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失去的2020还能补回来吗?

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Street music and outdoor dining parties have returned to New York after 15 long months of restrictions and lockdowns aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19.

为阻止新冠肺炎传播,纽约封锁了15个月之后,街头又再次出现了音乐和户外餐饮派对。

You can sit down in more restaurants without having to give like names and get a temperature check.

有更多餐馆可以选择, 我们不必再登记姓名或测量体温。

So it's heading in the right direction I'd say.

一切都在朝正确的方向发展。

I kind of feel back to normal, kind of, almost there. Yeah, feels good, good to be in New York.

我感觉基本上已经恢复正常了,差不多了。在纽约的感觉真好。

I don't know. I just want the world to heal. Thought I could make it better.

不知道。我只想让世界恢复正常。我以为我能做得更好。

I had time to kill so I was like why don't I come outside and you know try to make some sounds, make spread of love, you know.

我要打发时间,所以我想,为啥不上街来唱唱歌,传播一下爱意呢。

Music festivals, farmers markets and other events are making up for a year of forced inactivity.

音乐节、农贸市场和其他活动似乎要将一年的封锁都补回来。

Union Square is packed with people and all are two meters apart even though city authorities have lifted social distancing and other pandemic restrictions imposed in March 2020.

联合广场挤满了人,大家都保持着两米的距离,尽管政府已经取消了社交距离要求和其他于2020年3月实施的疫情限制。

By late June this year, the number of people in New York city testing positive for COVID-19 was the lowest it has ever been.

截至今年6月底,纽约市新冠肺炎检测呈阳性的人数达到有史以来的最低水平。

In New York state alone, over 20 million vaccine doses have been administered and nine million of those went to New York city residents.

仅在纽约州,就接种了2000多万剂疫苗,其中900万剂都分配给了纽约市居民。

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Despite the relaxation of restrictions, many are still wearing masks even outside.

尽管放宽了限制,许多人即便在户外还戴着口罩。

Even as I walked down the street, people said they lifted their restrictions but I was like I can wait a day or two.

我走在街上时,有人会跟我说限制都取消了,但我觉得,我可以再等个几天的。

You don't know who's vaccinated, who isn't vaccinated you know, all of that.

你不知道谁接种了疫苗,谁没有接种。

It's, it's still, it's in flux so no. I think we have a good ways to go.

目前形势还不明朗,所以我才不要摘下口罩呢。我们还有很长的路要走。

Despite the scorching summer heat, street vendors are also wearing masks for their own safety and for their clients peace of mind.

尽管酷暑难耐,街头小贩为了自身安全,也为了让顾客安心,都戴上了口罩。

We're just back to work but the the life is not backed back like normal.

我们刚刚开始工作,但生活并没有恢复正常。

It need time to be okay.

还需要时间才能好起来。

Just 62% of Manhattan office workers will be heading back to their desks in September and they will spend only three days a week at most in the office, according to a survey by the partnership for New York city.

纽约市合作伙伴开展的一项调查显示,9月份曼哈顿只有62%的上班族会去办公室上班,他们每周最多只能在办公室待三天。

Almost 40% of office workers say they're ready to resign if they cannot work from home a few days a week.

近40%的办公室职员表示,如果一周不能在家工作几天,他们就准备辞职。

There is also concern about the safety of using public transportation again.

人们还担心使用公共交通工具的安全性。

It's hard, yeah, getting on the subway and walking around even though I know the restrictions are lifted and we're outside, I still sometimes feel a little guilty even though I know I'm fine.

虽然我知道限制已经解除,我们也都在户外,但还是很难,我会感到有点内疚,虽然我知道我没事。

New York authorities have launched a program to help reopen small businesses hurt by the pandemic.

纽约当局启动了一个项目,帮助受疫情影响的小企业重新开业。

The 11-million-dollar program called "New York City business quick start" aims to help some 50 000 small businesses by guaranteeing quick responses to inquiries and cutting processing time by fifty percent.

这个价值1100万美元的项目被称为“纽约市商业快速启动”计划,旨在帮助约5万家小企业。该计划确保快速回应小企业问询,并将处理时间缩短50%。

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pandemic [pæn'demik]

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adj. 全国流行的 n. (全国或全世界范围流行的)疾

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temperature ['tempritʃə(r)]

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n. 温度,气温,体温,发烧

 
social ['səuʃəl]

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adj. 社会的,社交的
n. 社交聚会

 
survey [sə:'vei]

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v. 调查,检查,测量,勘定,纵览,环视
n.

 
spread [spred]

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v. 伸展,展开,传播,散布,铺开,涂撒
n.

 
check [tʃek]

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n. 检查,支票,账单,制止,阻止物,检验标准,方格图案

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inactivity

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n. 静止;不活泼;休止状态;不放射性

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transportation [.trænspə'teiʃən]

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n. 运输,运输系统,运输工具

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vaccine ['væksi:n]

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n. 疫苗

 
heading ['hediŋ]

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