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Japanhasworkedhardtotampdownthecoronavirus,butnowcasesarecreepingup,andthenation’svaccinationrateislagging.OrganizersjustreroutedthetorchrelayplannedthisweektoreachthestreetsofOsaka,whereonehealthofficialsaidthespreadofnewvariantshadpushedthemedicalsystemto“thevergeofcollapse.”Intothistroubledenvironment,,athletesfromallcornersoftheglobewilldescend,alongwithcoaches,officials,Olympicsupportstaff,mediaworkersandmore.TheTokyoGamescouldendupbeingathree-weeksuperspreadereventthatleadstodeathandillnessacrossJapanandfarbeyond.TheJapanesepublichasgrownwisetothehealthrisk.ItisalsoawareoftheestimatesthatshowthecostfortheGameshasswollentoarecord5.4billion,up3billioninthelastyearalone.Recentsurveysshowcloseto80percentofJapanesesaytheGamesshouldbepostponedagainorcanceled.文章第一遍读下来感觉如何~积累了哪些知识点呢？接下来我们看精读笔记吧~精读笔记
Japanhasworkedhardtotampdownthecoronavirus,butnowcasesarecreepingup,andthenation’svaccinationrateislagging.OrganizersjustreroutedthetorchrelayplannedthisweektoreachthestreetsofOsaka,whereonehealthofficialsaidthespreadofnewvariantshadpushedthemedicalsystemto“thevergeofcollapse.”日本一直在努力遏制新冠病毒，但现在病例正在缓慢上升，疫苗接种率也处于滞后状态。组织方才修改了计划于本周进行的火炬传递的路线，将其移至大阪街头，当地一名卫生官员表示，病毒新变种的传播已将大阪医疗系统推向“崩溃边缘”。tamp/t?mp/是个GRE词汇，意为“压实；塞紧”：topresssthdownfirmly,especiallyintoaclosedspacetampdown是常见搭配，可以引申为”遏制，打压“这一含义比如“打击我的热情”，可译作tampdownmyenthusiasmcreepup是固定搭配，表示“逐渐增长”，多用来指数量、价格等，也就是graduallyincreaseinamount的意思比如“住房价格又在渐渐上涨”，可译作Housepricesarecreepingupagain.再拓展个词组：creepuponsb是“不知不觉开始影响某人”的意思：tobegintoaffectsb,especiallybeforetheyrealizeit举个栗子：Tirednesscaneasilycreepuponyouwhileyouredriving.开车时会很容易不知不觉地就累了。??有木有觉得很形象lag/l?g/是“发展缓慢；滞后”的意思，也是外刊中的高频词，英文释义为tomoveordevelopslowlyormoreslowlythanotherpeople,organizations常与behind连用，可以说lagbehindsb/sth举个栗子：Westilllagfarbehindmanyofour
