美国有线新闻 CNN 东京奥运会推迟至2021年举行

Among all of the health problems it's caused and events it's postponed¹ are the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The Summer Games were supposed to kick off in Tokyo, Japan, on July 24th.

疫情不仅造成了健康问题，还导致2020年夏季奥运会和残奥会等赛事推迟。夏季奥运会原定于7月24日在日本东京开幕。

Leaders from the International Olympic Committee, Japanese Olympic organizers and the Japanese government held a phone call on Monday and decided² the events would start almost exactly a year later, on July 23rd, 2021.

周一，国际奥委会、日本奥组委以及日本政府领导人举行电话会议，决定将奥运会推迟至一年后的2021年7月23日举办。

IOC president Thomas Bach said humankind currently³ finds itself in a dark tunnel and that these Olympic Games can be a light at the end of it. But for the country of Japan, the buildings that's constructed for the events and for the athletes themselves, this presents a number of new challenges, how can they be overcome.

国际奥委会主席托马斯·巴赫表示，人类目前处于黑暗的隧道中，东京奥运会可能是这条隧道尽头的曙光。但对日本这个国家、为赛事修建的建筑以及运动员本身来说，这项决定带来了许多新的挑战。问题是，他们要如何克服？

1 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。