英语新闻第43期

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New car rules are designed to be so tough that carmakers will have to turn to electric vehicles.

新的汽车规则设计得非常严厉以至于汽车制造商将不得不转向电动汽车。

As early as next week，the Environmental Protection Agencyis expected to propose an ambitious set of restrictions on vehicle tailpipe pollution.The standards are set to be intentionally onerous in an effort to ensure that at least half of the new vehicles sold in the U.S.are all-electric by 2030. The rules could also put the nation on track to end sales of new gasoline-powered cars as soon as 2035.

早在下周，预计环境保护局将提出一套雄心勃勃的汽车尾气污染限制。这些标准被设定为故意的繁琐苛刻，为了确保到2030年在美国销售的新车中至少有一半是全电动车。这些规则还可能使美国最快在2035年停止销售新的汽油驱动的汽车。

tailpipe n.排气管 onerous adj.繁琐的

Harry Potter fans could soon get a newonline TV adaption of the book. Warner Bros. is close to a deal for the show, with the company hoping it will be a cornerstone of a new streaming strategy. Warner has been eager to do more with one of the best-selling book series of all-time. While JK Rowling has blessed a stage play adaptation and a theme-park attraction, she had yet to sign off on new movies or a TV show.

《哈利-波特》的粉丝们很快就能得到一部由书改编的新的在线电视剧。华纳兄弟公司已接近达成该剧的交易，该公司希望它将成为新的流媒体战略的基石。华纳一直渴望用有史以来最畅销的图书系列之一做更多事情。虽然JK罗琳已经同意了一个舞台剧改编和一个主题公园景点，但她还没有授权新的电影或电视节目。

adaption n.改编 cornerstone n.基石 streaming n.流媒体 adaptation n.改编 attraction n.景点

Images of purported highly classified U.S.government documents were published online by pro-Kremlin war commentators on Telegramand the 4chan messaging board. At least one document was altered to lower estimates of Russian losses and inflate Ukrainian casualties. U.S. defense officials said they believe at least some of the other images were leaks of documents produced by the Joint Chiefs ofStaff. They have yet to determine how the documents appeared online or what military installation they could have come from.

据称高度机密的美国政府文件的图片被亲克里姆林宫的战争评论员通过Telegram和4chan消息板公布在网上。至少有一份文件被篡改，以降低对俄罗斯损失的估计并夸大乌克兰的伤亡。美国国防部官员说，他们相信至少有一些其他图片是参谋长联席会议制作的文件泄露。他们还没有确定这些文件是如何出现在网上的，或者它们可能来自哪个军事设施。

purport v.声称 commentator n.评论员 inflate v.夸大 casualty n.伤亡人员 installation n.设施

Idaho，Montana and Florida saw the highest population growth among U.S.states from 2020 to 2022.New York，Illinois and Louisiana suffered the most shrinkage.San Francisco lost a staggering 7.1%of its residents—a trend fueledby tech workers unshackled from their offices in the remote-work era,combined with high housing costs in the area.

从2020年到2022年，爱达荷州、蒙大拿州和佛罗里达州是美国各州中人口增长最多的。纽约、伊利诺伊州和路易斯安那州的人口缩减最多。旧金山的居民减少了惊人的7.1%--在远程工作时代，科技工作者摆脱了办公室的束缚，加上该地区的高房价，助长了这一趋势。

shrinkage n.萎缩 staggering adj.惊人的 unshackled adj.不受束缚的