美联社新闻一分钟 AP 阿富汗四个省会城市沦陷

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

The Taliban has taken four more provincial¹ capitals in Afghanistan in an offensive that is gradually encircling the capital of Kabul.

塔利班在逐步包围首都喀布尔的攻势中又占领了阿富汗的四个省会城市。

In just the last 24 hours, the country's second- and third-largest cities, Herat in the west and Kandahar in the south, have fallen.

在过去的24小时里，阿富汗的第二和第三大城市，西部的赫拉特和南部的坎大哈都沦陷了。

U.S. health officials have acknowledged more than 1 million Americans got extra coronavirus vaccine² doses before it was authorized³.

美国卫生官员承认，在获得批准之前，超过100万美国人已经额外接种了新冠病毒疫苗。

The Food and Drug Administration this week authorized an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines⁴ in people with weakened immune systems.

本周，美国食品和药物管理局(Food and Drug Administration)批准给免疫系统较弱的人群接种一剂额外的辉瑞(Pfizer)或莫德纳(Moderna)疫苗。

Some schools and local governments in Texas are openly defying Governor Greg Abbott's ban on mask mandates⁶.

德克萨斯州的一些学校和地方政府公开藐视州长格雷格·阿博特(Greg Abbott)禁止戴口罩的命令。

The board of the Houston Independent School District passed a mask mandate⁵ Thursday night at a heated board meeting.

休斯顿独立学区董事会周四晚间在一次激烈的董事会会议上通过了一项口罩令。

Extreme heat is invading parts of the US Northeast and mid-Atlantic region.

酷热正在侵袭美国东北部和大西洋中部地区的部分地区。

Temperatures were expected to reach 100 Fahrenheit⁷ in the Nation's capitalon Friday.

周五，首都的气温预计将达到100华氏度（约37.8摄氏度）。

1 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

2 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。

3 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

4 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。

5 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

6 mandates   

托管（mandate的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Individual mandates would require all people to purchase health insurance. 个人托管要求所有人都要购买健康保险。
• While I agree with those benefits, I'm not a supporter of mandates. 我同意上述好处，我不是授权软件的支持者。

7 Fahrenheit   

n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)

参考例句：

• He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
• The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。