根据上文“the depths of a contraction last spring, when shutdowns caused output to”可知,此处指经济萎缩的深渊,当时政府停摆导致产出大幅下降。故选A。 (4)题详解: 考查动词短语辨析。句意:美国和其他国家预计也将报告第三季度疫情激增,但它们仍落后于或刚刚赶上疫情爆发前的水平。A. arriving at到达;B...
Spread of the coronavirus has exposed troubling problems at fur farms and how we respond to outbreaks there.
Furthermore, school shutdowns have left the most vulnerable children without access to federal nutrition programs such as the National School Lunch Program.13 Finally, many parents rely on school buildings to act as daycare facilities, and without schools reopening parents face a tradeoff between ...
Long known for its nightlife and casinos, the state of Nevada has sought to diversify its economy following the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused a significant rise in unemployment that it is still recovering from. CGTN’s Mark Niu reports from Las Vegas. For more, check out our exclusive co...
For example, Ayuningtyas (2021) focused exclusively on Biden’s anniversary speech on the COVID-19 shutdown, while Sofian (2021) examined speech acts in Biden’s victory speech. Besides, studies of American pandemic political rhetoric mainly focus on Donald Trump’s ineffective crisis communication...
This week, the Biden administration announced that for two weeks starting Wednesday, the smallest businesses would have priority in applying for forgivable loans through the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program. That was exciting newsfor eligible firms with fewer than 20 employees....
Despite imposing one of the world's toughest lockdowns when the country had only a few hundred cases, South Africa saw a surge in coronavirus infections that left it with the fifth highest number of cases in the world -- currently around 579,000, of whom around 1...
The franchise starring Chris Pratt was one of the first major Hollywood productions to restart after pandemic-related shutdowns. The New York Times in August wrote about the enhanced safety protocols on the set and a few crewmember cases in Britain and in Malta over the summer. It's...
On Monday, Murphy noted the difference between the spring when shutdowns were implemented and the current surge in cases. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office) "We were about to run out of hospital beds, ventilators, PPE. We were at the edge, and...
The scene was "remarkable" and the two health care workers "are standing in the crosswalk during red lights as a 'reminder,' they say, of why shutdown measures are in place," tweeted local reporter Chase Woodruff. According to a report released Monday by Harvard University's Edmond J. Saf...