美联社新闻一分钟 AP 缅甸突发军事政变

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Myanmar's military has staged a coup¹ and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The takeover was a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven², progress toward democracy Myanmar has made following five decades of military rule.

缅甸军方发动政变，拘留了包括诺贝尔奖得主昂山素季(Aung San Suu Kyi)在内的多名政界高官。缅甸在经历了50年的军事统治后，在走向民主的道路上取得了巨大进步，虽然这一进步是不平衡的，但这次政变是对这一进步的一个急剧逆转。

President Joe Biden is set to meet with a group of 10 Republican senators who've proposed $618 billion in coronavirus aid. That's about a third of what he's seeking. The Republicans propose slimmer benefits, including $1,000 in direct payments to individuals earning up to $40,000 a year, or $80,000 for couples.

美国总统乔·拜登将会见10名共和党参议员，他们提出了6180亿美元的冠状病毒援助计划。这大概只达到他三分之一的目标。共和党提议减少福利，包括向年收入不超过4万美元的个人或年收入不超过8万美元的夫妇直接支付1000美元。

The latest winter storm to wallop the Northeast shut down vaccination³ sites and snarled⁴ other pandemic-related services in many states that could see as much as a foot of snow by this evening. A nor'easter developing off the mid-Atlantic coast is expected to bring heavy snow and strong winds through tomorrow.

受最近东北部的冬季风暴影响，疫苗接种点关闭，许多州的其他与大流行相关的服务也陷入混乱，到今晚，多州的积雪可能达到一英尺。大西洋中部海岸的东北风预计将在明天带来大雪和强风。

And a four-year effort to modernize⁵ the International Space Station's power grid⁶ is finally wrapping up. A pair of NASA astronauts ventured out on a spacewalk Monday to install the last battery component⁷. It's the second spacewalk in five days for Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover.

四年来对国际空间站电网进行现代化改造的努力终于结束了。周一，两名美国宇航局宇航员冒险进行太空行走，安装最后一个电池组件。这是迈克·霍普金斯和维克多·格洛弗五天内的第二次太空行走。

1 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

2 uneven   

adj.不平坦的，不规则的，不均匀的

参考例句：

• The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。
• The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。

3 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。

4 snarled   

v.（指狗）吠，嗥叫， （人）咆哮( snarl的过去式和过去分词 )；咆哮着说，厉声地说

参考例句：

• The dog snarled at us. 狗朝我们低声吼叫。
• As I advanced towards the dog, It'snarled and struck at me. 我朝那条狗走去时，它狂吠着向我扑来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 modernize   

vt.使现代化，使适应现代的需要

参考例句：

• It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他们使国家进行工业现代化，明显失败了。
• There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。

6 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

7 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。