VOA常速英语2021--美国最大燃油管道运营商遭网络攻击关闭（在线收听）

The European Union has cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNtech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine and technology by agreeing to a massive contract extension for potential 1.8 billion doses through the year 2023.

欧盟同意将18亿剂疫苗的大规模采购合同延长至2023年，从而巩固了对辉瑞-BioNtech及其新型新冠疫苗和技术的支持。

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday that her office has just approved the contract for guaranteed 900 million doses and with the same number of doses as a future option.

欧盟委员会主席乌苏拉·冯·德莱恩星期六表示，她的办公室刚刚批准了保证9亿剂疫苗订单的合同，且未来可选择再购买9亿剂。

The contract has unanimous backing from the 27 EU member nations.

该合同得到了欧盟27个成员国的一致支持。

Von der Leyen says that the contract providing 1.8 billion doses for a block of 450 million residents will give the EU a lot of options.

乌苏拉·冯·德莱恩表示，为4.5亿居民提供18亿剂疫苗的合同将使欧盟有很多选择。

Hundreds of people were seen partying on Sunday in Madrid, welcoming the end of Spain's 11 p.m. curfew,

马德里数百人在周日举行派对，庆祝西班牙晚上11点宵禁的结束。

which was lifted in all but 4 of the country's 17 regions at midnight.

午夜时分，西班牙17个地区中只剩4个地区还未解除宵禁。

State of emergency imposed last October, allowing the central government to enforce a nationwide curfew and local travel bans,

西班牙在去年10月发布进入紧急状态，并允许中央政府执行全国宵禁和本地旅行禁令。

ended at midnight and hundreds of young Madrid residents took to the square, traditionally used to celebrate New Year's Eve, to cheer freedom, dance, play the drums and drink with their friends.

宵禁在午夜结束时，数百名马德里年轻居民来到了传统上用来庆祝新年除夕的广场，他们欢呼自由、跳舞、打鼓、与朋友喝酒。

Many were seen maskless and not complying with social distancing.

许多人没有佩戴口罩，没有遵守社会距离。

Madrid has a second highest COVID-19 incidence rate in Spain at 318 per 100,000 people.

在西班牙，马德里的新冠感染率位列第二，每10万人中就有318人确诊。

Top US fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has shut its entire network, the source of nearly half of the US East Coast fuel supply, after a cyber attack that company said it was caused by ransomware.

美国最大的燃油管道运营商Colonial Pipeline自称因遭受勒索软件的网络攻击而关闭了整个运输管道，该运输管道是美国东海岸近一半的燃料供应的来源。

The incident is one of the most disruptive digital ransom operations ever reported and has drawn attention to how critical US energy infrastructure is vulnerable to hackers.

这起事件是有史以来最具破坏性的数字勒索行动之一，并引起了人们对美国能源基础设施容易受到黑客攻击程度的关注。

Shut down has raise fears of price spikes at gasoline pumps ahead of peak summer travel season if it persist.

运输管道的关闭也让人们忧心忡忡，如果持续关闭，汽油价格将在夏季旅游旺季到来之前飙升。

Colonial transports 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other refined products through 5,500 miles of pipeline linking refineries and refiners on the Gulf Coast, to the eastern and southern United States.

Colonial公司通过5500英里管道，将墨西哥湾沿岸炼油厂连接到美国东部和南部，输送250万桶汽油、柴油、喷气燃料和其他精炼产品。

The US Navy says it seized an arms shipment hidden aboard a vessel in the Arabian Sea.

美国海军称在阿拉伯海扣押了一艘藏匿运送军火的船只。

The announcement Sunday marks the latest such interdiction by sailors amid the long running war in Yemen.

他们在星期天发表的声明标志着海军在也门长期战争中的最新一次军火拦截行动。