美联社新闻一分钟 AP 加州总检察长警告居民小心冒充零食的非法大麻食品

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

President Biden arrived in Rome early Friday, for a meeting with Pope Francis and a summit with G-20 leaders.

美国总统拜登周五早上抵达罗马，他会见了方济各教皇，并参加二十国集团领导人峰会。

Next he goes to Scotland, for talks on the pandemic, economic growth and climate change.

接下来，他将前往苏格兰参加有关疫情、经济增长和气候变化的会谈。

President Biden says he reached a deal with Democrats¹ in Congress for his domestic policy plan.

拜登总统说，他与国会中的民主党人就他的国内政策计划达成了协议。

He still needs to nail down some Democratic votes, after some priorities like paid family leave were dropped.

在带薪家庭假等优先事项被放弃后，他仍然需要确认一些民主党人的投票。

Some of the workers at a NASA rocket engine test site in Mississippi protested against a pending² coronavirus vaccine³ mandate⁴.

美国国家航空航天局(NASA)密西西比州火箭发动机试验场的一些工作人员抗议一项即将生效的新冠疫苗强制令。

Federal contractor⁵ employees are required to be vaccinated⁶ by December 8th.

联邦承包商雇员被要求在12月8日之前接种疫苗。

And California's Attorney General Rob Bonta is warning residents to look out for very strong cannabis edibles⁷, disguised as popular snacks and candy.

加利福尼亚州总检察长罗伯·邦塔警告居民要小心烈性大麻食品，它们被伪装成流行的零食和糖果。

He says the items have levels of THC, the main intoxicating⁸ chemical in cannabis, that are far beyond the legal limit.

他说，这些食品的四氢大麻酚的含量远远超出了法定标准。四氢大麻酚是大麻中主要的致幻化学物质。

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

3 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。

4 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。

5 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

6 vaccinated   

[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的

参考例句：

• I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

7 edibles   

可以吃的，可食用的( edible的名词复数 )； 食物

参考例句：

• They freely offered for sale what edibles they had. 他们很自愿地把他们的一点点可吃的东西卖给我们。
• Our edibles the wild vegetable. 我们只能吃野菜。

8 intoxicating   

a. 醉人的,使人兴奋的

参考例句：

• Power can be intoxicating. 权力能让人得意忘形。
• On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent. 夏日的傍晚，鲜花散发出醉人的芳香。