VOA慢速英语2020 越南女学生画下新冠病毒引发的混乱局面

Vietnamese schoolgirl Nguyen Doi Chung Anh was forced to stay in her Hanoi home for months because of COVID-19 restrictions¹. The ten-year-old spent much of her time inside creating artwork. Her pictures explore both the sadness and the heroism² of the world's battle with the pandemic. 

由于新冠肺炎限制措施，越南女学生阮多仲安被迫在河内的家里呆了几个月时间。这个10岁的孩子大部分时间都在画画。她的画探讨了这次全球对抗大流行当中的悲伤和英雄气概。

Chung Anh uses colored pencils to make her drawings. One picture shows the spread of coronavirus in Europe and America. It includes representations³ of famous national landmarks⁴ like the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. In the picture, the Statue of Liberty is crying.

仲安用彩铅作画。有张画显示了新冠病毒在欧洲和美国的传播。画中包含了著名的国家地标，如埃菲尔铁塔、大本钟和比萨斜塔。在这幅画中，自由女神像在哭泣。

Chung Ahn also draws pictures that representing Vietnam's efforts to contain the virus. One shows two Vietnamese soldiers holding a passenger plane that has been struck by the virus. Another shows war planes from which medical workers spray the passenger plane with disinfectant.

仲安还作画表现了越南遏制该病毒的努力。有张画显示有两名越南士兵抓着一架被病毒击中的客机。另一副画显示了医务人员从战机上给客机喷洒消毒剂。

Those pictures represent the flight VN54, which brought new infection to the country after Vietnam reported it was virus-free."I drew this with hope that they can keep their spirits high to prevent an outbreak," Chung Anh said, speaking of the frontline workers, adding "This girl is me, here I am drawing and these things are my imagination."

这些画代表了VN54航班，该航班在越南报告病毒清零后，又给该国带来了新的感染。仲安在谈到前线防疫人员时表示：“我画这幅画是希望他们可以保持士气高涨，防止疫情爆发。”她还说：“画中的这个女孩是我，我在这里作画，这些都是我的想象。”

Several pictures show the cruise⁵ ship Diamond Princess. More than 700 passengers and crew on the ship became infected with the new coronavirus. The ship was held under quarantine at a Japanese port for more than three months. Fourteen people died, all of them passengers.

有几张画画了钻石公主号邮轮。船上有7百多名乘客和船员感染了新冠病毒。该邮轮在日本港口被隔离检疫了三个月以上。有14人死亡，他们全部都是乘客。

I'm Susan Shand.

我是苏珊·尚德。

1 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

2 heroism   

n.大无畏精神，英勇

参考例句：

• He received a medal for his heroism.他由于英勇而获得一枚奖章。
• Stories of his heroism resounded through the country.他的英雄故事传遍全国。

3 representations   

n.陈述，投诉，抗议；表现( representation的名词复数 )；陈述；表现…的事物；有代理人

参考例句：

• Naturally, we tend to use old representations in our new environments. 同样很自然的，在新的环境里，我们习惯于采用旧的表达方式。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• They made representations to the college cook about the bad food. 他们向学校厨师抗议伙食太差。 来自辞典例句

4 landmarks   

n.陆标( landmark的名词复数 )；目标；（标志重要阶段的）里程碑 ~ (in sth)；有历史意义的建筑物（或遗址）

参考例句：

• The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. 孩子的出世是我们俩关系中的一个重要转折点。 来自辞典例句

5 cruise   

v.巡航，航游，缓慢巡行；n.海上航游

参考例句：

• They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
• She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。