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Sharing COVID-19 vaccines has been a major subject of discussion at this year's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.
共享新冠疫苗一直是今年在纽约举行的联合国大会上讨论的一个主要议题。
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni were among those who spoke on Thursday.
周四发言的有南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨、乍得总统马哈马德·伊德里斯·代比和乌干达总统约韦里·穆塞韦尼。
Most of Thursday's speakers were leaders from African nations.
周四的演讲者大多是来自非洲国家的领导人。
Their countries are not able to get enough vaccines to protect their people.
他们的国家无法获得足够的疫苗来保护他们的人民。
Ramaphosa said that it is "an indictment on humanity" that more than 82 percent of the world's COVID-19 vaccines are in the hands of rich countries.
拉马福萨说，全球超过82%的新冠疫苗掌握在富裕国家手中，这是一种“对人类的控诉”。
He said less than one percent have gone to poor countries.
他说，只有不到1%的新冠疫苗流向贫穷国家。
He added, "unless we address this as a matter of urgency, the pandemic will last much longer" as new forms of the virus appear.
他补充说，随着新的病毒形式的出现，“除非我们把这件事作为紧急事项来处理，否则新冠大流行将持续更长时间”。
The struggle to contain the coronavirus also has been a big issue in speeches given at the U.N. meeting.
遏制冠状病毒的斗争在联合国会议上的演讲中也是一个大问题。
In a statement to the U.N., Mokgweetsi Masisi, the President of Botswana said: "Botswana shares the frustration by many and strongly supports the call for the vaccines to be treated as a global public good."
博茨瓦纳总统莫克维齐·马西西在向联合国提交的一份声明中说：“博茨瓦纳与许多人一样感到沮丧，并强烈支持将疫苗视为全球公共产品的呼吁。”
On Wednesday, American President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would buy 1 billion of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world.
周三，美国总统乔·拜登宣布，美国将购买10亿剂辉瑞公司生产的新冠疫苗与全世界分享。
That was two times the amount of his earlier promise.
那是他早先承诺的两倍。
He also said he supported a goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the world's population within the next year.
他还表示，他支持在明年为全球70%的人口接种疫苗的目标。
Some countries have had vaccines widely available to their populations for months.
几个月来，一些国家的民众已经可以大规模接种疫苗了。
But other countries have struggled to get supplies.
但其他国家一直难以获得供应。
The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that four percent of the population is fully vaccinated.
非洲疾病控制和预防中心报告说，4%的人口已经完全接种了疫苗。
Ramaphosa took part in a meeting Wednesday that was called by Biden to talk about increasing efforts to vaccinate people all over the world.
拉马福萨星期三参加了拜登召集的一次会议，讨论如何加大力度为全世界人民接种疫苗。
At that meeting, Biden announced the U.S. deal to buy an additional 500 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to send to other countries.
在那次会议上，拜登宣布了美国再购买5亿剂辉瑞公司生产的新冠疫苗的协议，并将其运往其他国家。
"Of the around 6 billion vaccine doses administered worldwide, only two percent of these have been administered in Africa, a continent of more than 1.2 billion people," Ramaphosa said. "This is unjust and immoral."
拉马福萨说：“全球已接种约60亿剂新冠疫苗，其中只有2%是在人口超过12亿的非洲接种的。这是不公平和不道德的。”
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, a number of world leaders made video presentations instead of traveling to New York to speak in person.
由于冠状病毒大流行，许多世界领导人没有亲自前往纽约演讲，而是通过视频进行了演讲。
About half of Thursday's speeches were by video.
周四大约有一半的演讲是通过视频进行的。
Speaking on video from Havana, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced the U.S. embargo against Cuba.
古巴主席米格尔·迪亚斯-卡内尔在哈瓦那通过视频发表讲话，谴责美国对古巴的禁运。
He said it has been made worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
他说，在新冠肺炎大流行期间，情况变得更糟。
Speaking at the U.N., Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo said his country has vaccinated more than half of its population.
巴拿马总统劳伦蒂诺·科尔蒂索在联合国发表讲话时说，巴拿马已经为一半以上的人口接种了疫苗。
"Thanks to this, we are only weeks away from reaching herd immunity," he said.
他说：“多亏了这一点，我们离实现群体免疫只有几周的时间了。”
Cortizo asked for the support of the international community to deal with the large number of migrants passing through his nation.
科尔蒂索请求国际社会提供支持，以处理经过他的国家的大量移民。
Many of the migrants are from Africa and the Caribbean islands.
许多移民来自非洲和加勒比群岛。
Cortizo said, "This is everyone's responsibility."
科尔蒂索说，“这是每个人的责任。”
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重点解析
重点讲解：
1. in the hands of sb. 受某人照料；受某人控制
The matter is now in the hands of my lawyer.
这件事现在正由我的律师处理。
2. herd immunity 群体免疫
But herd immunity works only when nearly the whole herd joins in．
但是，只有当几乎整个群体都加入时，群体免疫才会起作用。
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