美联社新闻一分钟 AP 美国加州山火持续蔓延

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Authorities in remote southwestern Virginia say flooding has left more than 100 homes damaged and about 40 people unaccounted for.

弗吉尼亚州西南部偏远地区当局称，洪水已造成100多座房屋受损，约40人下落不明。

Search crews are contending with blocked roads and washed out bridges as they try to reach residents.

搜救人员正在处理被阻塞的道路和被冲毁的桥梁，试图找到当地居民。

President Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday.

拜登总统星期四会见以色列总理亚伊尔·拉皮德。

The president told Israeli TV, he is committed to bringing back the Iran nuclear deal.

拜登告诉以色列电视台，他承诺要恢复伊朗核协议。

Former President Trump¹ pulled the US out of that agreement.

前总统特朗普让美国退出了这项协议。

COVID-19 hospital admission and death rates are going up, and new omicron variants² are being blamed.

新冠肺炎的入院率和死亡率都在上升，新的奥密克戎变体被认为是始作俑者。

Los Angeles County officials say the indoor mask mandate³ may have to come back.

洛杉矶县官员表示，可能不得不恢复室内强制佩戴口罩规定。

The wildfire that threatened giant sequoia⁴ trees in Yosemite National Park is moving east into the Sierra National Forest.

威胁到约塞米蒂国家公园巨型红杉树的野火正在向东蔓延到塞拉国家森林公园。

Authorities in California say the fire has burned more than 6.6 square miles and was just 23% contained on Wednesday night.

加州当局表示，大火烧毁面积超过6.6平方英里，周三晚上仅有23%的火势得到控制。

1 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。

2 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

3 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。

4 sequoia   

n.红杉

参考例句：

• The sequoia national forest is at the southern end of the sierra nevada range.红杉国家公园位于内华达山脉南端尽头处。
• The photo shows the enormous general Sherman tree in California's sequoia national park.照片显示的是加利福尼亚州红杉国家公园内巨大的谢尔曼将军树。