美联社新闻一分钟 AP 陪审员审议对白人警察金·波特的审判

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

California health care workers will be required to have COVID-19 booster shots.

美国加利福尼亚州的医护人员将被要求注射新冠疫苗加强针。

Governor Gavin Newsom said it's an effort to stop the highly-contagious omicron variant¹ from overwhelming hospitals.

州长加文·纽瑟姆表示，这样做是为了阻止高传染性的奥密克戎变异毒株在医院泛滥。

President Joe Biden announced the US will provide 500 million free rapid coronavirus tests.

美国总统乔·拜登宣布，美国将会提供5亿份免费快速的新冠核酸检测试剂。

He also pointed² out that former President Donald Trump³ got a booster shot, calling it one of the few things they agree on.

他还指出，前总统唐纳德·特朗普注射了新冠疫苗加强针，称这是他们达成一致的少数事情之一。

Jurors outside Minneapolis continue deliberations Wednesday in the trial of Kim Potter, the white police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright.

周三，明尼阿波利斯市郊外的陪审员继续审议对金·波特的审判，这名白人警察开枪打死了黑人司机丹特·赖特。

Potter said she used her gun when she meant to use her Taser.

波特说她本打算用泰瑟枪而不是手枪。

The jury in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial completed its first full day of deliberations on Tuesday.

周二，吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔性交易审判的陪审团完成了第一个全天的审议。

Jurors asked to review the testimony⁴ of three women who say Maxwell helped financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse them when they were teens.

陪审员要求审查三名女性的证词，她们称麦克斯韦尔帮助诱骗她们供金融家杰弗里·爱泼斯坦性侵，当时她们只有十几岁。

1 variant   

adj.不同的，变异的；n.变体，异体

参考例句：

• We give professional suggestions according to variant tanning stages for each customer.我们针对每位顾客不同的日晒阶段，提供强度适合的晒黑建议。
• In a variant of this approach,the tests are data- driven.这个方法的一个变种，是数据驱动的测试。

2 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。