美国有线新闻 CNN 新冠病毒起源成谜 谜团依然待解

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: We know what it's doing. We know where it's spreading. But where did COVID-19 come from? That's the first thing we're looking for today on CNN 10 and we're happy to have you along for the hunt. I'm Carl Azuz.

CNN10分钟新闻主持人卡尔·阿祖兹：我们知道新冠肺炎的影响。也知道其在哪里传播。但新冠肺炎来自哪里？这是今天CNN10分钟新闻要寻找的第一个答案，很高兴大家和我们一起踏上旅程。我是卡尔·阿祖兹。

The first known cases of the new coronavirus appeared last December in Wuhan, China. It's a city in the east central part of the country. At first, scientists widely believed the outbreak started at a seafood¹ animal market in Wuhan that someone came into contact with COVID-19 there and then began spreading it to others. But now, researchers are divided on that explanation because some of the first people with the disease reportedly hadn't been to the market.

去年12月，中国武汉出现已知首例新冠病毒病例。武汉是位于中国中东部的城市。起初，科学家普遍认为新冠疫情始于武汉一家海鲜市场，有人在那里接触到新冠肺炎后传染给他人。但现在，研究人员对这一解释存在分歧，因为据报道，部分第一批感染者中有人没有去过该市场。

Since December, China says it's had more than 82,000 cases of coronavirus, that more than 3,300 people have died from it and that more than 77,000 have recovered. But some international observers and health officials have suggested the numbers might be higher than that. They've accused the Chinese government of not telling the whole truth when it comes to the number of cases and deaths from coronavirus.

中国表示，自去年12月以来，中国确诊病例超过8.2万例，其中死亡病例超过3300例，康复病例超过7.7万例。但一些国际观察人士和卫生官员认为，真实数据可能比这更高。他们指责称，就冠状病毒感染病例和死亡病例而言，中国政府没有说出全部真相。

Chinese government officials say they've given open, transparent² and timely updates and they've accused nations like the United States of trying to politicize the virus. Because there's so much mystery about it, there are a number of conspiracy³ theories surrounding COVID-19, beliefs that an accident or even intentional⁴ action by humans led to the virus' spread. But some of the scientists who track down the origins of diseases say that's not what happened.

中国政府官员表示，他们公开、透明且及时地发布了疫情最新信息，同时指责美国等国家试图将新冠病毒政治化。因为该病毒存在太多谜团，因此围绕新冠肺炎有很多阴谋论，还有人认为导致该病毒传播的是人类意外甚至是故意的行为。但一些追踪该疾病起源的科学家表示，事实并非如此。

1 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

2 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

3 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

4 intentional   

adj.故意的，有意（识）的

参考例句：

• Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
• His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。