VOA常速英语2021--美国新冠疫苗加强针争议不断

This is VOA News. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd.

这里是美国之音新闻。我是大卫·伯德，为您远程报道。

The Pentagon has reversed itself over a drone strike last month in Afghanistan that killed 10 civilians¹.

针对上个月在阿富汗造成10名平民死亡的无人机袭击，五角大楼改变了自己的说法。

AP's Sagar Meghani reports.

美联社萨加尔·梅格哈尼带来报道。

Days after the strike, Joint² Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley had said it was a valid³ attack against an Islamic State extremist.

袭击发生几天后，参谋长联席会议主席马克·米利表示，这是针对伊斯兰国极端分子的一次合法袭击。

"... and it was a righteous strike."

“……这是一次正义的打击。”

But a Pentagon investigation⁴ now shows it was something different.

但五角大楼的一项调查如今表明，事情并非如此。

"... the strike was a tragic⁵ mistake."

＂... 这次袭击是一个悲剧性的错误。”

General Frank McKenzie who heads U.S. Central Command says the military believed it struck a vehicle that posed an imminent⁶ threat to forces at Kabul's airport.

美国中央司令部司令弗兰克·麦肯齐将军说，军方认为它击中了一辆对喀布尔机场部队构成紧迫威胁的车辆。

"... we now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with ISIS-K, or a direct threat to U.S. forces."

“……我们现在评估，这辆车和死者不太可能与ISIS-K有关，也不太可能对美国军队构成直接威胁。”

It was the final strike of America's longest war and Mackenzie says the U.S. is considering reparation payments to the victims' families.

这是对美国最长战争的最后一次打击，麦肯齐表示，美国正在考虑向遇难者家属支付赔偿金。

Sagar Meghani, Washington.

萨加尔·梅格哈尼华盛顿报道。

Advisers⁷ at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have rejected recommending widespread use of a third dose of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine⁹.

美国食品和药物管理局的顾问拒绝了推广使用辉瑞公司的第三剂冠状病毒疫苗的建议。

AP's Ed Donahue reports.

美联社埃德·多纳休带来报道。

The vote was 16 to 2 against three doses, a setback¹⁰ for the White House.

反对第三剂疫苗的投票结果是16比2，这对白宫来说是一次挫折。

Adviser⁸ Dr. Michael Kurilla says they need more data.

顾问迈克尔·库里拉博士表示，他们需要更多的数据。

"I think we need to target the boosters right now, but specifically to the people who are likely to be at high risk, and it's an older population, it's immunocompromised."

“我认为我们现在是需要攻克加强针的，但这是专门针对那些可能处于高风险状态的人，是年长的人群，是免疫有缺陷的人群。”

And the advisers later voted to recommend the extra dose to those people.

顾问们随后投票建议这类人群接种加强针。

Adviser Dr. Amanda Cohn at the CDC says the focus should stay on two doses.

美国疾病控制与预防中心的顾问阿曼达·科恩博士表示，重点应该放在那两剂疫苗上。

"...it is clear that the unvaccinated are driving transmission."

“……很明显，是未接种疫苗的人群正在推动传播。”

The Biden administration was hoping for the three-dose recommendation to shore up protection from the Delta¹¹ variant¹².

拜登政府希望建议接种三剂疫苗来加强对德尔塔变种的防护。

Ed Donahue, Washington.

埃德·多纳休于华盛顿报道。

A down day on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrials losing 0.48 percent, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ dropped by 0.91 percent.

今天华尔街股市下跌，道琼斯工业平均指数下跌0.48%，标准普尔500指数和纳斯达克指数下跌0.91%。

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这里是美国之音新闻。

1 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

6 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

7 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

8 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

9 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

10 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

11 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

12 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。