美联社新闻一分钟 AP 美国政府:新冠疫苗将直供零售药房

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

President Joe Biden's administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines¹ to U.S. pharmacies², part of its plan to ramp³ up vaccinations⁴. The government will initially⁵ ship about one million doses to some 6,500 pharmacies around the country, starting next week.

乔·拜登总统的政府将开始向美国药店提供新冠肺炎疫苗，这是其加强疫苗接种计划的一部分。政府将从下周开始向全国大约6500家药店配送大约100万剂疫苗。

Two FBI agents have been killed and three wounded while trying to serve a search warrant involving violence against children in Sunrise, Florida. The suspect also died.

两名联邦调查局探员在执行佛罗里达州日出城针对儿童暴力的搜查令时被杀，三人受伤。嫌疑人也已死亡。

The Senate has approved Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary, making him the first openly gay person confirmed to a Cabinet post. He is tasked with rebuilding the nation's infrastructure⁶ and fighting climate change.

参议院批准皮特·布蒂吉格担任交通部长，这使他成为首位公开同性恋身份的内阁成员。他的任务是重建国家的基础设施和应对气候变化。

Punxsutawney Phil this morning emerged from his burrow⁷, and he saw his shadow, thereby⁸ predicting six more weeks of winter. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, revelers could not attend in person but they were represented on site by cardboard cutouts.

今天早上，土拨鼠普克瑟托尼·菲尔探出洞穴，看到了自己的影子，这预示着冬天还有六周结束。由于新冠肺炎疫情，狂欢者无法亲自到场，但他们把自己的人形纸牌放到了现场。

1 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

2 pharmacies   

药店

参考例句：

• Still, 32 percent of the pharmacies filled the prescriptions. 但仍然有32%的药剂师配发了这两张药方。 来自互联网
• Chinese herbal pharmacies, and traditional massage therapists in the Vancouver telephone book. 中药店，和传统的按摩师在温哥华的电话簿里。 来自互联网

3 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。

4 vaccinations   

n.种痘，接种( vaccination的名词复数 )；牛痘疤

参考例句：

• Vaccinations ensure one against diseases. 接种疫苗可以预防疾病。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's. 在医生那儿候诊时，我读了一些关于接种疫苗的宣传。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

7 burrow   

vt.挖掘(洞穴)；钻进；vi.挖洞；翻寻；n.地洞

参考例句：

• Earthworms burrow deep into the subsoil.蚯蚓深深地钻进底土。
• The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.狗把兔子追进了洞穴。

8 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。