VOA常速英语:More Americans Using Delivery Apps to Avoid Coronavirus Infection

The corona virus outbreak is boosting demand for home delivery of meals and groceries as more consumers avoid crowded restaurants and stores.
随着越来越多的消费者避开拥挤的餐馆和商店，冠状病毒的爆发增加了人们对家庭送餐和食品杂货的需求。

Sandy Nuremburg was dismayed after a recent trip to the supermarket.
桑迪·纽伦堡最近去了一趟超市，感到很沮丧。

It was a madhouse and it was crowds of people and everybody coughing.
超市好像是疯人院，挤满了人，每个人都在咳嗽。

So the mother of two decided to try something different,shes now ordering all her groceries on Instacart an online delivery service.
所以这个两个孩子的母亲决定尝试一种不同的购物方式，她现在在网上送货上门的Instacart购物应用来订购她所有的杂货。

Instacart has definitely become a hundred percent of our groceries now.
现在Instacart已经成为我们百分之一百的食品杂货采购渠道了。

Because it available on I can and its reducing you know our exposure and our exposing other people because I have small kids.
因为我可以通过用InstaCart来降低我们暴露在人群种的几率，因为我有小孩，所以我必须格外注意。

From his home office professor John Swats Berg advises that everyone should restrict their contact with other people.
约翰·斯瓦茨·伯格教授从他的家庭办公室发出倡议，每个人都应该限制与其他人的接触。

The less contact we have with other people,the less chance were going to become infected.
我们和其他人的联系越少，我们被感染的几率就越小。

So going to the grocery store is a perfect opportunity to interact with lots of other people,particularly if the grocery store is crowded.
所以去百货店购物是许多人增加接触几率的窗口，尤其是在杂货店人满为患的情况下。

Over the past few days InstaCart and other retail stores have set records for daily app downloads according to app topia a data tracking service.
根据数据跟踪服务APP topia的说法，过去几天，Instraart和其他零售店已经创下了每日应用程序下载的记录。

But if you cant use the apps and must physically go to the stores,
但如果你不会使用这些应用程序，你必须亲自去商店的话，

Infectious Diseases expert Jason Farley says try shopping at off-peak hours.
传染病专家杰森·法利(JasonFarley)表示，试着在非高峰时间购物。

Also when you grab a shopping cart,most stores are now putting some level of alcohol or Clorox wipe on top front.
还有当你抓起购物车的时候，现在，大多数商店都在最上面涂上了一些酒精或克洛克斯擦拭液。

Take that handles of your card and clean it with that alcohol-based wipe.
拿起你卡片的把手，用酒精擦干净它。

And then when youre done with that use the alcohol-based Purell or some other form of alcohol-based gel to clean your hands.
然后当你用过之后，用基于酒精的Purell或者其他形式的酒精凝胶来清洁你的手。

What about gloves?
使用手套可以吗？

Youre wearing gloves in a store ok is as good as you touching something you then touched other things in your buggy.
你在商店里戴着手套，就像你摸东西一样，然后在你的车里碰其他东西。

But when you get home if you then touch that same metal can or say same plastic bags or same activities,the virus is probably still there.
但是当你回到家的时候，如果你触摸到同样的金属可以或者说同样的塑料袋或者同样的活动，病毒可能还在。

With the virus being spread from person to person contact through respiratory droplets,
随着病毒通过飞沫在人与人之间传播，

expert say the safest course while shopping is to avoid close contact with other shoppers.
专家说，购物时最安全的做法是避免与其他购物者密切接触。

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