[學測指考必備時事焦點] 選前染疫：川普仍笑看新冠疫情

1. President Donald Trump’s fight with Covid-19 has so far not convinced him to prioritize a responsible approach to a pandemic that has killed 209,000 Americans over his own political needs.

(迄今為止，唐納·川普總統與Covid-19的戰鬥尚未說服他優先考慮對此流行病採取負責任的態度，而這種流行病已使209,000名美國人因他自己的政治需求喪生。)

相關單字：

prioritize (v.) 確定（事項的）優先次序

2.It came amid lingering confusion about the President’s true state of health after a weekend in which the White House undertook strenuous efforts to minimize the seriousness of his case. But details about the therapies that he is taking suggest that he is experiencing complications from the disease.

(上週末，白宮作出了艱苦的努力以使川普總統的病情嚴重性降至最低，在此之前，人們一直對總統的真實健康狀況感到困惑不已。 但是，關於他正在接受的各種療法的細節表明他已患上這種疾病的併發症，儘管他的醫生說他有可能週一可以回到白宮。)

相關單字：

amid (prep.) 在…中間，在…當中；為…環繞

lingering (adj.) 持續的，長時間的

strenuous (adj.) 費力的，費勁的；繁重的；耗費精力的

complication (n.) 併發症

3.Trump and his aides worked hard to show he was strong and getting better before he faces off with Democratic nominee Joe Biden. But the contradictions and misrepresentations from his medical team means that Americans can have no confidence that the White House is giving a complete picture of what’s going on.

(川普和他的助手們努力地展現川普很堅強，並且在與民主黨總統候選人喬·拜登（Joe Biden）對抗之前變得越來越好。 但是，他的醫療團隊的矛盾和錯誤陳述意味著美國人對白宮所提供之現況的完整情況沒有信心。)

相關單字：

nominee (n.) 被提名者

• 同義字：candidate, contestant

contradiction (n.) 矛盾

• 同義字：inconsistency, discrepancy

misrepresentation (n.) （對思想、情況或意見的）歪曲

• 同義字：counterfeit , untruth
• 反義字：accurate representation

4.The extraordinary attention that accompanies a presidential illness — in this case multiplied because the commander-in-chief is sick from a disease he has ignored, downplayed and said will soon go away — has obscured the alarming trajectory of the pandemic in recent days.

(由於身為一國元首的川普因自己輕忽，低估並表示很快將消失的疾病而生病，導致他的病情在這種情況下加倍的引起特別關注，反而掩蓋了最近幾天疫情令人震驚的軌跡。)

相關單字：

commander-in-chief (n.) （一國的）最高統帥，武裝部隊總司令

• 同義字：commandant, head, chief, leader

downplay (v.) 對…輕描淡寫；貶低；低估

• 同義字：underestimate, minimize

obscure (v.) 隱藏，掩蓋

• 同義字：conceal, cover
• 反義字：uncover, reveal

trajectory (n.) （射體在空中的）軌道，軌跡

• 補充用法：the trajectory of a bullet/missile 子彈／飛彈的彈道

5.Including Friday, the US has recorded another 121,000 cases of Covid-19 and another 1,800 deaths. None of those new patients will get the dedicated round-the-clock medical care, experimental treatments and hospital suites that are available to the President amid a national emergency in which many have died alone and patients are isolated from loved ones in crowded hospitals.

(包括週五在內，美國記錄了另外121,000例Covid-19病例和1,800例死亡。 這些新患者中沒有一個如總統般能夠獲得專職的全天候醫療，實驗治療和醫院服務。在國家緊急情況下，許多人獨自死亡，而患者們在擁擠的醫院中與親人隔離。)

相關單字：

dedicated (adj.) 專用的

• 補充用法：a dedicated computer 專用電腦

round-the-clock (adj.) 日夜不停的，不分晝夜的

• 補充用法：round-the-clock medical care 全天候醫學治療