VOA常速英语2021--强生同意停止在美国销售阿片类药物,并支付2.3亿元和解金

Officials in Columbia say they have found two guns that were used to fire at the presidential helicopter on Friday night. We get more from Reuters Libby Hogan. The incident took place while the president's helicopter was flying through Colombia's Catatumbo region. No one was injured in the incident, a spokesman for the presidency¹ said. The troubled Catatumbo region on Columbia's border with Venezuela is home to extensive coca crops - the main ingredient of cocaine². It is where gorillas³ of the leftist National Liberation Army operate. Former FARC fighters who reject a 2016 peace deal with the government along with armed criminal groups involved in drug trafficking. That's Reuters Libby Hogan.

哥伦比亚官员表示，他们已经发现了周五晚上向总统直升机开火的两支枪支。请听路透社记者利比·霍根带来详细报道。事件发生时，总统的直升机正飞越哥伦比亚的卡塔姆博地区。总统发言人表示，事件中没有人受伤。哥伦比亚与委内瑞拉交界的卡塔通博地区是古柯作物的产地，而古柯是可卡因的主要原料。这是左翼民族解放军暴徒活动的地方。前哥伦比亚革命武装力量战士拒绝2016年与政府以及参与贩毒的武装犯罪集团达成和平协议。路透社记者利比·霍根。

Sydney and surrounding areas have entered a hard two-week coronavirus lockdown as authorities struggled to control a fast-spreading outbreak of the highly infectious Delta⁴ variant⁵. Reuters Maha Albadrawi reports. Authorities say the city and surrounding areas have about 80 confirmed cases of the Delta variant of the virus, and it's spreading rapidly. The country also remains⁶ largely unvaccinated.Parts of Sydney, Australia's biggest city, were already under lockdown due to the outbreak. Under the rules in place through July 9th, people can leave home for only essential work, medical care, education, or shopping like groceries. The government says 28 percent of people aged⁷ 16 or older have received their first COVID-19 vaccine⁸ shot. That's Maha Albadrawi.

悉尼及周边地区已经进入为期两周的艰难封锁期，当局正努力控制具有高传染性的Delta变种病毒的快速蔓延。请听路透社记者马哈·阿尔巴德拉维报道。当局称，悉尼及其周边地区有大约80例Delta病毒的确诊病例，而且正在迅速传播。澳大利亚大部分民众尚未接种疫苗。由于疫情爆发，澳大利亚最大城市悉尼的部分地区已经被封锁。根据7月9日的规定，人们只能离开家去做必要的工作、医疗保健、教育或超市购物。政府表示，16岁或以上的人群中有28%已经接受了第一针新冠疫苗注射。我是马哈·阿尔巴德拉维。

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to settle claims that the pharmaceutical⁹ giant helped fuel the opioid crisis. AP's Julie Walker reports. The deal announced Saturday requires Johnson & Johnson to make a series of payments over nine years that will cover the total. The drugmaker also agreed to end the manufacturing and distribution of opioids across the nation. New York Attorney General Letitia James who sued the drugmaker and was about to go to trial said in a statement the company "helped fuel this fire but today they're committing to leaving the opioid business." J&J said in a statement the settlement is "not an admission of liability or wrongdoing by the company" and its actions "relating to the marketing¹⁰ and promotion¹¹ of importing prescription¹² pain medications were appropriate and responsible." I'm Julie Walker. You can find more on these stories and the rest of the day's news at voanews.com. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd, VOA News.

制药巨头强生已同意支付2.3亿美元，以了结其助长阿片危机的索赔。请听美联社记者朱莉·沃克报道。周六宣布的协议要求强生公司在9年内分期支付共计2.3亿美元的一系列款项。这家制药商还同意终止阿片类药物在全国的生产和销售。纽约总检察长莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯起诉了这家制药商，并准备发起审判。他在一份声明中说，这家公司“助长了阿片之火，但今天他们承诺将退出阿片类药物的业务。”强生发表声明称，和解“并非表示该公司承认责任或不当行为”，其“对进口处方止痛药的营销和推广行为是适当且负责任的”我是朱莉·沃克。您可以在voanews.com获取更多内容和当天其他新闻。我是大卫·伯德，为您远程报道美国之音新闻。

1 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

2 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

3 gorillas   

n.大猩猩( gorilla的名词复数 )；暴徒，打手

参考例句：

• the similitude between humans and gorillas 人类和大猩猩的相像
• Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch. 每个大星星家族都由一个魁梧的、长着银色被毛的族长带领着。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

5 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。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

8 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。

9 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

10 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

11 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

12 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。