美联社新闻一分钟 AP 休斯顿音乐节发生大规模踩踏事故

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

The United States is lifting travel restrictions¹ on a long list of countries on Monday, including Canada, Mexico and most of Europe.

周一，美国将取消对多个国家的旅行限制，包括加拿大、墨西哥和大部分欧洲国家。

People fully² vaccinated³ for COVID-19 will be able to enter at land borders and airports.

完全接种新冠疫苗的人将可以从陆路边境和机场入境。

Authorities in Houston are expected to look at safety barriers and useful crowd control as they investigate Friday night's deadly crush of concert spectators.

休斯顿当局在调查周五晚上的音乐节致命踩踏事件时，预计会检查安保设施和是否有有效的人群控制。

Eight people were killed and hundreds injured at the Astroworld music festival.

在“天文世界”（Astroworld）音乐节上，有8人死亡，数百人受伤。

A newspaper in Michigan reports that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to check the water of 300 homes in Benton Harbor.

据密歇根州一家报社报道，美国国家环境保护局计划检查本顿港300户家庭的水。

Officials want to see if filters are effectively removing lead from the drinking water.

官员们想知道过滤器是否能有效地去除饮用水中的铅。

Nicaragua held elections on Sunday, with President Daniel Ortega seeking a fourth consecutive⁴ term.

尼加拉瓜周日举行选举，总统丹尼尔·奥尔特加寻求第四次连任。

The US calls the vote a "pantomime" and opposition⁵ parties called for an election boycott⁶.

美国称这次投票是一场“哑剧”，反对党呼吁抵制选举。

1 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

2 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。

3 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？

4 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

5 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。

6 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。