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President Obama has declared a national emergency concerning the flu virus, the H1N1. His order Friday night gives doctors and hospitals the OK to cut through government red tape so they can quickly act if things get worse.

奥巴马总统宣布进入H1N1流感病毒全国紧急状态.周五晚,他命令医生和医院不必在意政府规定,在形势恶化的情况下可以迅速采取行动.

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大家有没有注意到这个give sb the okay to do sth的用法.
Okay在这里的意思就是"同意,批准"的意思.
Give sb the okay to do sth就是"批准某人做某事"的意思.
下面大家来听一下这句句子:
We can't do much until we get the official okay.
在我们得到正式批准之前没有多少事可做.

除了这个用法之外,还有一个用法就是"get the ok"...也是得到批准的意思.
Did you get the OK from head office?
你得到总部的批准了吗?