美联社新闻一分钟 AP 奥斯卡颁奖礼将坚持线下举行

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

President Joe Biden left the White House for Atlanta Friday morning, three days after a white gunman killed eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, in three massage¹ businesses.

拜登总统周五上午离开白宫前往亚特兰大。三天前，一名白人枪手在三家按摩店枪杀了八人，其中大多数是亚裔女性。

Biden and Vice² President Kamala Harris will meet with Asian American state legislators and other community leaders about racist³ rhetoric⁴ and actions against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

拜登和副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯将会见亚裔美国州议员和其他社区领导人，讨论针对亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民的种族主义言论和行动。

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced relaxed COVID-19 guidelines for schools on Friday, saying some students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks.

美国疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)周五宣布，放松针对学校的新冠肺炎指导方针，称一些学生只要佩戴口罩，在教室内保持3英尺的间隔就可以安全地上课。

A judge said he won't delay or move the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death. Concerns have been raised that a $27 million settlement for Floyd's family could taint⁵ the jury pool.

一名法官表示，他不会推迟或改变对被控谋杀乔治·弗洛伊德的明尼阿波利斯前警官的审判。人们担心，为弗洛伊德家人提供的2700万美元的和解金可能会干扰陪审团的决定。

With nominations⁶ set and just over a month until showtime, more details were announced Friday about the 93rd Oscars. Neither sweatshirts nor zoom⁷ made the cut. The producers have said they are committed to holding an in-person event at Union Station in Los Angeles for nominees⁸, presenters⁹ and limited guests.

随着提名的尘埃落定，离颁奖礼开始仅剩一个多月的时间，更多关于第93届奥斯卡的细节在周五公布。今年不会Zoom颁发奖项，嘉宾也不能穿休闲服出镜。制片人表示，他们将在洛杉矶联合电视台为提名者、主持人和少量嘉宾举行一场现场活动。

1 massage   

n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据

参考例句：

• He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
• Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

4 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

5 taint   

n.污点；感染；腐坏；v.使感染；污染

参考例句：

• Everything possible should be done to free them from the economic taint.应尽可能把他们从经济的腐蚀中解脱出来。
• Moral taint has spread among young people.道德的败坏在年轻人之间蔓延。

6 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

7 zoom   

n.急速上升；v.突然扩大，急速上升

参考例句：

• The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
• I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近，昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。

8 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

9 presenters   

n.节目主持人，演播员( presenter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Each week presenters would put the case for their favourite candidate. 每个星期主持人推出他们最喜欢的候选人。 来自互联网
• Karaoke was set up to allowed presenters to sing on the stage. 宴会设有歌唱舞台，可让出席者大演唱功。 来自互联网