美国国家公共电台 NPR--After decades of public service, Anthony Fauci will step down in December

After decades of public service, Anthony Fauci will step down in December

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The country's top infectious disease expert is leaving the federal government. Fauci served under seven presidents and helped lead the country through multiple health crises.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

The scientist who became the face of America's COVID pandemic response is stepping down. In 38 years as the head of the National Institute of Allergy² and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci led the country through two public health crises - AIDS and COVID-19.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

His early admirers included the late Republican President George H.W. Bush, who called Fauci a hero during a presidential debate in 1988.

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GEORGE H W BUSH: Dr. Fauci, probably never heard of him, he's a very fine research - top doctor at National Institutes of Health, working hard doing something about research on this disease of AIDS.

MARTIN: Fauci's leadership in the AIDS fight made him a public figure. And he became a household name in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ANTHONY FAUCI: It's the old metaphor³ that - the Wayne Gretzky approach, you know? You skate not to where the puck is but to where the puck is going to be. If we don't do very serious mitigation now, we're going to be weeks behind.

INSKEEP: He spoke⁴ a lot in public. And his words often clashed with those of former President Donald Trump⁵, as well as the sentiments of Trump's supporters, who went so far as to call for Fauci's firing during campaign rallies.

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UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting) Fire Fauci. Fire Fauci. Fire Fauci. Fire Fauci. Fire Fauci.

DONALD TRUMP: Don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election, please.

(CHEERING)

TRUMP: I appreciate the advice. I appreciate the advice. Now, he's been wrong on a lot.

MARTIN: Fauci, by contrast, resisted criticizing Trump. And he stayed on the job to become the chief medical adviser⁶ to President Joe Biden, president No. 7 he had served during his tenure⁷.

INSKEEP: Now, Jessica Malaty Rivera, a senior adviser at the Pandemic Prevention Institute, says the fact that Fauci stayed on the job into his 80s is telling.

JESSICA MALATY RIVERA: I think the fact that he continued to work in his age is admirable and inspiring because it's not a sexy job, per se. And the fact that he kept doing it meant that he was motivated by things greater than himself. He was motivated by public health. He was motivated by science and innovation and ending a global emergency.

MARTIN: Anthony Fauci leaves his job in government in December but says he will not retire. At 81, he'll move in to what he calls the next phase of his career - writing a memoir⁸ and mentoring⁹ another generation of scientists.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 allergy   

n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症

参考例句：

• He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
• The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。

3 metaphor   

n.隐喻，暗喻

参考例句：

• Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
• In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

7 tenure   

n.终身职位；任期；(土地)保有权，保有期

参考例句：

• He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
• Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。

8 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

9 mentoring   

n.mentoring是一种工作关系。mentor通常是处在比mentee更高工作职位上的有影响力的人。他/她有比‘mentee’更丰富的工作经验和知识，并用心支持mentee的职业（发展）。v.（无经验之人的）有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• One of the most effective instruments for coaching and mentoring is the "role rehearsal" . 辅导和教学的最有效的手段之一是“角色排练。” 来自辞典例句
• Bell Canada called their mentoring system a buddy-buddy system. 加拿大贝尔公司称他们的训导系统是伙伴—伙伴系统。 来自互联网