VOA常速英语20212--美国国会大厦骚乱调查继续

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Australia's national cabinet will meet on Tuesday to review measures aimed at limiting the spread of this new variant¹.

澳大利亚国家内阁将于周二召开会议，审议旨在限制新变种传播的措施。

It comes after officials paused a further easing of border restrictions² by two weeks.

此前，官员们进一步放松边境限制的计划暂停了两周。

Australia delaying the reopening Monday of its international borders, less than 36 hours before international students and skilled migrants were due to be allowed to re-enter the country.

周一，澳大利亚推迟了重新开放其国际边境的计划，本来还有不到36个小时，国际学生和技术移民就将被允许重新进入该国了。

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt told a media conference in Canberra on Tuesday, quote, "We're doing this out of an abundance of caution but our overwhelming view is that while omicron is an emerging variant, it is a manageable variant."

联邦卫生部长格雷格·亨特周二在堪培拉的媒体会议上表示，这里引用他的原话，“我们这么做是出于非常谨慎的考虑，但我们最根本的观点是，尽管奥米克戎是一种新出现变种，但它是一种可控的变种。"

A U.S. House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection will vote Wednesday to hold Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official, in contempt of Congress.

调查1月6日国会大厦暴乱事件的美国众议院委员会周三将投票决定，是否以藐视国会罪拘留前司法部官员杰弗里·克拉克。

The panel is seeking charges against a defiant³ witness for a second time after holding former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt last month.

该委员会正在寻求对一名藐视法庭的证人的第二次指控，上个月委员会以藐视法庭罪拘留了前白宫助手史蒂夫·班农。

The committee on Monday scheduled to vote to pursue contempt charges against Clarke.

委员会定于周一投票决定是否对起诉克拉克藐视法庭。

The former Justice Department lawyer aligned⁴ himself with President Donald Trump⁵ as he tried to overturn his defeat.

这位前司法部律师与唐纳德·特朗普总统结盟，试图推翻他的败选结果。

Clark appeared for a deposition⁶ on November 5 but he told lawmakers that he would not answer questions based on President Trump's legal efforts to block the committee's investigation⁷.

克拉克于11月5日出庭作证，但他告诉议员们，他不会回答特朗普总统阻止委员会调查的法律努力的相关问题。