fail to restrict the spread of the new variants.

The European Commission says such border closures could harm the bloc's single market.

A fire broke out Thursday at a building of the world's largest vaccine¹⁵ maker¹⁹ with no casualties reported.

Serum²⁰ Institute of India says the fire was restricted to a new facility it is building to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines.

It says the fire did not affect existing facilities making COVID-19 vaccines or a stockpile of around 50 million doses.

The company has been contracted to manufacture a billion doses of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford²¹ University.

白宫证实，乔·拜登总统将寻求与俄罗斯将新的《削减战略武器条约》延长五年。

该条约将于下月初到期。

《削减战略武器条约》限制美国和俄罗斯各自部署不超过1550枚战略核弹头。

在唐纳德·特朗普执政期间，有关延长该条约的谈判以失败告终。

美国总统乔·拜登公布了一项对抗新冠疫情的国家战略，该战略反映了他在总统竞选期间提出的想法。

该计划旨在加大疫苗接种和检测力度，重新开放学校和企业，并增加口罩的使用。

“我们的计划首先开展积极、安全和有效的疫苗接种运动，以实现我们在上任100天内接种一亿针的目标。这是第一天。这将是我国有史以来面临的最大的作战挑战之一。而我致力于完成这一目标。”

拜登警告称，危机将“在好转之前变得更糟”。但他承诺，“救援正在路上”。

美国众议院已投票批准劳埃德·奥斯汀担任乔·拜登总统的国防部长的豁免权。

由于美国法律规定五角大楼首长至少要离开军队7年，因此国会必须一项豁免令，才能让这位退役的四星上将担任这一职务。

奥斯汀于2016年退役。

如果得到参议院批准，他将成为首位执掌国防部的非裔美国人。

中国表示，希望在乔·拜登总统的领导下，努力修复和恢复与美国的关系。

中国外交部发言人华春莹在拜登宣誓就职后向他表达了中国的祝贺。

“我注意到拜登总统在就职演说中多次强调‘团结’。我认为这也是当前中美关系所需要的。”

华春莹指出，中美关系在前总统特朗普执政期间变得紧张。

华春莹表示，希望拜登政府能帮助修复中美关系，但强调中国将继续捍卫主权。

加拿大总督因涉嫌职场骚扰而辞职。

朱莉·帕耶特辞职前的几个小时，针对她的独立调查刚刚结束。报道称，该报告的细节“具有破坏性”。

2017年10月，在总理贾斯廷·特鲁多的推荐下，帕耶特被任命为伊丽莎白女王的代表。

加拿大最高法院首席大法官理查德·瓦格纳将暂时接替她的职务。

世界卫生组织总干事表示，预计到本月底，全球新冠肺炎患者数将达到1亿，而疫苗有可能使疫情得到控制。

该疾病迄今已导致全球9500多万人感染，220万人死亡。

特德罗斯·阿达诺姆·盖布雷耶苏斯表示，新冠肺炎疫苗接种目前在50多个国家进行，但只有两个国家不是高收入或中高收入国家。

他还表示，疫苗是对基本公共卫生措施的补充，而不是替代。

欧盟领导人举行会议，以应对新型和更具传染性的冠状病毒变种带来的日益严峻的挑战。

在周四举行的虚拟会议上，领导人还讨论了新冠肺炎疫苗分发缓慢的问题。

预计他们还将讨论关闭欧盟内部边境以阻止病毒传播的问题。

德国警告称，如果其他国家未能限制新变种的传播，德国可能单方面决定关闭边境。

欧盟委员会表示，关闭边境可能会损害欧盟的单一市场。

周四，全球最大疫苗制造商的一栋大楼发生火灾，目前没有人员伤亡报告。

印度血清研究所表示，火灾仅限于其为增加新冠肺炎疫苗产量而正在建设的新设施。

该机构表示，火灾没有影响到现有的新冠肺炎疫苗生产设施，也没有影响到约5000万剂疫苗库存。

该公司已签署合同，生产10亿剂由阿斯利康公司和牛津大学联合研发的疫苗。

1 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。

4 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。

5 vaccinations   

n.种痘，接种( vaccination的名词复数 )；牛痘疤

参考例句：

• Vaccinations ensure one against diseases. 接种疫苗可以预防疾病。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's. 在医生那儿候诊时，我读了一些关于接种疫苗的宣传。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

8 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

9 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

10 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

11 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

12 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

13 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

14 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

15 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

16 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

17 complement   

n.补足物，船上的定员；补语；vt.补充，补足

参考例句：

• The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
• They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。

18 variants   

n.变体( variant的名词复数 )；变种；变型；（词等的）变体

参考例句：

• Those variants will be preserved in the'struggle for existence". 这些变异将在“生存竞争”中被保留下来。 来自辞典例句
• Like organisms, viruses have variants, generally called strains. 与其他生物一样，病毒也有变种，一般称之为株系。 来自辞典例句

19 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

20 serum   

n.浆液，血清，乳浆

参考例句：

• The serum is available to the general public.一般公众均可获得血清。
• Untreated serum contains a set of 11 proteins called complement.未经处理的血清含有一组蛋白质，共11种，称为补体。

21 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。