VOA常速英语2022--美国作家琼·狄迪恩去世，享年87岁

Author Joan Didion has died.

作家琼·狄迪恩去世。

She's best known for her essays, memoirs¹, novels and screenplays as well as her grief over the death of her husband and daughter.

她最著名的作品是她的散文、回忆录、小说和剧本，还有那本记叙了她对丈夫和女儿去世深感悲痛的日记。

The cause of death was Parkinson's disease, according to her publisher on Thursday.

她的出版商周四表示，她死于帕金森氏症。

Didion first emerged as a writer of substance in the late 1960s as an early practitioner² of what was called "new journalism," which allowed writers to take a narrative³, more-personalized perspective.

狄迪翁在20世纪60年代末作为一名有分量的作家首次出现，她是“新新闻”的早期实践者，“新新闻”允许作家们采取一种更具叙事性的、更个性化的视角来书写。

Joan Didion was 87 years old.

琼·狄迪恩享年87岁。

Security researchers say they've confirmed that a third Polish opposition⁴ figure had his phone hacked⁵ with sophisticated spyware from the Israeli company, NSO Group.

安全研究人员表示，他们已经证实，第三位波兰反对派人物的手机已被以色列公司NSO集团的先进间谍软件入侵。

The senator was hacked nearly three dozen times, using NSO's Pegasus spyware when he was running the opposition's campaign against the right-wing populist government in 2019 parliamentary elections.

在2019年的议会选举中，这名参议员在领导反对派反对右翼民粹主义政府的竞选活动时，被通过NSO的Pegasus间谍软件入侵了近30次。

The opposition figure says he believes the hacking⁶ revelations call into question whether that election was fair.

这位反对派人士说，他认为非法侵入事件的曝光令人开始质疑那次选举是否公平。

A Polish government spokesman would neither confirm nor deny ordering the hacks⁷ or say whether it's an NSO client.

波兰政府发言人既没有证实也没有否认下令进行黑客攻击，也没有说明其是否是NSO的客户。

The company spokesperson said Pegasus is only supposed to be used against terrorists and criminals.

该公司发言人表示，Pegasus仅被用于打击恐怖分子和犯罪分子。

NSO says it's terminated contracts with governments that have used those terms.

NSO表示，它已经终止了与之前达成合作的政府的合同。

Two British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant⁸ of the coronavirus may be milder than the delta⁹ version.

英国的两项研究得出的一些初期迹象表明，欧米克隆型冠状病毒可能比德尔塔型更温和。

Scientists stress that even if the findings of these early studies hold up, any reductions in severity need to be weighed against the fact that omicron spreads much faster than delta and is more able to evade¹⁰ vaccines¹¹.

科学家们强调，即使这些早期研究的结果成立，任何降低严格程度的措施都需要与以下事实相权衡，即欧米克隆比德尔塔病毒传播更快、更能避开疫苗的防护。

Sheer numbers of infections could still overwhelm hospitals.

仅仅是感染人数的增多就可能使医院不堪重负。

Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton, VOA News.

玛丽莎·梅尔顿为您远程报道，美国之音新闻。

1 memoirs   

n.回忆录；回忆录传( mem,自oir的名词复数)

参考例句：

• Her memoirs were ghostwritten. 她的回忆录是由别人代写的。
• I watched a trailer for the screenplay of his memoirs. 我看过以他的回忆录改编成电影的预告片。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 practitioner   

n.实践者，从事者；(医生或律师等)开业者

参考例句：

• He is an unqualified practitioner of law.他是个无资格的律师。
• She was a medical practitioner before she entered politics.从政前她是个开业医生。

3 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。

4 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。

5 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

6 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

7 hacks   

黑客

参考例句：

• But there are hacks who take advantage of people like Teddy. 但有些无赖会占类似泰迪的人的便宜。 来自电影对白
• I want those two hacks back here, right now. 我要那两个雇工回到这儿，现在就回。 来自互联网

8 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。

9 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。

10 evade   

vt.逃避，回避；避开，躲避

参考例句：

• He tried to evade the embarrassing question.他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。
• You are in charge of the job.How could you evade the issue?你是负责人，你怎么能对这个问题不置可否？

11 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。