Politics this week (2020.05.02) Part.01

Spain announced a complicated four-phase, eight-week return to a “new normality”, which will vary in speed between provinces. If all goes well, Spaniards will be able to return to beaches and bars by the end of June, and in some places before then. France also outlined its own “deconfinement” strategy. Most businesses will be allowed to reopen from May 11th, except for cafés, restaurants and large public spaces such as museums; pulic transport will largely resume too. The French prime minister said this was necessary to avoid economic collapse. France also suffered some alarming instances of rioting.

• Spaniard
  • 西班牙人
• deconfinement
  • 解除禁闭
• alarming
  • 使人惊恐的，引起恐慌的
• rioting
  • 暴乱

The chief executive of Heathrow called for the mandatory testing of passengers for covid-19 at airports in Britain, because travellers are currently allowed to enter the country “without visible measures in place”. Britain is one of only a few countries not to have introduced tighter border screening. Following scientific advice, the government has concluded that temperature checks are ineffective.

• Heathrow
  • 希思罗机场，是英国首都伦敦的主要国际机场。
• mandatory
  • required by law 强制的；法定的
• visible
  • 明显的

Argentina extended its ban on all domestic and international flights until September.

In El Salvador the president, Nayib Bukele, encouraged police to use “lethal force” against criminals following dozens of murders over a few days. The country’s homicide rate, one of the world’s highest, has fallen since Mr Bukele became president in June. He accused gangs of taking advantage of the pandemic, which has distracted security forces from fighting crime.

• El Salvador
  • 萨尔瓦多🇸🇻
• lethal
  • 致命的，可致死的
• homicide
  • 杀人；杀人犯
  • homicide rate 凶杀率

Brazil’s justice minister, Sérgio Moro, quit after the country’s populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, sacked the head of the federal police. Mr Moro accused the president of trying to interfere in investigations of members of his own family. The attorney-general opened an inquiry into Mr Moro’s charge that the president tried to obstruct justice.

• justice minister
  • 司法部长
• populist
  • 民粹主义的
• interfere in
  • 干涉，插手
• attorney general
  • （英国、加拿大等地的）总检察长，首席检察官
• inquiry
  • 调查
  • [SYN] investigation
• obstruct
  • （故意）妨碍，阻碍