One of the main reasons for the decision to push millions more into tier 4 in England，is the rate of new infections with fears that this is being driven by the new variant of the virus.
英國決定將數百萬人納入第四級限制措施中，主要原因之一是，人們擔心感染率的新變化是由病毒的新變種造成的。
infectious
這裡用作名詞：感染
其他詞性:動詞:infect,形容詞:infectious
延伸詞組：be infected with
例子：
There is a 60% probability that the population will be infected with the disease.
民眾感染這種疾病的概率為60%。
Cholera is a bacterial infection.
霍亂是一種由細菌引起的感染。
The likelihood of infection is minimal.
傳染的可能性微乎其微。
院內感染:nosocomial infection
感染與免疫:Infection and Immunity
variant
這裡用作名詞，變異
詞根varied，名詞variation
延伸詞彙：variant of .的變體
例子：
Whenever you meet new people, some variant of this question is bound to come up, and probably pretty early on in the conversation too.
每當你遇到新朋友，這類問題總是會被提及，並且可能是在對話之初就被提到。
be driven by
被...驅使
例子：
The hardware of a computer needs to be driven by a sequence of instructions.
計算機硬體需要一系列指令來驅動。
漂移；漂流:be driven by the current
受著商業目的的驅動:be driven by netmercial purposes
延伸詞組：
be driven up 被抬高
be driven away 被趕走
be driven to 被驅使去
But this afternoon the Health Secretary revealed that two cases of yet another variant have been detected in the UK. This one was first discovered in South Africa. Tonight the government said it was temporarily stopping flights from there from 9 a.m. tomorrow.
但今天下午，衛生大臣透露，英國已發現兩例另一種變異病毒。這是在南非首次發現的。今晚政府表示，將暫時停飛那裡明早9點的航班。
revealed
這裡用作reveal過去式，做動詞揭示
延伸詞組：reveal sb to make sth known to sb.
例子：
People want to reveal, they want to be known, they want to be seen," Mr. Niedzviecki says.
「人們想展示自身，想被人了解，想被人看到，」尼茨威基先生說。
She has refused to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter.
她已拒絕透露她女兒的行蹤。
Our health correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports.South Africa, where another new variant of coronavirus is causing alarm.
下面請看健康記者索菲·哈欽森帶來的報導。另一種新型冠狀病毒正在南非引起恐慌。
Scientists say initial evidence suggests it's more infectious than other versions of the virus,and doctors are reporting more young people who are seriously ill.This new variant is highly concerning because it is yet more transmissible, and it appears to have mutated further than the new variant that's been discovered in the UK.
科學家稱，初步證據表明，這種病毒比其他種類更具傳染性，醫生報告稱有越來越多的年輕人被嚴重感染。這一新變種引起人們高度關注，因為其傳染性更強，而且似乎比英國發現的新變種變異得更厲害。
initial
init=beginning 開始(詞根記憶法)
initial adj.開始的；最初的 eg:initial
initially adv. 最初地；開始地
同義詞替換:initially=originally=at the beginning
例子:
I initially dismissed the idea out of hand.
我起初不假思索地一口否決了這個主意。
initialize v.初始化
initiate v.開始；發動
initiation n.開始；發起；入會
Concerning
prep.關於；涉及 v.影響；牽涉
同義詞替換:concerning=regarding=about
eg:This is a proposal concerning the construction of the new airport.
這是關於興建新機場的一個建議。
concern v.影響；牽涉；讓（某人）擔憂 n.關心；擔憂
詞組: safety concern 安全問題
常用搭配: concern oneself with/in/about sth. 關心/從事/忙於某事
concerned adj. 關注的；擔心的
常用搭配: as far as sb./sth. be concerned 就某人/某物而言
be concerned with/in 與.有關
be concerned about 關心；擔憂
be concerned to do sth. 把做某事視為自己的事
The two people found in the UK with this variant are being quarantined along with close contacts.The government's brought in immediate travel restrictions with South Africa,and says anyone who's been there in the past two weeks must self-isolate along with their close contacts.And all of this on top of the new variant believed to have originated in the UK.Today the government released these graphs showing its rapid growth in different parts of England.The dark lines are the new variant. The lighter lines are the pre-existing strains.And MPs were told today the UK variant believed to have emerged in Kent has probably spread further.
在英國發現的兩名攜帶這種變異病毒的人與密切接觸者一起被隔離。政府立即發布了南非的旅行禁令,並表示，過去兩周去過那裡的人必須與其密切接觸者一起自我隔離。人們認為所有這些都是源於英國的新變種。今天政府發布了這些圖表，顯示了病毒在英格蘭不同地區的快速增長情況。深色線條代表新的變種。較淺的線條是已存在的病毒株。今天，國會議員們被告知，這種被認為是出現在肯特郡的英國病毒變體可能已經進一步傳播。
contact
n.接觸；聯絡；觸摸；遇見（某人）；碰上（要處理的事）
v.聯繫；聯絡
con加強+tact接觸=contact接觸；聯繫
常見詞組：customer contact 客戶聯繫
固定搭配：contact with=have a touch with 與.交往
eg:Contact with other people is a basic human need.
和他人接觸是人的基本需要。
have emerged in 出現在
eg:Many national heroes have emerged in the history of the Chinese nation.
在中華民族的歷史中，出現了很多的民族英雄。
emerge
v.顯現;出現;浮現;興起;暴露;擺脫出來
同義詞替換 emerge=appear=arise=show
eg:A smile emerged on the little girl's face.
小女孩臉上浮現出一絲笑容。
New evidence emerged, vindicating him completely.
新證據出現了，證明他完全是無辜的。
The fact they picked up ten cases in with sequencing of this new variant in a country small Denmarkwith a relatively low infection rate would suggest almost certain in my view that this virus has been introduced into the great majority if not all of European countries at the current time.Whenever viruses mutate into new strains like the one that spreads so fast here in London,there's inevitably concern about whether vaccines will still work.The developers behind the coronavirus vaccines are now checking that but scientists are confident that vaccines will be able to adapt.
事實是，他們在一個感染率相對較低的小國丹麥，通過對這種新變種的測序，發現了10個病例，在我看來幾乎可以肯定的是，目前，這種病毒即使沒有傳入全部歐洲國家，也已經傳入絕大多數國家。每當病毒變異成類似於在倫敦迅速傳播的新變種，人們都必然會擔心疫苗是否仍然有效。冠狀病毒疫苗的研發人員正在驗證這一點，但科學家們對疫苗的適應能力很有信心。
One of the beauties really of this novel technology is its simplicity and in theory it's its adaptability, agility to respond.The developers of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine which is being used by the NHS believe it will still be effective,reassuring those who were relying on it as a way out of this pandemic
這項新技術的真正優點之一是它的簡單性，以及理論上的適應性和反應的敏捷性。NHS（英國國家醫療服務體系）正在使用輝瑞生物技術公司的疫苗，其開發者相信疫苗仍然是有效，這安撫了那些希望靠疫苗來戰勝疫情的人們。
be used by
被用來
例子：These tests will inevitably be used by politicians to make cheap political points.
這些測試必然會被政客們不失時機地拿去大做政治文章。
衍生詞組：
be used for doing 被用來做
be used as 被當作
used to do 過去常常做某事
be used to doing 習慣做某事
圖文排版：王夢潔
文案編輯:嚴靜/陳可鑫
圖片來源:嚴靜
本期製作：艾琳小組