澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 国外暗网出售新冠康复者血浆 美国一季度经济下滑4.8%

Tasmania and the Northern Territory are expected to move to the next phase of their coronavirus responses today, in a growing sign Australia is on the road to recovery. Fewer than one-thousand cases remain active across the country, with just 17 new infections in the past day. South Australia has now recorded a week without a new case. New South Wales remains¹ the country's worst-affected state, and there's deep concern about a serious cluster of infection at the Newmarch House nursing home in western Sydney, where another resident died yesterday.

今天，塔斯马尼亚和北领地将进入冠状病毒应对计划的下一阶段，越来越多的迹象表明，澳大利亚正在逐步复苏。目前澳大利亚全国现有病例不到1000例，过去一天仅有17例新增病例。南澳大利亚州已连续一周无新增病例。新南威尔士州仍是澳大利亚疫情最严重的州，人们对悉尼西部Newmarch House养老院发生的严重群聚感染深感担忧，该养老院昨天又有一名居民死亡。

Blood claimed to be from recovered coronavirus patients is being offered on the Dark Web as a "passive vaccine²". Researchers from the Australian national university have uncovered hundreds of illegal coronavirus-related products for sale online. One alleged³ "cure" was priced at almost 25-thousand dollars.

据称是从冠状病毒康复患者身上提取的血液在暗网上出售，并被称为“被动疫苗”。澳大利亚国立大学的研究人员发现，有数百种与冠状病毒有关的非法产品在网上出售。其中一种所谓的“药物”的价格接近2.5万美元。

The coronavirus crisis has caused the US economy to suffer its most severe contraction⁴ in more than a decade. The world's largest economy has shrunk by four-point-eight per cent during the first quarter. The US death toll⁵ is now nearing 60-thousand people. Meanwhile in the UK, 26 thousand people have died. Britain now has Europe's second highest offical death toll from the pandemic.

冠状病毒危机导致美国经济遭遇10多年以来的最严重下滑。全球最大经济体（指美国）今年第一季度经济缩水4.8%。目前美国的死亡人数已接近6万人。同时，英国的死亡人数达到2.6万人。现在英国疫情的官方死亡人数已升至欧洲第二。

At least 38 people have been killed with more feared dead, in a fire at a South Korean construction site. The blaze in Icheon was caused by an explosion of flammable material being used to build a warehouse⁶.

韩国一建筑工地发生火灾，造成至少38人死亡，死亡人数恐进一步上升。火灾发生在利川，可能因用于建造仓库的易燃材料发生爆炸所致。

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 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。

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 contraction   

n.缩略词，缩写式，害病

参考例句：

• The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
• The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。

5 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

6 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。