时代周刊:病毒刚刚来袭美国农村就已放松警惕(3)

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"Not in a million years did we think this was something we'd ever be dealing with," says the town's mayor, Mary Jane Scott.
“万万没想到我们也会遇到这种情况，”该镇镇长玛丽·简·斯科特说。

The town quickly implemented a curfew and a face-mask policy for all public spaces
据她透露，事后，该镇很快便推出了宵禁政策以及出入所有公共场所都需佩戴口罩的政策，

rural areas are finding it hard to stay closed, especially as many feel the worst has passed.
农村地区也发现很难维持停工停产停学这一政策，尤其因为许多人都觉得最糟糕的时期已经过去了。

Crystal Miller was at her home in Lexington, Ky., making a pot of chili on the evening of March 6 when she got the call.
3月6日晚接到电话时，克里斯托·米勒正在肯塔基州列克星敦的家中处理盆中的辣椒。

As the director of the Wedco District Health Department in northcentral Kentucky,
作为肯塔基州中北部威德科区卫生局的主任，

But she had not expected the state's first case would appear in Harrison County,
但她还是没有想到，肯塔基州的第一例新冠会出现在哈里森县

The county's residents instinctively reacted by social distancing, weeks before it became part of the national vocabulary.
随后，该县居民本能地开始了隔离，等到各地都注意到这座小县城时他们已经主动隔离了好几周了。

Schools shut, and people avoided large gatherings and limited their shopping trips.
学校停课，居民们也告别了大型集会，连出门购物次数都会克制。

But after more than seven weeks of closures and stay-at-home orders made the county a success story in containing the virus—
问题是，超七周的停工停产停学和居家隔离政策使得该县成了控制疫情的成功范例——

"People want to do the right thing, but in this area of Kentucky people are frustrated
“人们是想做正确的事，但肯塔基州这个地区的人已经开始有情绪了，

and are starting to think, 'Haven't we flattened the curve enough?'" Miller says.
大家已经开始问，‘我们把曲线拉得还不够平么？’“米勒说。

By then, Blaine County, home to the Sun Valley ski resort, had become a coronavirus hot spot,
截至当时，太阳谷滑雪场所在的布莱恩县就已经成了新冠病毒的热点地区，

at one point exceeding the infection rates of New York City and shutting down the local hospital.
甚至一度超过纽约市的感染率，当地医院都关停了。

But it didn't take long for some of the state's antigovernment rural population to push back.
然而，没过多久，该州反政府的农村人口就发起了反击。

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1.not in a million years 怎么也没有

Not in a million years did I think that I would actually win the lottery!

万万没想到我的彩票真的会中奖！

2.much like 就像

Much like a newt that has lost a limb, these mice will replace missing or damaged tissue with healthy tissue that lacks any sign of scarring.

就像一只失去了肢体的蝾螈，这些老鼠会用没有任何疤痕迹象的健康组织代替缺失或受损的组织]NB4aZT|I[~Yrg。

3.give way to 让步于

Her previous calm gave way to terror.

她先前的泰然自若已变为惊恐IL+!2|m|#t~u。

4.push back 反击；反对；抵抗

People are pushing back against proposed legislation that would limit their ability to travel outside the country.

限制出国游的拟议法案遭到了民众的抵制52j|PU.ZzTV;JBV]S;。

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