VOA常速英语:US Struggling to Slow Coronavirus Spread

Police in Miami beach Florida enforced a new curfew saturday night.
周六晚，佛罗里达州迈阿密海滩的警察实施了新的宵禁。
Were hoping that by closing earlier, it actually tones down the party
我们希望更早地关闭，从而使晚会的气氛缓和下来。
and will allow these folks to go home go back to their hotels wherever theyre staying
让这些人回家，回到他们住的地方
and possibly keep everyone else around them everyone else in our city safe.
也有可能保护周围的其他人，我们城市里的其他人安全。
Representative Donna Shalala who represents Miami beach and congress
唐娜·沙拉拉是迈阿密海滩和国会代表
is calling for even tougher action to stop the spread.
她呼吁采取更强硬的措施阻止扩散。
And its totally out of control.
完全失控了。
We need to close down in Florida.
我们得关闭佛罗里达。
Weve asked the governor to do that and weve even asked him to do the simplest thing.
我们要求州长这么做，甚至要求他做最简单的事情。
And that is to require masks for everyone he has not done that.
这就要求所有的人都戴上口罩，他没有这样做过。
Climbing case numbers have forced other governors who once resisted mask mandates to put them in place.
不断攀升的病例数迫使其他曾经抵制戴口罩命令的州长们将其付诸实施。
We did take the further step of instituting a statewide mask mandate not something I wanted to do
我们确实向前迈了一步，下命令要求全州范围内戴口罩，这不是我想做的事情。
but its something everybody can do to relieve the pressure on our hospitals
但这是每个人都能做的，以减轻我们医院的压力
to give us a hope to bring down those cases.
让我们有希望减少病例。
President Donald Trump says hes not ordering mask wearing nationwide.
唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，他不会下令在全国范围内戴面具。
In an exclusive interview on Fox news sunday,
在福克斯周日的独家采访中，
he cited contradictory advice on masks issued during the early days of the pandemic.
他引用了在疫情初期发布的自相矛盾的关于戴口罩的的建议。
Everybody was saying dont wear a mask all of a sudden everybodys got to wear a mask,
每个人都在说不要戴口罩，突然之间每个人都得戴上面具，
and as you know masks caused problems too.
你也知道口罩也会引起问题。
With that being said, Im a believer in masks because I think masks are good, but I leave it up to the governors.
话虽如此，我还是戴口罩，因为我认为口罩是好的，但我把这个问题留给州长解决。
To deal with the economic consequences of the virus
为了处理病毒造成的经济后果
congress is expected this week to work on another coronavirus stimulus package.
预计国会本周将制定另一套冠状病毒刺激方案。
Lawmakers are under pressure to act quickly because their August recess is approaching.
议员们正承受着迅速采取行动的压力，因为他们八月份的休会期即将来临。
Marcus Harton VOA news Washington
VOA 记者Marcus Harton 华盛顿报道