1、每日外刊精读精练：新冠状病毒疫情专题 一、一、短语互译短语互译 1. seal off _ 2. blue and white _ 3. at the epicenter of _ 4. lock down _ 5. ease the transportation woes _ 6. late last month _ 7. 罕见的景象_ 8. 病毒爆发_ 9. 令人心碎 _ 10. 媒介者，媒人; 中间人 _ 答案：1. v. 把封锁起来; 拆封; 烫开; 2. 蓝白相间 3. 在疫情（或灾难）的中心 4. 封起来；下锁；船过闸向下游驶去 5. 缓解交通压力 6. 上个月下旬 7. a ra
2、re sight 8. the virus outbreak 9. Its heartbreaking 10. go-between 二、二、语法填空语法填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Giving the Gift of Mobility in a City Locked Down by Coronavirus By Amy Qin His days are long, 12 hours crisscrossing the city and _1_ (ferry) local residents to buy groceries, get medi
3、cine and go to the hospital. And _2_ roads he travels are mostly empty since the city was sealed off. In his blue and white car, Zhang Lei is a rare sight on the streets of Wuhan. During normal times, Mr. Zhang, 32, is a taxi driver in this Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak. _3_ after th
4、e local government abruptly locked down the city late last month, Mr. Zhang became one of the thousands of people who _4_ (volunteer) to help ease the transportation woes. Most of his passengers are poor, _5_ (elder) residents who dont have children or _6_ family is outside Wuhan and cant come home
5、because of the quarantine. “Its heartbreaking,” he says. “There is no one to take care of them.” The free rides _7_ (arrange) by neighborhood committees, which typically serve as a go-between for residents and the local government. In the current crisis, those _8_ (committee) are in charge of alloca
6、ting community resources and helping coordinate with hospitals. Like other drivers, Mr. Zhang doesnt get _9_ (pay). Many Chinese have praised these volunteer drivers for donating their time and _10_ (energetic) to help out their fellow 每日外刊精读精练：新冠状病毒疫情专题 residents. (c) 2020 The New York Times Company 答案：1. ferrying 2. the 3. But 4. have volunteered 5. elderly 6. whose 7. are arranged 8. committees 9. paid 10. energy
