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Israelis have mourned a family that was a symbol of the trauma their country suffered in the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 terror attack.
以色列人哀悼了一个家庭，这个家庭是他们的国家在2023年10月7日哈马斯领导的恐怖袭击中遭受创伤的象征。

Reuters correspondent Zachary Goelman reports. Israelis on Wednesday mourned three members of the Bibas family.
路透社记者Zachary Goelman报道。以色列人周三哀悼了Bibas家族的三名成员。

They lined the funeral procession that carried the bodies of mother Shiri and her sons, four-year-old Ariel and nine-month-old Kfir, on the way to their funeral.
他们沿着送葬队伍排列，送葬队伍运送着母亲Shiri和她的儿子、四岁的Ariel和九个月大的Kfir的遗体，前往他们的葬礼。

The two children were the youngest hostages seized during the attack on Israel.
这两个孩子是袭击以色列期间被劫持的最年轻的人质。

Their bodies were returned to Israel last week as part of a Gaza cease-fire meant to facilitate the return of captives and the release ofPalestinianprisoners held in Israel.
他们的遗体上周被送回以色列，这是加沙停火的一部分，旨在促进俘虏返回和释放关押在以色列的巴勒斯坦囚犯。

Thousands of people, some in tears, carrying blue and white Israeli flags or photographs of the family, walked in procession or waited as a convoy bearing the coffins passed their way to the funeral.
成千上万的人，有些人泪流满面，手持蓝白相间的以色列国旗或家人的照片，在送葬队伍中行走或等待运送棺材的车队前往葬礼。

The Hamas attack killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies. Militants took 251 captives back to Gaza.
根据以色列的统计，哈马斯的袭击造成1200人死亡。武装分子将251名俘虏带回加沙。

Israel's air and ground war in Gaza, in response, has killed more than 48,000Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities, and destroyed most of the coastal enclave.
据加沙卫生当局称，以色列对加沙发动的空中和地面战争已造成48000多名巴勒斯坦人死亡，并摧毁了大部分沿海地区。

But fighting has stopped since the fragile cease-fire agreement brokered by Egyptian and Qatari mediators last month.
但自上个月埃及和卡塔尔调解人达成脆弱的停火协议以来，战斗已经停止。

Under the deal, Hamas agreed to hand over 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for some 2,000Palestinianprisoners and detainees, and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from some of their positions in Gaza, as well as a massive influx of aid.
根据该协议，哈马斯同意交出33名以色列人质，以换取约2000名巴勒斯坦囚犯和被拘留者，并撤出以色列军队在加沙的部分阵地，以及大量援助。

On Wednesday, Egyptian mediators confirmed they had secured a breakthrough that should allow the handover of the final four hostage bodies due in the first phase of the deal this week after a days-long impasse.
周三，埃及调解人证实，他们已经取得突破，在经过数天的僵局后，本周将移交协议第一阶段的最后四名人质尸体。

Reuters correspondent Zachary Goelman. President Trump says he backs billionaire Elon Musk's U.S. government cost-cutting effort.
路透社记者Zachary Goelman报道。特朗普总统表示，他支持亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克为美国政府削减成本所做的努力。

Reuters correspondent Alex Cohen has more. Musk addressed Trump's first cabinet meeting of the new administration, saying his mission to cut government spending was urgent.
路透社记者亚历克斯·科恩(Alex Cohen)报道了更多消息。马斯克在特朗普新政府的第一次内阁会议上发表讲话，称削减政府开支是他的当务之急。

"It was spending, like, over a trillion dollars on interest. If this continues, the country will go, become de facto bankrupt. It's not an optional thing. It is an essential thing. That's the reason I'm here."
“政府在利息上花费了超过一万亿美元。如果这种情况继续下去，这个国家就会走向破产。这不是可有可无的事情。这是必要的事情。这就是我来这里的原因。”

Trump continued to give his full backing to Musk's Department of Government Efficiency cost-cutting team known as DOGE.
特朗普继续全力支持马斯克的政府效率部成本削减团队，即DOGE。

Federal workers are unhappy with Musk's approach and have sued to protect their jobs, as have other groups who are seeking to block DOGE from accessing government systems and slashing programs.
联邦工作人员对马斯克的做法不满意，并已提起诉讼以保护自己的工作，其他团体也试图阻止DOGE访问政府系统并削减项目。

While Musk has waved a chainsaw on stage at a political event in a bold display of his group's efforts, his official role remains unclear, which has complicated the lawsuits against DOGE. Reuters correspondent Alex Cohen.
虽然马斯克在一次政治活动中挥舞着电锯，大胆展示了他的团队的努力，但他的官方角色仍不明确，这使针对DOGE的诉讼变得复杂。路透社记者亚历克斯·科恩报道。

Top officials from the U.S. and several other member states skipped a group of 20 major economies' finance ministers meeting in South Africa this week, raising questions about the group's continued relevance.
美国和其他几个成员国的高级官员缺席了本周在南非举行的二十国集团财长会议，人们开始质疑该集团是否继续具有重要意义。

Kate Bartlett reports from Johannesburg. The two-day meeting in Cape Town ended without a communiqué, with current G20 leader South Africa saying there was not sufficient consensus to issue one.
凯特·巴特利特（Kate Bartlett）在约翰内斯堡报道。在开普敦举行的为期两天的会议没有发表公报，现任二十国集团领导人南非表示，双方没有达成足够的共识来发表公报。

In his opening remarks at the event, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa referred to the fractured geopolitical climate and stressed the importance of international cooperation.
南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨在会议开幕致辞中提到了支离破碎的地缘政治气氛，并强调了国际合作的重要性。

"At this time of global uncertainty and escalating tension, it is now more important than ever that the members of the G20 should work together."
“在全球不确定性和紧张局势不断升级的当下，二十国集团成员国比以往任何时候都更需要共同努力。”

But it appeared the world's largest economies were not able to find common ground on a number of issues.
但看起来，世界最大的几个经济体在许多问题上都未能达成共识。

The finance ministers meeting was beset with similar problems faced by last week's G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg, which laid bare the discord in current geopolitics.
此次财长会议面临着与上周在约翰内斯堡举行的二十国集团外长会议类似的问题，这也暴露了当前地缘政治的不和谐。

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent skipped the event amid a spat with host country South Africa and after the U.S. criticized the themes around climate change and solidarity, equality and sustainability. Kate Bartlett, VOA News, Johannesburg.
美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特因与东道国南非发生争执而缺席此次活动，此前美国批评气候变化和团结、平等和可持续性等主题。美国之音新闻记者凯特·巴特利特在约翰内斯堡报道。

President Trump said on Thursday that his proposed 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will go into effect on March 4
特朗普总统周四表示，他提议对墨西哥和加拿大商品征收25%的关税将于3月4日生效，

and threaten an extra 10 percent duty on Chinese imports over what he said were drugs pouring into the U.S. from those countries. Reuters correspondent Alex Cohen has more.
并威胁对中国进口产品征收额外10%的关税，因为他所说的药品从这些国家涌入美国。路透社记者亚历克斯·科恩（Alex Cohen）带来更多报道。

Canadian and Mexican officials were due to meet with Trump administration counterparts in Washington on Thursday and Friday to try to firststallthe tariffs, which could deal a serious blow to a highly integrated North American economy.
加拿大和墨西哥官员将于周四和周五在华盛顿会见特朗普政府的同行，试图先推迟征收关税，这可能会对高度一体化的北美经济造成严重打击。

Trump's comments on the matter during his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday seem to suggest that he may push the deadline back for about one month until April 4.
特朗普在周三的第一次内阁会议上就此事发表的评论似乎表明，他可能会将最后期限推迟大约一个月，即推迟到4月4日。

Reuters correspondent Alex Cohen. A search warrant shows that Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs had been dead for some time before being discovered.
路透社记者亚历克斯·科恩报道。搜查令显示，奥斯卡影帝吉恩·哈克曼、他的妻子和他们的一条狗在被发现之前已经死了一段时间。

AP correspondent Donna Warder reports. A maintenance worker entered the couple's Santa Fe, New Mexico, home Wednesday and found their bodies.
美联社记者唐娜·沃德（Donna Warder）报道。一名维修工人周三进入这对夫妇位于新墨西哥州圣达菲的家，发现了他们的尸体。

They say one of their dogs, a German shepherd, was found dead in the bathroom closet, but two other dogs, one inside the home and one outside, were found alive and well.
他们说，他们的德国牧羊犬被发现死在浴室的壁橱里，但另外两只狗，一只在屋内，一只在屋外，被发现时还活着，而且很健康。

A sheriff's detective says the couple didn't have any wounds and that there were no signs of a carbon monoxide leak or carbon monoxide poisoning. I'm Donna Warder.
一名警长侦探说，这对夫妇没有任何伤口，也没有一氧化碳泄漏或一氧化碳中毒的迹象。我是唐娜·沃德。

The future of the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas is in doubt after Israel stopped all aid from entering the Gaza Strip. Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem.
在以色列阻止所有援助进入加沙地带后，以色列和哈马斯之间的停火前景令人怀疑。琳达·格拉德斯坦（Linda Gradstein）在耶路撒冷报道。

Israel's announcement that it is blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza through its checkpoints has caused fear andpanicbuying in Gaza's markets.
以色列宣布阻止人道主义援助通过其检查站进入加沙，这在加沙市场引起了恐慌性购买。

The move comes as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, when Muslims fast from dawn to dusk and share festive meals in the evenings.
此举正值穆斯林斋月开始之际，穆斯林从黎明到黄昏禁食，晚上共享节日大餐。

This year's Ramadan is taking place amid massive destruction caused by 16 months of heavy fighting between Israel and the terrorist-designated Hamas.
今年的斋月正值以色列和被指定为恐怖分子的哈马斯之间16个月的激烈战斗造成大规模破坏之际。

Hamas seized 250 hostages in an October 7, 2023, terror attack on southern Israel, sparking a war that has left tens of thousands ofPalestinians and more than 1,700 Israelis dead.
哈马斯于2023年10月7日在以色列南部发动恐怖袭击，劫持了250名人质，引发了一场战争，造成数万名巴勒斯坦人和1700多名以色列人死亡。

So far, 147 hostages have been returned to Israel alive, most in two cease-fire deals with Hamas. Israel has also released some 2,000Palestinianprisoners.
到目前为止，已有147名人质活着返回以色列，其中大多数是在与哈马斯达成的两项停火协议中被释放的。以色列还释放了约2000名巴勒斯坦囚犯。

Hamas, Arab states, the United Nations and human rights groups have condemned the Israeli blockage of aid shipments, accusing Israel of violating the cease-fire terms.
哈马斯、阿拉伯国家、联合国和人权组织谴责以色列封锁援助物资，指责以色列违反停火条款。

Linda Gradstein, VOA News, Jerusalem. President Trump said on Monday that 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday.
美国之音新闻记者琳达·格拉德斯坦在耶路撒冷报道。特朗普总统周一表示，对加拿大和墨西哥进口产品征收25%的关税将于周二生效。

Reuters correspondent Jillian Kitchener reports. U.S. stocks plunged after Trump said there was no room left for a deal that would avert the tariffs by halting the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
路透社记者吉莉安·基钦纳(Jillian Kitchener)报道。特朗普表示，通过停止芬太尼流入美国，达成协议以避免关税，此后美国股市暴跌。

"On the tariffs, is there any room left for Canada and Mexico to make a deal before midnight?"
“关于关税，加拿大和墨西哥还有商量的余地在午夜前达成协议吗？”

"No room left for Mexico or for Canada. No, the tariffs, you know, they're all set."
“墨西哥和加拿大都没有商量的余地。他们都已经确定了。”

Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum on Monday told reporters, quote, "We maintained communication. We have made the agreements and the necessary coordination."
墨西哥总统克劳迪娅·辛鲍姆周一告诉记者，“我们保持着沟通。我们已经达成了协议并进行了必要的协调。”

But she said the decision to impose tariffs rested with Trump and said Mexico was ready with a plan B, C and D.
但她表示，征收关税的决定权在特朗普手中，并表示墨西哥已准备好B、C和D计划。

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday told reporters Canada should not be blamed for the amount of fentanyl in the U.S.
加拿大总理贾斯廷·特鲁多周日告诉记者，加拿大不应为美国的芬太尼数量负责。

"We had about less than one percent when we first started talking about this many months ago. That number is significantly lower than that even now."
“几个月前我们刚开始谈论这个问题时，我们的关税还不到1%，比现在要低得多。”

Economists say that if Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs, which cover more than $900 billion worth of annual imports from Canada and Mexico, it would deal a serious setback to the highly integrated North American economy.
经济学家表示，如果特朗普征收25%的关税，涵盖每年价值超过9000亿美元的加拿大和墨西哥进口产品，这将对高度一体化的北美经济造成严重挫折。

At one time polio paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children every year.
曾经，小儿麻痹症每年都会使数十万儿童瘫痪。

In Africa alone, it afflicted 75,000 children annually. That's no longer the case.
仅在非洲，每年就有7.5万名儿童受此折磨。现在情况已经不一样了。

We have just achieved a major milestone in global polio eradication, with the certification of the African region as well polio virus free.
我们刚刚在全球根除小儿麻痹症方面实现了一个重大里程碑，非洲地区被认证为无野生脊髓灰质炎病毒。

A vaccine ended polio in the developed world more than 50 years ago.
50多年前，一种疫苗结束了发达国家的小儿麻痹症。

In 1988, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative decided to end polio in developing countries.
1988年，全球根除小儿麻痹症倡议决定在发展中国家消除小儿麻痹症。

It's taken a lot of work: countless volunteers, global leadership, local leadership and the backing of many donors.
这需要付出大量的努力：无数志愿者、全球领导力、地方领导力以及众多捐助者的支持。

But now the wild polio virus exists only in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
但是现在小儿麻痹症病毒只存在于阿富汗和巴基斯坦。

In both countries, there has been a resurgence of the virus in recent years.
近年来，这两个国家的病毒都死灰复燃。

In Pakistan, people displaced by violence and conflict have resettled in communities with poor health services and sanitation.
在巴基斯坦，因暴力和冲突而流离失所的人们在卫生服务和环境卫生条件较差的社区重新定居。

Polio virus is very unforgiving in these communities. You know, they're densely settled. They're, you know, poor sanitation and hygiene.
小儿麻痹症病毒在这些社区里非常肆虐。这些地方人口密集，而且卫生条件和个人卫生习惯都很差。

The conditions are very favorable for polio virus transmission to thrive, to be really entrenched there.
这些条件非常有利于小儿麻痹症病毒传播扩散，使其真正在那里扎根。

Jafari says the eradication program is now helping these communities meet more of their health needs like access to clean water.
贾法里说，根除小儿麻痹症的倡议现在正在帮助这些社区满足更多的卫生需求，例如获得清洁水源。

In Afghanistan, the Taliban doesn't allow mass inoculations or house-to-houseimmunizations.
在阿富汗，塔利班不允许大规模接种疫苗或挨家挨户接种。

If you don't do house-to-house campaigns, can you perhaps carry outimmunizationcampaigns in smallimmunizationcenters?
如果你不进行挨家挨户接种，是否可以在小型免疫中心开展免疫接种活动？

Many smallimmunizationcenters in a particular community, so that families don't have to travel very far to have their children immunized.
在某个特定社区设立许多小型免疫接种中心，这样家庭就不必长途跋涉带孩子去接种疫苗了。

So we're trying to be creative, and looking at ways to move our polio eradication efforts forward in those two remaining endemic countries.
我们要发挥创造力，并研究如何推动我们在剩下的两个小儿麻痹症盛行的国家根除小儿麻痹症。

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, vaccinators in all countries wear masks and gloves.
由于新冠疫情，各国的疫苗接种人员都佩戴口罩和手套。

Global polio eradication is close and the milestones are significant, but unless the disease is wiped out in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it could once again circulate globally. [解析]
全球根除小儿麻痹症已接近尾声，且取得了重大里程碑进展，但除非该疾病在阿富汗和巴基斯坦被彻底消灭，否则它可能再次在全球范围内传播。

This ad posted to Youtube was part of an unprecedented 200-million-dollar initiative in California by Lyft, Uber and other firms to convince voters that workers who use their apps to find work should be classified as independent contractors, overturning 2019 state legislation that defined them as employees.
发布到油管上的这则广告是来福车、优步等公司在加利福尼亚州发起的一项史无前例的2亿美元倡议活动的一部分，旨在说服选民，让他们认为使用其应用程序找工作的劳动者应被归类为独立承包商，从而推翻2019年该州将他们定义为雇员的立法。

It's a big win for the companies who are no longer required to cover all their drivers for health care and paid time off.
这对公司来说是个巨大的胜利，因为它们不再需要为所有司机提供医疗保险和带薪休假。

The companies see their victory as a vote of confidence in their model of a third way of defining work, app-based gigs, and may inspire similar pushes elsewhere.
这些公司将自己的胜利视为对其定义工作的第三种模式——基于应用程序的零工模式的信任投票，这或许会激励其他地方采取类似的举措。

It's gonna be something that we're going to see affecting more than just California now at this point because other states are looking at a challenge.
现在这将会影响到的不只是加州，因为其他州也正面临挑战。

And that's including Massachusetts, New York and even New Jersey.
包括马萨诸塞州，纽约州甚至新泽西州。

Gerace supported the initiative because he said as an independent contractor, the promise of flexibility works for him.
Gerace支持这项倡议，因为他表示，作为一名独立承包商，灵活性的承诺对他而言是可行的。

I'm not full time, I'm part time, so I go on and off when I choose. It's much more convenient for me that way.
我不是全职工作，我是兼职，所以我可以根据自己的选择随时上班或休息。那样对我来说方便多了。

But opponents say the company's victory comes at the expense of workers' rights.
但反对者说，该公司的胜利是以牺牲工人权利为代价的。

This kind of app-based piece work may seem to offer flexibility, but it comes with serious downsides, they say.
他们表示，这种基于应用程序的零工工作看似提供了灵活性，但也存在严重的弊端。

The gig worker stuff in general, I think, is a problem for labor everywhere because it's making people independent contractors.
总的来说，我认为零工经济的问题对各地的劳动力都构成挑战，因为它正在让人们成为独立承包商。

You take away right unemployment, you take away workers comp. Anything that you kind of offer protections under the law you're losing those.
你取消了正当的失业救济，你取消了工伤赔偿。任何在法律层面提供保障的内容，你都在失去它们。

The victory by the app companies like Uber and Lyft may embolden other industries to pursue the third way model for their employees, some labor experts say.
一些劳工专家表示，优步和来福车等应用程序公司的胜利可能会鼓励其他行业为其员工推行第三种模式。

I think that maybe scarier prospect is just this sort of offers an avenue for lots of other types of companies to follow in step.
我认为，或许更令人担忧的前景是，这恰恰为许多其他类型的公司提供了效仿的途径。

And I wonder slash worry about instances where like a Walmart decides to say, "Hey, actually our workers are also independent contractors."
我不禁会想，也会担心出现这样的情况，比如沃尔玛会宣称：“实际上我们的员工也是独立承包商。”

As Uber, Lyft and other app companies look beyond California, the future of work, what it means to have a job may be a concept that is changing.
随着优步、来福车及其他应用程序公司放眼加州以外的地区，工作的未来，以及拥有一份工作意味着什么，可能是一个正在变化的概念。