2020-02-10-Giving the Gift of Mobility in a City Locked Down by Coronavirus

Giving the gift of Mobility in a city locked down by Coronavirus

在因新冠状病毒封锁的城市里,做志愿者司机

His days are long, 12 hours crisscrossing the city and ferrying people to buy groceries,get medicine and go to the hospital. The roads he travels are mostly empty since the city was sealed off.In his blue and white car, Zhanglei is a rare sight on the streets of Wuhan.

开着蓝白相间小车的张磊是武汉接头的一道别样风景:自从城市封锁以来,他每天从早忙到忙,12小时在几乎无人的街道上来回穿梭,搭载人们买日用品,拿取药物,送人们去医院。

高手翻译

开着蓝白相间小汽车的张磊(音译)是武汉街头的一道别样风景:自从这座城市被封锁以来,他总是从早忙到晚,每天在空空荡荡的市区来回穿梭12个小时,送当地居民去购买日用品、取药,或是送他们去医院。

During normal times, Zhang lei, 32, is ataxi driver in this Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak. But after the local government abruptly locked down the city, he became one of the thousand people who volunteered to help ease the transportation woes.

在平时,32岁的张磊是中国这座疫情中心武汉城市的一名出租车司机,但是从中国当地政府在上月末突然封锁城市后,他成为了数千万志愿者司机中的一份子,帮助缓解交通困难。

高手翻译

在这次的疫情中心城市武汉,32岁的张磊平日里是一名出租车司机。但自从当地政府在上月末突然封城后,张磊便加入了数千名志愿者的队伍,和他们一起帮忙缓解交通困境。

Most of his passengers are poor, elderly residents who do not have any children or whose family is outside Wuhan and could not come home because the quarantine. “it is heartbreaking,” he says, “thereis no one to take care of them.”

他的大部分乘客都是贫困又年长的当地居民,他们要么没有孩子,要么就是孩子们因为隔离无法回家。他感叹道,没人能照顾他们,真是太可怜了。

The free rides are arranged by the neighborhood committees which typically serve as a go-between for local residents and the local government. At current crisis, those committees are in charge of allocating community resources and help coordinating with hospitals.

免费搭乘的服务是当地居委会安排的,他们是连接当地政府和当地居民的桥梁,在这危机时刻,他们的任务就是分配社区资源,以及协助医院。

这些免费接送服务均由社区居委会安排,后者是联系居民和当地政府的桥梁。当前的危机下,这些社区居委会负责分配社区资源并协助与医院的配合工作。

Like other drivers, Mr. Zhang does not get paid. Many Chinese praised these volunteer drivers for donating their time and energyto help out their fellow residents.

与其它的司机一样,张磊无薪酬。这些志愿者司机为帮助当地居民所付出的时间与精力,非常受大众的赞扬。

New expressions:

Mobility n.移动性,但是这里指自由行性

Eg. Your right arm has no mobility to move.

You don't have any mobility in your arm.

Crisscross v.多次往返于,来回奔波,贯穿 n.线条纵横交错的图案 adj.十字形的,交叉的

He crisscross Shanghai every day.

Lock down/seal off  封锁  

The city has been locked down because of the Coronavirus

The place has been sealed off the crime scene.

Abruptly adv.突然地,突发地

xxx is a rare sight on the sreets of Wuhan 什么东西在武汉街头是一道别样的风景 

Snow is a rare sight in this city 雪在这座城市很罕见

Wove  n.困难

Ease the woes 缓解困难

Ferry n.渡船,摆渡 v.来往行驶

Ferry people to buy groceries 搭载乘客买日用品

Epicenter n.中心  at the epicenter of sth.

France is at the epicenter of the European Wine Industry 

Go-between n.中间人,桥梁,穿针引线

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