VOA常速英语2021--推特封禁特朗普账号

U.S. Vice¹ President Mike Pence will attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration². That's according to a senior administration official this weekend. On Friday, President Donald Trump³ said he would not attend the inauguration of his successor on January 20.

美国副总统迈克·彭斯将出席当选总统乔·拜登的就职典礼。这是本周末一位政府高级官员的说法。上周五，美国总统特朗普表示，他不会出席1月20日继任总统的就职典礼。

Twitter banned President Trump's account on Friday, citing the risk of further incitement⁴ of violence. The social platform had been under growing pressure to take further action against President Trump following Wednesday's deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

上周五，推特以有可能进一步煽动暴力为由，封禁了特朗普总统的推特账户。在上周三美国国会发生致命骚乱之后，这家社交平台迫于越来越大的压力，对特朗普总统采取了进一步行动。

Now the far-right-friendly social media app, Parler, risks going offline after Amazon (desa...) decided⁵ to boot it off its web hosting service.

目前，偏极右翼的社交媒体应用程序Parler有可能遭亚马逊下架，此前，亚马逊决定停止向Parler提供网络托管服务。

Nationalist politician Sadyr Japarov won a landslide⁶ victory on Sunday in Kyrgyzstan's snap presidential election. The election was triggered by the collapse⁷ of the previous government. Japarov has won almost 80 percent of the vote in the Central Asian nation, which is closely allied⁸ with Russia. That's according to preliminary results cited by Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission, meaning there will be no runoff. More than 80 percent of voters have also supported a proposal to reform the constitution to give the president greater powers at parliament's expense, according to the commission.

民族主义政治家萨迪尔·贾帕罗夫在上周日举行的吉尔吉斯斯坦总统大选中获得压倒性胜利。这次选举是由上届政府的垮台引起的。贾帕罗夫在这个与俄罗斯关系密切的中亚国家赢得了近80%的选票。这是根据吉尔吉斯斯坦中央选举委员会引用的初步结果得出的，这意味着不会有决选。据该委员会称，超过80%的选民也支持一项改革宪法的提议，即加强总统权力，削弱议会权力。

Israel's coronavirus vaccination⁹ campaign, the world's fastest growing per capita, shifted to booster shots on Sunday in a bid to protect the most vulnerable citizens by next month and ease curbs¹⁰ on the economy.

世界各国中，以色列的冠状病毒疫苗人均接种进程最快。以色列周日加快注射速度，以期在下个月前保护最脆弱的公民免受感染，并放松对经济的限制。

Pope Francis says the decision to get the COVID vaccine¹¹ is a matter of ethics¹². The pope said in an interview, "you are gambling¹³ with your health, with your life, but also with the lives of others.”

教皇方济各表示，决定接种新冠疫苗关乎道德问题。教皇在一次采访中说：“你在拿你的健康、你的生命、还有其他人的生命做赌注。”

Former Governor of the U.S. state of California Arnold Schwarzenegger is comparing the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week to the Nazis¹⁴. In a video posted to social media on Sunday, he said the mob last week "trampled¹⁵ the very principles on which our country was founded.” Via remote, I'm Liz Parker, VOA news.

美国加州前州长阿诺德·施瓦辛格将上周袭击美国国会大厦的暴徒比作纳粹。他在周日发布在社交媒体上的一段视频中说，这些暴徒上周“践踏了我们国家赖以建立的原则”欢迎收听美国之音新闻，我是利兹·帕克，为您远程报道。

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

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 incitement   

激励； 刺激； 煽动； 激励物

参考例句：

• incitement to racial hatred 种族仇恨的挑起
• Interest is an incitement to study. 兴趣刺激学习。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

7 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

8 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

9 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。

10 curbs   

v.限制，克制，抑制( curb的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• In executing his functions he is not bound by any legal curbs on his power. 在他履行职务时，他的权力是不受任何法律约束的。 来自辞典例句
• Curbs on air travel were being worked out and would shortly be announced. 限制航空旅行的有关规定正在拟定中，不久即将公布。 来自辞典例句

11 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。

12 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

13 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

14 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 trampled   

踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。
• People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。