放缓增长趋势
Flatten the curve
Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Feifei...
大家好，欢迎来到BBC《地道英语》，我是菲菲。
...and me, Roy.
我是罗伊。
Roy, why are you hitting that table with a hammer?
罗伊，你为什么用锤子敲那张桌子？
Well, I got your message about flattening the curve,
好吧，我听到你说要“flattening the curve”，
and then I saw that this table had a bit of a bump in it,
然后我看到这张桌子有一点不平展，
so I wanted to make sure you were happy.
所以我想让你开心。
No, Roy.
不是的，罗伊。
When I talked about 'flattening the curve',
当我说“flattening the curve”时，
it relates to lowering and smoothing out the peak on a graph or chart.
它与图或图表上的峰值降低和变得平稳有关。
Oh, because you were talking about the rate of infection in the UK.
哦，因为你说的是英国的感染率。
It's really important to 'flatten the curve' of the infection to avoid our healthcare services being overwhelmed with too many patients at one time.
真正重要的是让感染的曲线“变平”，以避免我们的医疗服务要一次性接收太多病人。
That's right - now let's listen to these examples.
对，现在让我们来听这些例句。
The government have introduced social distancing measures to try and flatten the curve.
政府采取了一些社会隔离措施，试图放缓增长趋势。
We need to flatten the curve to prevent too many admissions into hospital.
我们需要放缓增长趋势，以防止出现太多患者住院。
Flattening the curve is vital to help save lives.
减少增长数量对于拯救生命至关重要。
This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the expression 'flatten the curve',
欢迎收听BBC《地道英语》，我们讨论的是短语“flatten the curve”，
which has been used a lot during the coronavirus crisis.
这个短语在冠状病毒危机期间被广泛使用。
It means to reduce the peak of a graph or chart.
它的意思是使图形或图表中的峰值降低。
Yes, people have been in lockdown and social distancing to flatten the curve.
是的，人们一直处于隔离状态，并保持社交距离，以减缓感染人数增长。
It seems that the rate of infection in the UK has decreased of late.
最近，英国的感染率似乎有所下降。
Yes, it seems that way.
是的，似乎是这样的。
But I can't believe you were hitting the table!
但我不敢相信你居然在砸桌子！
Well - I was just trying to make you happy - sorry.
我只是想让你开心，抱歉。
Roy - now my chair is broken - what happened to the wheels?
罗伊，现在我的椅子坏了，轮子怎么了？
I flattened the curves on your wheels!
我把你的轮子砸平了！
I've fixed everything - you should see what I've done to your car.
我把一切都修好了，你应该看看我对你的车做了什么。
Working with you is never a boring experience!
和你一起工作从来都不是一种无聊的经历！
Thanks!
谢谢!
Bye, Roy.
再见，罗伊。
Bye, Feifei.
再见，菲菲。