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VOA常速英语:Portrait Series Honors US Healthcare Workers

Source: 恒星英语学习网    2021-05-12   English BBS   Favorite  

Dr Anthony Fauci didnt make time magazines person of the year in 2020,
安东尼·福奇博士没有在2020年成为“时代”杂志年度人物,
but this is how New York city artist Tim Okamura has portrayed Fauci the year the coronavirus pandemic hit.
但这就是纽约市艺术家TimOkamura描绘的福奇在冠状病毒大流行的写照。
And some of them you could see him looking kind of dejected I could see him
其中一些你可以看到他看上去有点沮丧
like you could see Trump sort of in the background talking and its funny to see like Faucis expression,
就像你可以看到特朗普在说话,看到福奇的表情很有趣,
and just trying to capture a sense of a certain sense of stoicism and and intellect and thought,
试图捕捉到一种坚忍、智慧和思想的感觉,
and sort of his his presence in the pantheon of American,
就像他出现在美国的万神殿里,
sort of personalities that have been at the forefront during this pandemic.
在这场疫情中站在最前列的人。
Okamura has also focused on nurses.
Okamura也关注护士。
Im living across the street from Wyckoff Heights medical center which is absolutely full of covid patients
我住在怀柯夫高地医疗中心的街对面,那里的医疗中心里全是新冠肺炎病人
and in fact where one of the first covid uh patients in New York was treated,
事实上,纽约第一批病人之一在那里接受了治疗,
and also unfortunately passed away.
也不幸地去世了。
So I was seeing medical workers going in and out of the hospital daily.
所以我每天都看到医护人员进出医院。
I was seeing their stress and the the strain that they were going through.
我看到了他们的紧张和他们承受的压力。
Okamura adjusted his art to the new reality and learned to paint face masks and gloves.
Okamura调整他的艺术适应新的现实,并学会了画面罩和手套。
He dedicated special attention to the doctors and nurses name tags
他特别注意医生和护士的姓名标签。
because most of their faces were covered with protective equipment.
因为他们的脸上都覆盖着防护设备。
As people when youre trying to connect with somebody
当你试图与某人建立联系时
you feel that theres kind of a barrier between you and that person
你觉得你和那个人之间存在着某种障碍
but the eyes are where youre going to find that interaction.
但眼睛是你能找到互动的地方。
Jenny V can only be recognized when you look into her eyes
只有当你看着Jenny V 的眼睛时,她才能被认出。
when shes at work she always wears a mask.
她上班时总是戴着口罩。
After working a 12-hour shift at a vaccination site she says the vaccines offer hope.
在疫苗接种点工作了12小时后,她说疫苗提供了希望。
It feels great because its signaling an end to a pandemic hopefully sooner rather than later,
感觉很棒,因为它预示着一场疫情的结束--希望早日结束,
and its nice to see that people are coming in for it and
很高兴看到大家都来注射疫苗
just excited to get it just as excited as we are to give it.
他们很兴奋,我们也一样。
NYU langone health lowered its flags to honor the covid victims.
纽约大学兰贡卫生组织降下国旗,向新冠的遇难者致敬。
Back in may, after we worked long hours fighting covid
在五月份的时候,在我们工作了很长时间和新冠战斗之后。
she found it hard to come down during her two-hour drive home thats when Okamura met her.
在开车回家两小时的路上,她发现很难下来,那是Okamura 遇到她的时候。
We were never taught in nursing school on how to handle a pandemic
在护理学校,我们从来没有接受过如何应对疫情的教育。
so when it hit we were all scared ourselves, we all have families young children elderly parents,
所以当它袭来时,我们都害怕,我们都有家庭,年幼的孩子,年迈的父母,
and when the pandemic hit it was we were just pretty much trying to figure out how to get by day to day.
当疫情来袭的时候我们只是想弄清楚如何过好每一天。
V says while covid vaccines are a light at the end of the tunnel, the tunnel is very long.
V说,虽然新冠疫苗是一线曙光,距离终点还比较远。
She hasnt seen Okamuras portrait of her yet, just a picture on instagram.
她还没有看到Okamura给她画的肖像,只是在Instagram上看到。
When its safe to do so Okamura will give it to her as a gift
当安全的时候,Okamura会把它作为礼物送给她
like he will gift the other portraits of medical workers
就像他会送给其他医务人员的肖像一样
as a way to give thanks and remember the pandemics toll on human lives.
作为致谢和纪念疫情对人类生命造成的损失的一种方式。
Vladimir Lenski in New York Anna Rice VOA news
弗拉基米尔·伦斯基 ,安娜·赖斯纽约报道


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