COVID-Economy 20211122

Question 1

美国发放的首轮经济刺激救助款是关怀计划的一部分，此次是无条件发放金额最高的一次，使近1200万人人免于陷入贫困。

Answer 1

The first round of stimulus payments the U.S. made as part of the Cares Act was the largest such distribution in absolute terms and kept almost 12 million people from falling into poverty.

in absolute terms

Question 2

在层出不穷的数字科技加持下

Answer 2

Empowered with a growing array of digital technologies （这个empowered with不知道怎么翻译比较准确，加持？）

Question 3

多哥，一个约有八百万人口的国家

Answer 3

Togo, a nation of around 8 million people （这里的介词用的是of哦）

Question 4

每月向约四分之一的成年人发放款项

Answer 4

delivering monthly payments to about a quarter of the adult population
（这个deliver 可以用发放嘛）

Question 5

没有人身接触

Answer 5

without any in person contact

Question 6

思想结晶；创作成果

Answer 6

brainchild

Someone’s brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.

Question 7

(尤指)接穗;(尤指名门望族的)子弟;幼枝

纳博科夫是一个贵族家庭的阔少。

Answer 7

scion
英 [ˈsaɪən]

(名门望族的)年轻子弟,小少爷
A scion of a rich or famous family is one of its younger or more recent members.

Nabokov was the scion of an aristocratic family.
纳博科夫是一个贵族家庭的阔少。

Question 8

很难把她记忆中家人们在午夜乘飞机的经历和亲戚讲述的场景区分开来。

她被要求向法庭陈述谈话细节。

他们叙述了那些年里发生的事。

Answer 8

has trouble distinguishing her own memories of the family’s midnight flight from those recounted by relatives

recount sth (to sb)

(formal) 讲述，叙述（亲身经历）
to tell sb about sth, especially sth that you have experienced

[VN] She was asked to recount the details of the conversation to the court.
她被要求向法庭陈述谈话细节。

[V wh-] They recounted what had happened during those years.
他们叙述了那些年里发生的事。

Question 9

获取学位

Answer 9

earn degrees

Question 10

她对多哥有着复杂的感觉

Answer 10

her feelings toward Togo were mixed

Question 11

机会悄然而至

Answer 11

An opportunity presented itself unexpectedly

（悄然而至感觉不太准确）