VOA常速英语2020--英国入境美国游客须持有核酸检测证明

This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Liz Parker. The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to increase COVID-19 relief checks for most Americans. The vote Monday now sends the bill to the Senate where the outcome is uncertain. President Donald Trump¹ reluctantly signed a more than $2 trillion government funding in pandemic relief package on Sunday but now before demanding lawmakers increase $600 payments to Americans to $2,000. Democrats² who favor the boost had settled for the smaller $600 payments in a compromise with Republicans over the big year-end relief bill. The vote divides Republicans who mostly resist more spending but many House Republicans did join (in) in support.

这里是美国之音新闻。我是利兹·帕克，为您进行远程播报。美国众议院以压倒性多数投票通过了增加适用于大多数美国人的新冠肺炎救济提案所规定的纾困金额度。本周一进行投票的提案目前也将提交至参议院投票表决，结果尚不明朗。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周日勉强签署了一项超过2万亿美元的政府疫情救助计划，但现在他要求议员们将向美国人支付的600美元增加到2000美元。支持提高纾困额度的民主党人曾与共和党人就年终救济法案达成妥协意见，勉强接受600美元的少量纾困金。共和党人对此次投票产生分歧，他们大多反对增加支出额度，但许多众议院共和党人确实加入了支持的行列。

The World Health Organization head is calling for an increase in genomic sequencing of the coronavirus after new variants⁴ have been detected in Britain and South Africa. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at an online news conference from Geneva, quote, "only if countries are looking and testing effectively, will you be able to pick up variants and adjust strategies to cope." He said the WHO is working closely with scientists across the world to "better understand any and all changes to the virus" and their impacts.

世界卫生组织负责人呼吁增加对新冠病毒的基因组测序，英国和南非此前发现了新冠病毒的新变种。世卫组织总干事泰德罗·阿达诺姆·盖布雷耶苏斯在日内瓦举行的一次在线新闻发布会上说，“只有当各国能够有效地观察和检测到病毒新变体时，医疗机构才能够调整应对策略。”他说，世卫组织正与世界各地的科学家密切合作，以“更好地了解病毒的任何和所有变化”及其影响。

British officials have said the new coronavirus variant³ first identified in the country is more contagious⁵. It has led to increased lockdowns and a wave of global travel restrictions⁶ on Britain. On Monday, more countries, including Finland and South Korea, detected their first cases of (a) new coronavirus variant. U.S. authorities said passengers arriving from Britain must test negative for COVID-19 three days before departure. That new (orderv) order effective Monday. This is VOA news.

英国官员称，在英国首次发现的新冠病毒的新变种更具传染性。病毒变异已经引发了更多的封锁以及针对英国的全球旅行限制浪潮。周一，包括芬兰和韩国在内的更多国家发现了国内第一例新冠状病毒变异病例。美国当局称，从英国抵达的乘客必须出具出发前三天内的新冠肺炎阴性检测证明。这项新的命令于星期一生效。这里是美国之音新闻。

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 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》

3 variant   

adj.不同的，变异的；n.变体，异体

参考例句：

• We give professional suggestions according to variant tanning stages for each customer.我们针对每位顾客不同的日晒阶段，提供强度适合的晒黑建议。
• In a variant of this approach,the tests are data- driven.这个方法的一个变种，是数据驱动的测试。

4 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

5 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

6 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