经济学人双语精读TE-2023-06-05期考研英语杂志精读（PDF版+Word版+音频）
End of the pandemic emergency：Bye-bye covid
Many services Americans have come to rely on are about to wind down
【1】After years of turmoil, America’s covid -19 emergency is formally coming to a close. More than 1.1m Americans died from covid -related causes during the pandemic (in January 2021 weekly deaths were close to 24,000). Now reported deaths are down by over 95% from their peak. And so on May 11th the Biden administration will end the public health emergency declaration, first issued under President Donald Trump. It enabled the federalgovernment to cut red tape for government programmes and provide urgently needed funds. A programme that allowed FEMA, the federal emergencyManagement Agency, to pay for extraordinary expenses will also end that day. It is a symbolic moment, but also one with real consequences.
【2】Covid-related protections for public health insurance have already been removed, after a change on March 31st. Before the pandemic, many Americans on Medicaid—public health insurance for the poor and those with disabilities—had inconsistent coverage. Some would become ineligibleafter a rise in income, only to become eligible again once their pay dipped. Others would fail to complete the paperwork properly. The emergencydeclaration required states to keep patients on the books. In all, up to 24m people could now lose their health insurance.
【3】Covid testing and treatment will be more costly for patients. Under the emergency, Medicare—public insurance for the elderly—and private insurance firms had to cover clients for covid laboratory tests and up to eight at -home tests a month. No longer. Patients may need to pay for tests ordered by a medical professional. Americans with public insurance were treated free; that may end in September.
【4】One thing will remain the same for a while: covid vaccines will be free to all until the federal supply has been depleted, which some estimatecould be as early as this summer. Most insurance companies are required to provide vaccines recommended by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention without cost, so the vaccine will remain free for the fully insured. But the uninsured may be out of luck.
【5】Telehealth services will become more restrictive. For example, providers were allowed to write prescriptions for certain controlled substances, such as drugs used to treat opioid addiction, through virtual appointments. This will end next week, though the Drug Enforcement administration has proposed a permanent extension.
【6】FEMA, meanwhile, will end special provisions allowing the federal government to reimburse states for disaster -related services. It provided $104bn. “It’s the first time we’ve ever done a simultaneous major disaster declaration in all 50 states and our territories,” says Deanne Criswell, FEMA’s administrator. The agency supported measures such as medical treatment in temporary facilities. This will stop on May 11th. FEMA also gave families up to $9,000 in funeral expenses for covid -related deaths. This will end in September.
【7】“The health system is going to have to absorb a lot of changes at once,”says Jennifer Kates of KFF, a charity focused on health. “We won’t know how smooth or bumpy it will be until it happens.”
【8】And the impact will be felt beyond the medical system. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (SNAP) benefits, commonly known as food stamps, were more generous and given to more people under the emergency. These benefits will be pared back. Next week additional food stamps for children under six, as well as for children and adults in shelters, will end. A provision covering poor college students will expire in June, and another for schoolchildren finishes in September.
【9】These cuts will hurt the poorest Americans. Some pandemic- related SNAP benefits ended in March, and the affected families lost $90 per person per month on average. New York Common Pantry, a charity that provides food for the needy, says that as a result it saw 35% more clients after the rollback than at the same time last year. “The lines are longer than ever before,” says Judy Secon, its deputy executive director. She expects demand to rise further as those other food benefits come to an end: “The pandemic went away, but food insecurity did not.”
1、短语
1）原文：It enabled the federal government to cut red tape for government programmes and provide urgently needed funds..
词典：red tape 繁文缛节
例句：The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.
可支配的那点点钱都花在官僚主义的繁文缛节上了。
2）原文：Others would fail to complete the paperwork properly .
词典：fail to 没能做成
例句：Some schools fail to require any homework.
有些学校没有布置任何家庭作业。
3）原文：These benefits will be pared back.
词典：pare back 缩减，削减
例句：Congress would probably pare back whatever I proposed anyway.
无论我提议削减多少，国会都有可能缩减我提出的数额。
4）原文：She expects demand to rise further as those other food benefits come to an end: “The pandemic went away, but food insecurity did not.”
词典：come to an end 结束
例句：I was heartsick, for I felt that the splendid years of my carefree childhood had come to an end.
我很难过，因为我觉得我无忧无虑的美好童年生活结束了。
2、长难句
1、
1）原文：
A programme that allowed FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to pay for extraordinary expenses will also end that day.
2）分析：
l 红色部分是主句，是主谓宾结构。绿色部分是that引导的定语从句，修饰先行词programme，其中that在从句中作主语。
l 蓝色部分是同位语结构，是FEMA的同位语。
3）译文：一个规定允许联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）提供特殊费用的项目也在5月11日结束。
2、
1）原文：New York Common Pantry, a charity that provides food for the needy, says that as a result it saw 35% more clients after the rollback than at the same time last year.
2） 分析：
l 红色部分是主句，是主谓宾结构，其中said的宾语是that引导的宾语从句。蓝色部分是New York Common Pantry的同位语。
l 绿色部分是that引导的定语从句，修饰先行词charity，that在从句中做主语。
l 紫色部分是says的宾语从句。棕色部分是时间状语。
3）译文：慈善机构纽约公共食品储藏室（New York Common Pantry）为有需要的人提供食物。该机构表示，在经济回转后，前来领取食物的人比去年同期增长了35%。
3、写作技巧
1）原文：
Some would become ineligible after a rise in income, only to become eligible again once their pay dipped.
因为收入一旦增加，他们就失去了使用白卡的资格，只得等收入降低之后才能重获资格。
2）技巧分析：
例句中出现了不定式做结果状语的用法，不定式做结果状语有以下情况：
l "too+adj./adv.+to do"，太…而不能
The work is too hard for me to finish. 完成那个工作对我来说太难了。
l (only/all+too+adj./adv.+to do)"，非常
I am only too happy to help you. 能帮助你我非常开心。
l adj./adv.+enough+to do"，足够…
She is not old enough to go to school. 她还不够大，不能去上学。
l "so+adj./adv.+as to do"和"such+n.+as to do"中，不定式也表示结果。
The teacher spoke so slow as to make his students understand him. 为了让学生们听懂，这个老师讲的很慢。
He is such a fool as to do the silly things. 他就是个傻瓜，才做这样愚蠢的事。
4、背景分析
美国在2023年5月11日结束新冠疫情公共卫生紧急状态。5月5日，世界卫生组织（World Health Organization）宣布新冠疫情不再构成“国际关注的公共卫生紧急事件”（简称PHEIC）。世卫组织从2020年1月30日起将新冠疫情定性为国际关注的公共卫生紧急事件。
但无论世卫组织还是白宫都明确表示，虽然疫情紧急状态已经结束，但病毒并没有消失，可能继续造成严重破坏。美国结束联邦紧急状态，表明从科学和政治上判断，新冠疫情的急性期已经结束，联邦政府不需要再专门拿出资源，防止新冠跨境传播。
联邦政府宣布紧急状态，可以减少无数繁文缛节，更高效地应对疫情。此外，宣布紧急状态可提供资金和其他资源，对新冠疫情的起因、治疗或预防启动调查，并与其他部门签订合同以满足紧急状态下的需求。紧急状态使联邦政府可以暂停提供许多医疗保险、医疗补助和儿童健康计划（Children’s Health Program，简称CHIP），提供更广泛的医疗保健服务，用于应对疫情。而且，人们可以免费获得新冠检测、治疗和疫苗，医疗补助和医疗保险也更容易覆盖远程医疗服务。但现在，这些都发生了变化。
段落大意：
【2】3月31日后，抗击新冠疫情的相关公共医疗保险保护措施已被取消。
【3】现在，新冠检测和治疗费用将会更高。
【4】但在联邦政府疫苗库存用尽之前，新冠疫苗仍将免费。
【5】远程医疗服务将会出现更多限制。
【6】联邦紧急事务管理局也不再允许联邦政府为各州提供赈灾补偿。
【7】美国医疗系统必须快速应对这些改变。
【8】这些变化影响的不只是医疗系统。SNAP福利更多、能帮助更多需要帮助的人，但是现在其福利也不再存在。
【9】美国最贫穷的人群将受到打击。
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