中英對照讀新聞》End of Covid pandemic ‘in sight’, says World Health Organization（新冠病毒大流行疫情結束「在望」，世界衛生組織說）

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The end of the Covid-19 pandemic is “in sight”, the World Health Organization has declared, after revealing that weekly deaths from the virus around the world were at the lowest level since March 2020.

世界衛生組織公布全球因新冠病毒死亡人數是自2020年3月以來最低，宣布新型冠狀病毒肺炎的大流行疫情結束「在望」。

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However, it cautioned that coronavirus still posed an “acute global emergency” and highlighted that during the first eight months of 2022 more than 1 million people died from Covid-19.

然而，世衛提醒，新冠病毒仍造成「全球緊急狀態的急性階段」，並強調在2022年前8個月內，有超過100萬人死於此病毒。

The director general of the international health body, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told a press conference: “We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic – we are not there yet, but the end is in sight."

這個國際衛生組織的秘書長譚德塞在記者會上說，「現在是這場大流行疫情最有可能結束的時候，我們還沒達到那一步，但是結束在望」。

“A marathon runner does not stop when the finish line comes into view, she runs harder, with all the energy she has left. So must we.”

「跑馬拉松的人不會在終點線出現在眼前時就停下來，她會用盡所剩力氣更努力地跑。我們也必須如此。」

新聞辭典

in sight：片語，在眼前，看得見。例句：The end of the war is in sight.（這場戰爭的結束在望。）

be in a position to do something：片語，有能力、資源或力量做某事。例句：I will be in a better position to buy a house next year.（我明年將更有能力買間房子。）

come into view：片語，進入視野，出現在眼前。例句：A huge iceberg suddenly came into our view.（一座巨大冰山突然出現在我們眼前。）