英语阅读：巴西24小时新冠死亡人数创新高1641人（RIP），拜登推进美国疫苗生产
Brazil records 1,641 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours
Biden sees faster US vaccine timeline
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 01:00
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Brazil on Tuesday registered a record 1,641 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, health authorities announced, as the country endures a further worsening of the pandemic.
巴西卫生当局周二宣布，该国在24小时内记录了创纪录的新冠死亡病例：1641例，巴西国内正在经历疫情的进一步恶化。
The country of 212 million inhabitants has recorded a total of 257,361 COVID-19 deaths, according to the health ministry, and has the second-highest national death toll after the United States.
根据卫生部的数据，这个拥有2.12亿居民的国家共记录了257361例新冠死亡病例，是仅次于美国的全球第二高死亡人数。
Several cities and states last week began imposing a new round of restrictions in a bid to avoid overwhelming their already stretched hospitals. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would have enough vaccine for its entire adult population by the end of May, as he announced a deal for pharma giant Merck to produce the shot developed by rival Johnson & Johnson.
上周，一些城市、州开始实施新一轮的限制措施，以避免让本已紧张不堪的医院不堪重负。与此同时，美国总统拜登周二表示，到5月底，美国将有足够的成人疫苗，他宣布与制药巨头默克公司达成协议，默克公司生产其竞争对手强生公司研发的疫苗。
in a bid to ：为了···
stretched hospital：stretched：拉伸的，拉紧的，紧绷的，这里表示医院已经非常紧张，超负荷运营
Merck n. 默克公司（财富500强公司之一，部所在地美国，主要经营制药）
"This is the type of collaboration between companies we saw in World War," said Biden in announcing the pharmaceutical accord.
拜登在宣布医药协议时说:“这是我们在第二次世界大战中会看到的公司之间的合作。”
pharmaceutical /ˌfɑːməˈsuːtɪkl/ /‑ˈsjuː‑/ [ only before noun ] 制药的；配药的；卖药的 •pharmaceutical products 药物 •the pharmaceutical industry 制药业
"We're now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May," he said.
他说道:“我们正步入正轨，到5月底，我们将有足够的疫苗供应给每一个美国成年人。”
"That's progress. Important progress. But it is not enough to have the vaccine supply," Biden said, stressing that a "wartime effort" still lay ahead to administer the vaccines once acquired.- AFP
“这是进步，非常重大的进步，但仅仅有疫苗是不够的，”拜登说道，他强调一旦获得疫苗，“战时状态”仍在进行中。--法新社
wartime effort：直译为战时努力，根据例句及语境，这里翻译成“战时状态”
原文链接：http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/03/04/world/243060/brazil-records-1641-covid-19-deaths-24-hours
