>WHO warns pandemic will drag on into 2022
世衛(wèi):新冠疫情或持續(xù)至2022年末

The Covid pandemic will "go on for a year longer than it needs to" because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
世界衛(wèi)生組織稱，由于"貧窮國家未獲得所需疫苗"，新冠疫情將"不可避免地拖長(zhǎng)一年"。

Dr Bruce Aylward, senior leader at WHO, said it meant the Covid crisis could "easily drag on deep into 2022".
世衛(wèi)組織的高級(jí)官員布魯斯?艾爾沃德博士稱，這意味著新冠危機(jī)很可能"會(huì)持續(xù)至2022年末"。

Less than 5% of Africa's population have been vaccinated, compared to 40% on most other continents.
目前非洲只有不到5%的人口接種了疫苗，而其他大陸的疫苗接種率基本都達(dá)到了40%。

Aylward appealed to wealthy countries to give up their places in the queue for vaccines so that pharmaceutical companies can prioritize the lowest-income countries instead.
艾爾沃德博士呼吁富國放棄他們?cè)谝呙绲却?duì)列中的位置，讓制藥公司可以優(yōu)先向最貧窮國家供應(yīng)疫苗。

The People's Vaccine - an alliance of charities - has released new figures suggesting just one in seven of the doses promised by pharmaceutical companies and wealthy countries are actually reaching their destinations in poorer countries.
慈善機(jī)構(gòu)聯(lián)盟"人民的疫苗"發(fā)布的新數(shù)據(jù)顯示，制藥公司和富裕國家承諾捐贈(zèng)的疫苗只有七分之一送達(dá)了貧困國家。

The vast majority of Covid vaccines have been given in high-income or upper middle-income countries.
絕大多數(shù)新冠疫苗都給了高收入或中上收入國家。

Africa accounts for just 2.6% of doses administered globally.
非洲接種的疫苗數(shù)量只占全球疫苗接種數(shù)量的2.6%。

>Lantern pods for you to sit in
日本酒店推出'燈籠聚餐'

It’s called the lantern partition, and when you sit down at the table, you slide underneath it.
當(dāng)你坐在桌邊時(shí)，會(huì)被籠罩在"燈籠隔板"之下。

While the top section is a traditionally styled chochin (Japanese paper lantern), part-way down it transitions to clear plastic, allowing you and your dining companions to remove your masks while you eat but still have a protective barrier that allows you to see one another, all without taking up any extra space on the table.
隔板頂部是一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)格的提燈(日式紙燈籠)，下半部分是透明塑料，這樣你和用餐伙伴摘下口罩吃飯時(shí)仍然有保護(hù)屏障，你們可以看到對(duì)方，而不會(huì)占用桌子上的任何額外空間。

The partitions have recently been installed in the restaurant of Hoshinoya Tokyo, a luxury hotel in Tokyo’s Otemachi neighborhood that’s part of the Hoshino Resorts group.
近日，位于東京大手町地區(qū)的星野集團(tuán)旗下豪華酒店虹夕諾雅?東京在其餐廳內(nèi)安裝了燈籠隔板。

Each lantern partition is 102 centimeters tall and 75 centimeters in diameter, with its own light source to keep your face and food illuminated.
每個(gè)燈籠隔板高102厘米，直徑75厘米，帶有獨(dú)立光源，能照亮用餐者的臉和食物。

Ordinarily, the restaurant is only open to people staying at the hotel, but for the Lantern Banquet they may invite outside guests to join them in this unique dining experience.
酒店餐廳通常只對(duì)住店客人開放，但酒店的燈籠宴可能會(huì)對(duì)非住店客人開放，邀請(qǐng)客人感受這一獨(dú)特的用餐體驗(yàn)。

>Supermarkets use cardboard cutouts to hide gaps
英國超市用照片替代實(shí)物

Tesco has begun using pictures of asparagus, carrots, oranges and grapes in its fresh produce aisles, prompting ridicule on social media.
英國連鎖超市特易購已經(jīng)開始在其新鮮農(nóng)產(chǎn)品通道中擺放蘆筍、胡蘿卜、橙子和葡萄的圖片，此舉遭到網(wǎng)友嘲諷。

Shoppers have spotted fake carrots in Fakenham, cardboard asparagus in London, pictures of oranges and grapes in Milton Keynes, and 2D washing liquid bottles in Cambridge.
消費(fèi)者們?cè)谫M(fèi)克納姆看到了假的胡蘿卜，在倫敦發(fā)現(xiàn)了印著蘆筍的硬紙板，在米爾頓凱恩斯看到了橙子和葡萄的照片，在劍橋發(fā)現(xiàn)了平面版的洗滌液瓶。

The tactic comes as shortages of truck drivers, pickers and packers on farms and food processing plants lead to low availability of some items in supermarkets.
超市采取此對(duì)策是因?yàn)橛霓r(nóng)場(chǎng)和食品加工廠缺少大卡車司機(jī)、采摘工和包裝工，導(dǎo)致超市某些商品供應(yīng)不足。

Problems at ports, where handlers are struggling to cope with a surge in deliveries for the festive season, are also leading to shortages.
港口的問題也導(dǎo)致了貨源短缺。港口裝卸工人正努力應(yīng)對(duì)節(jié)日期間交貨量激增的局面。

The rise of online shopping, has meanwhile led to many supermarkets no longer stocking non-food items, such as televisions, CDs or kettles, that they once did, leaving areas of empty space that many have been unable to fill with alternative products.
與此同時(shí)，網(wǎng)絡(luò)購物的興起導(dǎo)致許多超市不再像以前那樣儲(chǔ)存電視、光碟或水壺等非食品類商品，留下了許多無法用替代產(chǎn)品填滿的空白區(qū)域。

Some have brought in other services, such as opticians, key cutting or dry cleaners to take up space.
一些公司還引入了其他服務(wù)，如眼鏡店、配鑰匙店或干洗店來填滿空間。

>Baby boomers move back in with parents
疫情致英國嬰兒潮一代"回巢"

The Covid pandemic has led to growing numbers of baby boomers in Britain moving back in with their elderly parents, experts said. The reasons are varied, from the positive – grown-up children ensuring their parents had care and company during lockdowns – to the negative, including financial and relationship breakdowns.
專家表示，新冠肺炎疫情使得英國嬰兒潮一代中，越來越多的人選擇搬到年老的父母家同住。他們做出這一選擇的原因各不相同，有的是成年子女希望在封鎖期間能夠陪伴和照顧年邁的父母，有的則是因?yàn)樵庥鲐?cái)務(wù)和婚姻困境。

Financial concerns are a key reason for older people moving back home: more than 355,000 people aged 50 and older are unemployed, with 31,000 having been made redundant between May and July alone, according to the Office for National Statistics.
擔(dān)憂財(cái)務(wù)狀況是年齡大的人群選擇"回巢"的重要原因。英國國家統(tǒng)計(jì)局的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，在50歲以上的人群中，有超過35.5萬人失業(yè)，僅在5月至7月，便有3.1萬人被解雇。

With rising inflation and increasing energy bills on the horizon, the idea of sharing the costs of living could also be attractive.
隨著通脹和水電燃?xì)赓M(fèi)用的增加，分擔(dān)生活成本的想法極具吸引力。

Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, the homelessness and housing charity, said falling incomes – whether through furlough, job losses or relationship breakdowns – had left some older people “barely hanging on to their homes during the pandemic”.
為流浪者提供住處的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)Shelter的首席執(zhí)行官波利?尼特說，被放長(zhǎng)假、解雇或者婚姻關(guān)系破裂等原因?qū)е碌氖杖胂陆?，讓一些年齡大的人在疫情期間難以守住自己的房子。

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