【商業快訊學英文】
📰 中國解禁復工 vs 美國延長封鎖
早安 來讀華爾街日報

China Returns to Work as U.S. Extends Shutdowns

📰 中國方面
There is a tentative revival of industry two months after a near-nationwide shutdown of factories, workplaces and retail outlets.
工業經過兩個月近乎全國關廠、停工、停止零售通路後，嘗試復甦

tentative 嘗試的
revival 復甦 re 重新 + vive 生命的字根
shutdown 關閉

📰 Officials said, nearly all of its major industrial companies have resumed production. More than three-quarters of small- and medium-size businesses have also resumed operations, though some export-oriented companies have been badly hit by declining domestic and global demand.
官員表示，將近所有主要工業都復工。逾 75% 中小企業也恢復運作；一些出口導向的企業受內需和全球需求下降重擊

resume 恢復、繼續
operations 運作、接觸對岸朋友則會常聽到「運營」
-oriented 導向
declining 下降的

以上是官方說法，附圖也可看到學校復學了。
以政府強制的作風可能工業生產力的確會復甦，不過防疫方面還是讓人擔心

📰 美國方面
Prepares for Prolonged Shutdowns as Coronavirus Strains Hospitals
準備延長關閉；冠狀病毒讓醫院不堪負荷

prolonged 延長的
strain 繃緊

📰 A U.S. Navy ship outfitted with 1,000 hospital beds pulled into New York Harbor. Tents sprung up in New York City’s Central Park. The Javits Center, a 1.8 million-square-foot convention center in Manhattan, opened its doors as a makeshift hospital.
美國海軍裝配一千張病床的船隻停泊紐約港。中央公園架起帳篷。曼哈頓大會議中心成為臨時醫院

這幾句都用簡明動詞描述生動畫面
pull into 停入
spring up 架起
open its doors 開門

makeshift 臨時替代的

想到美麗的中央公園變成戰地醫院就覺得......希望這一切趕快過去！大家加油啊

💡 Quiz
There are tents __________ in Central Park as a makeshift ________.
中央公園搭建了帳篷作為臨時醫院。
A. sprung up, hospital
B. sprung up, toilet
C. wake up, hospital
D. selling popcorn, movie theater
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