美国党派之间关于接种新冠肺炎疫苗问题出现巨大差距

燕山大学 刘立军 供稿

TRANSCRIPT

This is AP News Minute.

COVID-19 vaccines face a big partisan gap, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. 17% of Democrats said they probably or definitely will not get the shot. For Republicans, that number is 42%.

President Biden promotes his massive COVID rescue plan in suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday. Vice President Kamala Harris visited a COVID-19 vaccination site in Las Vegas on Monday.

Two men are under arrest, accused of assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the January 6th Capitol riot. Charges include assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. It is not known if the bear spray caused Sicknick's death.

Video from Denver shows people digging their cars out of snow-covered roads and highways. A late winter storm dropped up to three feet of snow on parts of Colorado and Wyoming.

VOCABULARY

1. partisan n. a person who strongly supports a particular leader, group or idea 坚定的支持者；铁杆拥护者

2. massive adj. extremely large or serious 巨大的；非常严重的。例如：The explosion made a massive hole in the ground. 爆炸在地面留下了一个巨大的坑。

3. assault v. to attack sb. violently, especially when this is a crime 猛烈攻击，袭击，侵犯人身（尤指构成罪行）。例如：He has been charged with assaulting a police officer. 他被控袭击警察。

QUESTIONS

Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.

This is AP News Minute.

COVID-19 vaccines face a big partisan gap, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. 17% of (Q1) ________________ said they probably or definitely will not (Q2) __________________________. For Republicans, that number is (Q3) ___________.

President Biden promotes his massive COVID (Q4) ______________________ in suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday. Vice President Kamala Harris visited a COVID-19 vaccination site in Las Vegas on Monday.

Two men are under arrest, accused of assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with (Q5) __________________________ during the January 6th Capitol (Q6) _____________. Charges include assaulting a federal officer with (Q7) _________________________________. It is not known if the bear spray caused Sicknick's death.

Video from Denver shows people digging their cars out of snow-covered (Q8) _________________. A late (Q9) ___________________________ dropped up to (Q10) ____________________ on parts of Colorado and Wyoming.

KEY

Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.

This is AP News Minute.

COVID-19 vaccines face a big partisan gap, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. 17% of (Q1) Democrats said they probably or definitely will not (Q2) get the shot. For Republicans, that number is (Q3) 42%.

President Biden promotes his massive COVID (Q4) rescue plan in suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday. Vice President Kamala Harris visited a COVID-19 vaccination site in Las Vegas on Monday.

Two men are under arrest, accused of assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with (Q5) bear spray during the January 6th Capitol (Q6) riot. Charges include assaulting a federal officer with (Q7) a dangerous weapon. It is not known if the bear spray caused Sicknick's death.

Video from Denver shows people digging their cars out of snow-covered (Q8) roads and highways. A late (Q9) winter storm dropped up to (Q10) three feet of snow on parts of Colorado and Wyoming.

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