PBS高端访谈:特朗普呼吁采取行动来应对阿片类药物危机

 　　From President Trump¹ today, a summons to battle opioid addiction². He called for new action, but not necessarily for new money. William Brangham begins our coverage³.

　　As you all know from personal experience, families, communities and citizens across our country

　　are currently dealing⁴ with the worst drug crisis in American history and even, if you really think about it, world history.

　　President Trump, flanked by survivors⁵, first-responders and family members impacted by opioids, today declared a public health emergency.

　　This epidemic⁶ is national health emergency. Unlike many of us, we have seen and we have seen in our lifetimes, nobody has seen anybody like what is going on now.

　　As Americans, we cannot allow this to continue. It is time to liberate⁷ our communities from the scourge⁸ of drug addiction.

　　Never been this way. We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. We can do it.

　　The president spoke⁹ at length of the severity of this crisis, which claimed the lives of at least 64,000 people last year,

　　has stretched the ability of first-responders and filled treatment centers to capacity nationwide.

　　But the president also told a more personal story, about his own brother Fred, who died after his struggle with alcoholism.

　　But he really helped me. I had somebody that guided me. And he had a very, very, very tough life because of alcohol, believe me, very, very tough, tough life.

　　He was a strong guy. But it was a tough, tough thing that he was going through, but I learned because of Fred. I learned.

　　The administration today announced several initiatives. The prescription¹⁰ drug Opana will be removed from the market because it's considered too dangerous.

　　A key regulation will be changed to expand access to treatment facilities.

　　They will allow grants from the Labor¹¹ Department and money for HIV/AIDS care to be used in this fight.

　　And officials will be able to tap the Public Health Emergency Fund, even though that fund has less than $60,000 in it.

　　No new money has been allotted¹² by today's action. Many say the president's declaration of a public health emergency is important,

　　but they note that it falls short of a more sweeping¹³ state of national emergency, which would give the government far more flexibility¹⁴ to respond to the epidemic.

　　The president's own commission on this crisis, chaired by New Jersey¹⁵ Governor Chris Christie,

　　had urged that more comprehensive declaration earlier this year. Christie today was still very supportive of the president's action.

　　What the president did today was historic and it is an extraordinary beginning set of steps to dealing with this problem.

　　Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that without more robust¹⁶ funding, today's action is simply not enough.

　　Declaring an emergency means he can have access to some funds, but the funds in that account are like $57,000, $58,000, so show me the money.

　　Today's declaration lasts for just 90 days, but can be renewed indefinitely by the president. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm William Brangham. undefined

1 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。

2 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

3 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

4 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

5 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

6 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

7 liberate   

v.解放，使获得自由，释出，放出；vt.解放，使获自由

参考例句：

• They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
• This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。

8 scourge   

n.灾难，祸害；v.蹂躏

参考例句：

• Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.天花曾是世界的大患。
• The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient.新老板来了以后，不称职的人就遭殃了。

9 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

10 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

11 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

12 allotted   

分配，拨给，摊派( allot的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I completed the test within the time allotted . 我在限定的时间内完成了试验。
• Each passenger slept on the berth allotted to him. 每个旅客都睡在分配给他的铺位上。

13 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

14 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

15 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

16 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。