美国有线新闻 CNN 车队在美加边境发起抗议活动

In several places along the border between the United States and Canada, convoys² of large trucks, tankers³ and farm equipment have blocked the passage.

在美国和加拿大边境的几个地方，由大型卡车、油罐车和农业设备组成的车队封锁了通道。

These are demonstrations⁴ that started two weeks ago in the Canadian capital of Ottawa.

这是两周前加拿大首都渥太华开始的示威活动。

Initially⁵ truck drivers were protesting a new rule in Canada that required them to be fully⁶ vaccinated⁷ against COVID-19 in order to cross the border.

起初，卡车司机抗议加拿大的一项新规定，该规定要求他们完全接种新冠病毒疫苗才能过境。

If they're not vaccinated, they have to spend two weeks in quarantine before they can drive through the country.

如果他们没有接种疫苗，他们必须在隔离两周后才能开车穿过这个国家。

The demonstrators call their protest "The Freedom Convoy¹".

示威者称他们的抗议活动为“自由车队”。

And while Canada says almost 90 percent of its truckers are fully vaccinated and eligible⁸ to cross the border,

虽然加拿大表示，该国近90%的卡车司机都接种了疫苗，有资格跨越边境，

more groups have joined the protests, speaking out against other COVID restrictions⁹ like mask mandates¹⁰, lockdowns and limits on how many people can get together.

但更多的组织加入了抗议活动，公开反对其他针对新冠的限制，如口罩命令、封锁和限制聚集人数。

The impact [that] is having isn't just on border traffic.

这不仅对边境交通造成影响。

Car companies including Ford¹¹, General Motors and Toyota said they've had to decrease production or temporarily close plants, because they aren't able to get the supplies they need to make as many cars.

包括福特、通用汽车和丰田在内的汽车公司表示，他们已经不得不减产或暂时关闭工厂，因为他们无法获得生产更多汽车所需的供应。

Though some public monuments have reportedly been defaced, the protests have been largely peaceful.

尽管有报道称一些公共纪念碑遭到破坏，但抗议活动基本上是和平的。

But Canadian government officials haven't been lawful¹².

但加拿大政府官员并不合法。

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the demonstrators quote, "don't have the right to blockade our economy or our democracy or our fellow citizens daily lives."

加拿大总理贾斯廷·特鲁多表示，示威者“没有权利封锁我们的经济、我们的民主、我们公民同胞的日常生活。”

A protestor interviewed by CNN said he lost his job because he didn't take a COVID vaccine¹³.

美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)采访的一名抗议者表示，他失去了工作，因为他没有接种新冠疫苗。

And it's not right for companies to be able to take away people's livelihoods¹⁴ over that.

公司就这样夺走人们的生计是不对的。

The blockade that started in Ottawa has spread to other border crossings between Canada and the U.S.

始于渥太华的封锁已经蔓延到加拿大和美国之间的其他边境口岸。

Similar "Freedom Convoy" events have been reported in Australia and New Zealand.

澳大利亚和新西兰也报道了类似的“自由车队”活动。

And this week, American government officials said they've seen indications that convoys are being organized in the U.S. also in opposition¹⁵ to vaccine mandates for truck drivers and other restrictions.

本周，美国政府官员表示，他们看到有迹象表明，美国也在组织车队，反对对卡车司机实施疫苗授权和其他限制。

U.S. officials say demonstrations could impact the Super Bowl on Sunday or President Joe Biden's State of the Union Speech on March 1st.

美国官员说，示威活动可能会影响周日的超级碗比赛或乔·拜登总统3月1日的国情咨文演讲。

Authorities say they haven't seen calls for violence with these demonstrations.

当局表示，他们没有看到示威活动中出现暴力呼吁。

They're expected to be peaceful, but officials are working with law enforcement to make sure communities are protected.

预计这些活动将是和平的，但官员们正在与执法部门合作，确保社区受到保护。

1 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

2 convoys   

n.（有护航的）船队( convoy的名词复数 )；车队；护航（队）；护送队

参考例句：

• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here. 车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys. 一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目，直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。 来自辞典例句

3 tankers   

运送大量液体或气体的轮船[卡车]( tanker的名词复数 )； 油轮； 罐车； 油槽车

参考例句：

• They should stop offloading waste from oil tankers into the sea. 他们应当停止从油轮上往海里倾倒废弃物。
• The harbour admits large tankers and freighters. 这个港口容得下巨型油船和货轮。

4 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

5 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

7 vaccinated   

[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的

参考例句：

• I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

8 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

9 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

10 mandates   

托管（mandate的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Individual mandates would require all people to purchase health insurance. 个人托管要求所有人都要购买健康保险。
• While I agree with those benefits, I'm not a supporter of mandates. 我同意上述好处，我不是授权软件的支持者。

11 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

12 lawful   

adj.法律许可的，守法的，合法的

参考例句：

• It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
• We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。

13 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。

14 livelihoods   

生计，谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者，他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小，他们的传统生计受到了威胁。

15 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。