VOA常速英语2020--拜登正式当选,白宫仍不让步（在线收听）

This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Jim Bertel. A day after the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden is the U.S. president-elect, the White House is still not ready to concede. AP's Sagar Meghani reports. A day after the Electoral College confirmed Biden as the next president, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany shrugged it off. "Yesterday's vote was one step in the constitutional process," saying President Trump is still involved in legally challenging the election. Hours earlier on the Senate floor, "our country has officially a president-elect," Republican leader Mitch McConnell breaking his election silence and congratulating Biden, who in turn says he called his old colleague to say thanks. Sagar Meghani, Washington.

这里是美国之音新闻。我是吉姆·伯特尔，为您进行远程报道。在美国选举人团确认拜登当选总统的第二天，白宫仍不准备让步。请听美联社记者萨加尔·梅根进行详细报道。在选举人团确认拜登为下一任总统的第二天，白宫发言人凯利·麦克纳尼还是对此不屑一顾。“昨天的投票只是在走宪法程序，”他还表示，特朗普总统仍在参与针对此次选举的法律挑战。几个小时前，在参议院，共和党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔表示“我国正式选出总统，”他打破竞选沉默，向拜登表示祝贺。拜登继而打电话向这位老同僚表示感谢。萨加尔·梅根华盛顿报道。

The World Health Organization says it is in discussions with Pfizer and Moderna about possibly including their hi-tech coronavirus vaccines among vaccines for poor countries at affordable prices. The (wh ba... WHO-backed COVAX facility, created to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world as they become available, is aiming to provide some two billion doses by the end of next year. Meanwhile, the Moderna vaccine appeared set for regulatory authorization this week in the U.S. Reuters Colette Luke has more. One day after Americans began getting vaccinated against COVID-19, a second vaccine - this one from Moderna - is on track for FDA approval this week after U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff endorsed it as safe and effective in documents released Tuesday. Moderna could get the green light as early as Friday, according to The New York Times, making millions of doses available to Americans within days. Moderna's approval would follow FDA's granting of emergency use of Pfizer's vaccine and would help the United States fulfill its promise to inoculate 20 million people this month. This is VOA news.

世界卫生组织表示，他们正在与辉瑞公司和莫德纳公司进行讨论，探讨是否有可能将这两家公司研制的高科技冠状病毒疫苗包括在以可负担价格为贫穷国家提供的疫苗中。世卫组织支持的新冠疫苗保障机制(COVAX facility)是为确保在全球范围内公平获得新冠疫苗而设立，该机制旨在明年年底前提供约20亿剂疫苗。与此同时，莫德纳疫苗似乎将于本周在美国获得监管机构的批准。请听路透社柯莱特·卢克带来详细报道。在美国人开始接种新冠疫苗的第二天，第二种疫苗（由莫德纳公司研制的疫苗）有望在本周获得食品和药物管理局批准，此前，美国食品和药物管理局工作人员在星期二公布的文件中表示，该疫苗安全有效。据《纽约时报》报道，莫德纳疫苗最早将于周五获得批准，这使得美国人在几天内就可以获得数百万剂疫苗。在食品和药物管理局批准辉瑞疫苗紧急使用后，莫德纳疫苗也将获得批准，并帮助美国履行本月为2000万人接种疫苗的承诺。美国之音新闻。