新闻挑战｜法国反对强制疫苗、美国未接种疫苗者的疫情回升

France: Thousands protest against vaccination, COVID passes

Over 100,000 people protested across France on Saturday against the government's latest measures to push people to get vaccinated and curb rising infections by the delta variant of the coronavirus.

整段大意：

超过十万名法国人民走上街头，反对政府为阻止升温的Delta疫情而最新颁布的强制施打疫苗政策。

They denounced the government's decision on Monday to make vaccines compulsory for all health care workers, and to require a “health pass” proving people are fully vaccinated, have recently tested negative or recovered from the virus in order to access restaurants and other public venues. President Emmanuel Macron's government is presenting a draft law Monday to enshrine the measures.

denounce (v.) 谴责

compulsory (adj.) 必要的

venue (n.) 会场

draft (adj.) 草拟的

enshrine (v.) 载入

Biden grappling with 'pandemic of the unvaccinated '

Two weeks after celebrating America's near “independence” from the coronavirus, President Joe Biden is confronting the worrying reality of rising cases and deaths — and the limitations of his ability to combat the persistent vaccine hesitance responsible for the summer backslide.

confront (v.) 面临

combat (v.) 与⋯战斗

persistent (adj.) 持续的

backslide (n.) 倒退

中译：

两个礼拜前庆祝美国几乎自疫情中「独立」的拜登总统正面临确诊和死亡人数上升的现况，以及处理人民对疫苗迟疑时能力有限的困境。人民对疫苗产生的疑虑连带的使疫情再次延烧。

Cases of COVID-19 have tripled over the past three weeks, and hospitalizations and deaths are rising among unvaccinated people. While the rates are still sharply down from their January highs, officials are concerned by the reversing trendlines and what they consider needless illness and death. And cases are expected to continue to rise in coming weeks.

reverse (v.) 反转的

trendline (n.) 趋势