VOA常速英语2021--拜登再推2.3万亿基建法案（在线收听）

This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. President Joe Biden touted his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan Wednesday, hoping to summon public support to push past the Republicans lining up against the massive effort. AP's Ben Thomas reports. "...inaction simply is not an option." Speaking at the White House, the president says that's because the U.S. has fallen behind other countries. "America is no longer the leader of the world because we're not investing." Noting infrastructure evolves, Biden says things such as high speed Internet have become just as essential as roads and bridges. "We need to start seeing infrastructures through its effect on the lives of working people in America." As for funding it through an increase in the corporate tax rate, Biden says he is not looking to punish anybody. "... but damn it - maybe it's because I come from a middle-class neighborhood - I'm sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced." Again the president says he is open to ideas but "I will not impose any tax increases on people making less than $400,000 a year." Ben Thomas, Washington.

欢迎收听美国之音新闻。我是大卫·伯德，为您远程报道。美国总统乔·拜登星期三大肆宣传其2.3万亿美元的基础设施建设计划，希望能得到公众的支持，以压制反对这项大规模建设计划的共和党人。请听美联社记者本·托马斯报道。“……不作为根本不是一种选择。”拜登总统在白宫表示，推行这项计划是因为美国已经落后于其他国家。“因为我们没有投资，美国已不再是世界领导者。”注意到基础设施的发展，拜登表示，高速互联网已经变得和道路和桥梁一样重要。“我们需要开始通过基础设施对美国劳动人民生活的影响来看待它。”至于通过提高公司税率来筹集资金，拜登说他不打算惩罚任何人。"……但该死的——也许是因为我来自中产阶级社区——我厌倦了普通人被压榨的情况。”拜登总统再次表示，他对各种想法持开放态度，但“我不会对年收入低于40万美元的人增税。”本·托马斯，华盛顿报道

The EU's drug regulator said Wednesday it had found a possible link between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and a rare clotting disorder but recommended the vaccine's continued use. Emer Cooke is the executive director of the European Medicines Agency. "A plausible explanation for these rare side events is that, is an immune response to the vaccine, leading to a condition similar to one seen sometimes in patients treated with heparin. It's called heparin-induced thrombocytopenia." Most of the cases reported have occurred in women under 60 within 2 weeks of vaccination. But based on the currently available evidence, the EMA was not able to identify specific risk factors. Experts reviewed several dozen cases that came mainly from Europe and the United Kingdom, where around 25 million people have received the AstraZeneca vaccine.

欧盟药品监管机构周三表示，已经发现阿斯利康冠状病毒疫苗与一种罕见的凝血障碍之间可能存在联系，但建议继续使用该疫苗。埃默·库克是欧洲药品管理局的执行主任。“针对罕见副作用，合理的解释是该疫苗产生了免疫反应，造成类似于肝素治疗患者有时出现的情况。这叫肝素诱导的血小板减少症。”报告的大多数病例发生在60岁以下妇女接种疫苗后2周内。但根据目前的证据，欧洲药品管理局无法确定具体的风险因素。专家们审查了几十例主要来自欧洲和英国的病例，在那里大约有2500万人接种了阿斯利康疫苗。