最新一期《時代》雜誌：用黑底白字警示“美國式失敗”
美國《時代》雜誌最新一期的封面以“美國式失敗”爲標題，使用黑底白字和黑色邊框的形式警示大家，美國新冠肺炎死亡病例數即將達到20萬。據悉，這是《時代》雜誌在其歷史上第二次使用黑框封面，上一次還要追溯到“9·11”恐怖襲擊事件之後。
Time magazine's latest cover will mark an approaching milestone in the coronavirus pandemic — 200,000 related deaths in the US — with the headline "An American Failure" and an illustration within a black border for only the second time in its history.
《時代》雜誌的最新一期封面將標誌着新冠疫情即將到來的一個里程碑：美國新冠肺炎死亡病例數即將達到20萬。封面標題爲“美國式失敗”。這是該雜誌歷史上第二次使用黑色邊框封面。
The cover is made up of dates and death counts listed back to back, covering most of the page.
封面上連續列出了日期和相應的新冠肺炎死亡病例數，覆蓋了大部分頁面。
back to back：連續，緊接
The words and numbers are enlarged and brought forward to form the number 200,000, the number of deaths the country is approaching.
雜誌封面將數字和文字放大並突出顯示，形成了200,000這個數字，美國的新冠肺炎死亡病例數量即將達到20萬。
Below that number are the words “An American failure” printed in bold red.
在這個數字下面是用紅色粗體印出的“美國式失敗”標題。
"A failure of leadership at many levels and across parties; a distrust of scientists, the media and expertise in general; and deeply ingrained cultural attitudes about individuality and how we value human lives have all combined to result in a horrifically inadequate pandemic response," the Time cover story reads. "COVID-19 has weakened the US and exposed the systemic fractures in the country, and the gulf between what this nation promises its citizens and what it actually delivers."
《時代》雜誌在封面故事中寫道：“許多層級和政黨的領導不力；普遍不信任科學家、媒體和專家意見；我們對個性根深蒂固的文化態度；以及我們如何珍視人的生命，這些因素結合在一起，導致我們對疫情的應對嚴重不足。新冠疫情已經削弱了美國，暴露了美國的系統性裂縫，以及美國對其公民的承諾和與實踐之間的鴻溝。”
"Absent adequate leadership, it’s been up to everyday Americans to band together in the fight against COVID-19. To some extent, that’s been happening—doctors, nurses, bus drivers and other essential workers have been rightfully celebrated as heroes, and many have paid a price for their bravery. But at least some Americans still refuse to take such a simple step as wearing a mask," it added.
“在缺乏足夠領導的情況下，美國民衆需要團結起來抗擊新冠肺炎。從某種程度上說，這些正在發生。醫生、護士、公交司機和其他基礎行業工作人員被當之無愧地譽爲英雄，許多人也爲他們的勇敢付出了代價。但還是有些美國人仍然拒絕履行戴口罩這樣簡單的措施。”
Time also tackles the race for the first coronavirus vaccine, which it argues could help bring the US back to "normality."
《時代》雜誌還探討了新冠疫苗研發競賽的問題，並認爲這種疫苗可能有助於讓美國恢復“正常”。
"Even if the COVID-19 vaccines don’t provide 100% protection against infection, they could provide a huge boost toward that return to normality," it said. "But how quickly that happens will depend as much on the science behind them as on the humanity that determines where those vaccines go.
《時代》雜誌稱：“即使新冠疫苗不能100%地抵禦感染，也能極大地推動社會恢復正常。但這一速度不僅取決於科學研究，也取決於決定這些疫苗去向的人。”
"What’s being tested is more than the new technologies and the latest virus—fighting strategies encased in each injection. It’s also our willingness to be blind to the physical as well as social and economic borders that divide us to combat a virus that holds no such biases."
“我們正在測試的不僅僅是每一次注射所包含的新技術和最新的病毒對抗策略。我們主動忽視那些物理邊界、社會和經濟邊界，而這正是我們在對抗這種沒有偏見的病毒時如此分裂的原因。”
The death toll from COVID-19 stands at more than 191,000 in the US. President Trump's handling of the pandemic is one of the top issues ahead of the election, which is less than eight weeks away.
美國新冠肺炎死亡病例數已超過19.1萬例。距離美國總統大選還有不到8周的時間，特朗普總統的疫情應對是大選前的首要問題之一。
Time was sold to founder Marc Benioff for $190 million in 2018. It also used a black border on an illustration after the 9/11 terror attacks.
2018年，網站的創始人馬克·貝尼奧夫以1.9億美元（約合人民幣12.9億元）的價格收購了《時代》雜誌。在9•11恐怖襲擊事件發生後，《時代》雜誌在封面圖中也使用了黑色邊框。
