BBC新闻：拜登签署行政命令强制戴口罩
燕山大学 刘立军 供稿
【TRANSCRIPT】
BBC news with Aileen McHugh.
President Joe Biden has signed executive orders covering his administration’s approach to Covid-19. He’s made mask-wearing in the federal buildings mandatory and asked people to wear masks in airports, and on trains, airplanes, and inter-city buses until at least April. The orders also addressed virus testing, protecting workers and improving public health standards.
The head of the World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has welcomed the new Biden Administration’s announcement that America intends to join COVAX, the program to share coronavirus vaccines with poorer countries. He said the move and Washington’s commitment to rejoin the WHO again was a good day for the WHO and for global health.
The Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has welcomed details of a bill on migration to be sent by the US President Joe Biden to Congress. He described the legislation as very good. If passed, it could open a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the United States.
Police in Italy has placed nearly 50 people under arrest in an operation targeting the most powerful Mafia group, the Ndrangheta. It centers on a major fraud network alleged to operate in the southern region of Calabria. One of those being investigated is the region's Finance Minister Francesco Talarico.
A court has sentenced the former head of the Vatican Bank Angelo Caloia and two Italian lawyers to prison for money laundering and embezzlement. 81-year-old Mr. Caloia, jailed for nearly nine years, is the highest ranking Vatican official to be found guilty of financial wrongdoing. One of the convicted lawyers is aged 97.
The South African government minister Jackson Mthembu has died from complications related to Covid-19. He was 62. President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep sorrow and shock after the death.
BBC news.
【VOCABULARY】
1. mandatory adj. (formal) required by law 强制的；法定的；义务的。例如：It is mandatory for blood banks to test all donated blood for the virus. 血库必须检查所有捐献的血是否含有这种病毒。
2. legislation n. a law or a set of laws passed by a parliament 法规；法律。例如：an important piece of legislation 一条重要的法规
3. fraud n. the crime of cheating sb. in order to get money or goods illegally 欺诈罪；欺骗罪。例如：She was charged with credit card fraud. 她被控告犯下信用卡诈骗罪。
4. money laundering: 洗钱 Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
5. embezzle v. to steal money that you are responsible for or that belongs to your employer 盗用；挪用；贪污；侵吞（款项）
6. wrongdoing n. (formal) illegal or dishonest behavior 不法行为；坏事；作恶；欺骗行径
7. convict v. to decide and state officially in court that sb. is guilty of a crime 定罪；宣判……有罪。例如：a convicted murderer 已定罪的谋杀犯
8. complication n. a new problem or illness that makes treatment of a previous one more complicated or difficult 并发症。例如：She developed complications after the surgery. 她手术后出现了并发症。
【QUESTIONS】
Read the statements. Then listen to the news and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. President Joe Biden has made mask-wearing in the federal buildings compulsory and asked people to wear masks in airports, and on trains, airplanes, and inter-city buses until at least June.
2. The orders also addressed virus testing, protecting workers and improving public health and education standards.
3. COVAX is the program to share coronavirus vaccines with poorer countries.
4. The Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has welcomed details of a bill on migration to be sent by the US President Joe Biden to Congress.
5. Police in Italy has placed over 50 people under arrest in an operation targeting the most powerful Mafia group, the Ndrangheta.
6. One of the convicted lawyers is aged 81.
7. The South African government minister Jackson Mthembu has died from complications related to a heart attack.
【KEY】
Read the statements. Then listen to the news and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
(F) 1. President Joe Biden has made mask-wearing in the federal buildings compulsory and asked people to wear masks in airports, and on trains, airplanes, and inter-city buses until at least June.
（正确表达） President Joe Biden has made mask-wearing in the federal buildings compulsory and asked people to wear masks in airports, and on trains, airplanes, and inter-city buses until at least April.
(F) 2. The orders also addressed virus testing, protecting workers and improving public health and education standards.
（正确表达）The orders also addressed virus testing, protecting workers and improving public health standards.
(T) 3. COVAX is the program to share coronavirus vaccines with poorer countries.
(T) 4. The Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has welcomed details of a bill on migration to be sent by the US President Joe Biden to Congress.
(F) 5. Police in Italy has placed over 50 people under arrest in an operation targeting the most powerful Mafia group, the Ndrangheta.
（正确表达）Police in Italy has placed nearly 50 people under arrest in an operation targeting the most powerful Mafia group, the Ndrangheta.
(F) 6. One of the convicted lawyers is aged 81.
（正确表达）One of the convicted lawyers is aged 97.
(F) 7. The South African government minister Jackson Mthembu has died from complications related to a heart attack.
（正确表达）The South African government minister Jackson Mthembu has died from complications related to Covid-19.
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