Travel rebound stalls as China cuts flights
中国削减航班，（全球）航空业复苏进程陷入停滞
For the second week in a row, the recovery in global air traffic has taken a step back.
连续两周以来，全球航空业的复苏进程都在倒退。
Airline seat capacity declined about a quarter of a percentage point to 68% of the amount offered in the same week of 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted a multi-year travel expansion fueled by the rising number of middle-class tourists from China and Southeast Asia.***
两周来，航空公司运力下降了约 0.25 个百分点，降至 2019 年同期的 68%。在 2019 年同一时间点之前，得益于中国和东南亚中产游客数量的持续增长，旅游业连续数年都在扩张，随后这一增长势头便被新冠疫情的暴发打断。
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From the start of the year, carriers in China, India, the U.S. and Europe, to name some, registered steady gains as they slowly added more flights to their schedules. But the rise of the delta variant has challenged the return to normalcy — first in India, then in the U.K., and now in China and other Asian nations like Indonesia.
从年初开始，中国、印度、美国、欧洲等地的航空公司，开始缓慢增加排期表上的航班数量，运力稳步增长。但是，德尔塔变体毒株的逐步扩散给运力的恢复带来了挑战——起初是在印度，然后是在英国，现在中国和印度尼西亚等其他亚洲国家也受到了影响。
The latest setback, attributed largely to the spread of the delta variant, follows an almost 1-point decline the prior week.
最近航空业遭遇的打击主要源于德尔塔变体病毒的扩散，而在此前的一周，航空公司的运力已下降了近 1 个百分点。
The biggest challenges are once again in Asia. The broadest virus outbreak in China since the pandemic first began has forced officials to suspend flights and increase testing of airport workers. That's taken a chunk out of the nation's massive domestic aviation trade, which has performed the best among the largest pre-pandemic global markets.
最大的挑战再次出现在亚洲。中国此次暴发的疫情，是自疫情开始以来病毒扩散最广的一次，这已经迫使官方暂停航班并加强了对机场工作人员的检测。这使得中国庞大的本土航空业损失了很大一部分业务，而中国航空业在疫情前全球最大的几个航空市场中表现最佳。
In China, airline capacity has fallen below pre-pandemic levels for the first time in five weeks. Airlines scheduled 9.8% fewer seats this week than last, reducing capacity to 95.7% of 2019 levels.
本周，中国的航空运力在过去的五周内首次低于疫情前的水平。航空公司本周安排的客座比上周减少了 9.8%，运力降至 2019 年水平的 95.7%。
The question for airlines now is whether vaccines can be distributed quickly enough to counter the spread of new coronavirus variants. While the delta variant creates risk for the recovery, the rising pace of vaccinations offers cause for optimism.
现在航空公司面临的问题是，疫苗分发接种的速度能否赶上新型冠状病毒变种传播的速度。虽然德尔塔变体威胁到了航空业的复苏，但疫苗接种速度的加快还是使人们有理由乐观。
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重点词汇
rebound
/ˈˌriːbaʊnd/
n. 回升，反弹
词性拓展：rebound（v. 弹回；回升）
例句：His shot rebounded off the post.
例句：The country just rebounded from an economic recession.
搭配短语：economic rebound
stall
/stɑːl/
v. 停止发展；熄火，抛锚
例句：His career has stalled.
in a row
连续地；排成一排
相关词汇：row（n. 一行，一排）
例句：Food prices have fallen for the third month in a row.
take a step back
后退；退一步以便更客观地思考
例句：You need to take a step back and consider the big picture.
disrupt
/dɪsˈrʌpt/
v. 扰乱，打断
词义辨析：disrupt，interrupt
disrupt 和 interrupt 类似，都有”打断“的意思，但 interrupt 只表示“打断”的这个行为，而 disrupt 则更多了一层贬义，指通过制造混乱等来打断。
例句：Flooding disrupted subway services.
fuel
/ˈfjuː.əl/
v. 增强；给......提供燃料
词性拓展：fuel（n. 燃料）
搭配短语：add fuel to the fire
例句：The car was fuelled.
例句：The crime was fuelled by greed.
to name some
举几个例子
相关词汇：name（v. 提及，引述）
英文释义：mention by name
register
/ˈredʒ.ə.stɚ/
v. 取得（结果）；登记
英文释义：achieve a certain score or result
例句：The team finally registered a victory.
normalcy
/ˈnoɚməlsi/
n. 正常状态
相关词汇：normal（adj. 正常的）
例句：We all hope for an end to the pandemic and a return to normalcy.
setback
/ˈset.bæk/
n. 阻碍，挫折
相关词汇：set sth. back
英文释义：to delay a process
例句：A lack of funding has set back research on the disease.
例句：They achieved victory despite some setbacks.
attribute
/əˈtrɪbjuːt/
v. 把......归因于
搭配短语：attribute sth. to
例句：He attributed his success to luck.
prior
/praɪr/
adj. 在前面的，预先的
搭配短语：prior approval
搭配短语：in prior years
outbreak
/ˈaʊt.breɪk/
n. 爆发，突然发生；暴发
英文释义：the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome
搭配短语：an outbreak of war
suspend
/səˈspend/
v. 暂停，中止
例句：Sales of the drug will be suspended until more tests are completed.
chunk
/tʃʌŋk/
n. 大部分，一大块
搭配短语：a chunk of bread
例句：The rent takes a large chunk out of my monthly salary.
aviation
/ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/
n. 航空，飞行
distribute
/dɪˈstrɪb.juːt/
v. 分发
搭配短语：distribute among / to
例句：Clothes have been distributed among the refugees.
counter
/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ/
v. 抵消
例句：This pill will counter the side effects of the other one.