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President Joe Biden has signed a raft of executive orders to boost the fight against Covid which has ravaged the US.

Vaccination will be accelerated and testing increased. Emergency legislation will be used to increase production of essentials like masks.

Mr Biden said it would take months to defeat the pandemic but America would "get through this" if people stood together.

In a break with former President Donald Trump, the policy stresses a national strategy rather than relying on states to decide what is best.

语言点

1. a raft of 大量的

· 近义表达：a large number/amount of

· a raft of measures 大量措施

· a raft of advice 众多建议

2. boost v. 推动，加强

3. ravage v. 严重破坏，毁坏

· The area has been ravaged by war.

这个地区饱受战争的蹂躏。

4. vaccination n. 疫苗接种

· vaccinate v. 疫苗接种

5. accelerate v. 加速，加快

6. emergency legislation 紧急立法

· emergency n. 紧急事件，突发情况

· legislation n. 立法

7. essential n. 必需品

8. it takes some time to do sth. 做某事要花多长时间

· It took us all day to drive home.

我们开车回家花了一整天的时间。

9. get through 度过，熬过

10. stood together 团结一致

11. a break with 打破……，终结……(the end of a way of doing sth.)

· a break with tradition 打破传统

· a break with the past 和过去决裂，与往事告别

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