Melbourne Ends 111-days of Virus Restrictions
经过漫长的111天 墨尔本终于解封了
Small business owner Darren Silverman pulled his car off the road. Then he cried. The radio had just announced that Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdown would be largely lifted after 111 days.
小企业老板达伦·西尔弗曼开车驶离了公路。然后他哭了。广播台刚刚宣布，在历经111天封锁之后，墨尔本大部分限制将被取消。
The difficulty...when you've put 30 years of your life into something that's suddenly taken away with the prospect of not returning through no fault of your own — I felt like...having a bit of a sob to myself, he said.
他说：“困难在于，当你把30年人生都投入到了某项事业中，然后却突然被夺走了，并且没有再拿回来的希望，而且一切的错还不在于你。我感觉有点想哭。”
The Victoria state government announced the lockdown changes that will permit 6,200 stores, 5,800 restaurants, 800 bars and a few other businesses to reopen. The move affects 180,000 jobs.
维多利亚州政府宣布，这次解封措施将会允许6200家商店、5800家餐馆、800家酒吧和其它一些企业重新营业。这一举措将会影响到18万个工作岗位。
Mask wearing is required in Melbourne and there are few people on the street. Citizens of the city are still required to stay within 25 kilometers of their homes. Offices are closed as work-from-home orders continue.
墨尔本要求戴口罩，街上行人稀少。墨尔本市民仍然被要求呆在家周围25公里的范围内。由于居家工作令仍在继续，办公室都关着门。
At the Bourke Street shopping area near the center of the city, there are many empty stores. Reports suggest that many stores and eateries did not survive the lockdown. It was the city's second lockdown since the pandemic began.
在墨尔本市中心附近的伯克街购物区，有许多空置的商店。报告显示，许多商店和餐馆皆在封锁后倒闭。这是该市大流行开始以来的第二次封城。
Now, people are ready to celebrate. Restaurants are reporting they are already full for the next month.
现在，人们已经准备好庆祝。餐馆报告称他们下个月都已经订满了。
People are anxious to get out, to be able to sit outside at a table and have a cup of a coffee or something to eat, café owner Maria Iatrou said.
咖啡馆老板玛丽亚·伊阿特洛表示：“人们都迫切地想出门，渴望能坐到露天的桌子跟前喝杯咖啡或者吃点东西。”
It has been difficult for people living in Melbourne, the largest city in Victoria state. The rest of Australia was able to contain, what some call, the second wave of infections without a return to restrictions.
对于生活在维多利亚州最大城市墨尔本的人们来说，这太难了。澳大利亚其它地区控制住了第二波疫情，没有再次出台限制措施。
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews faced great pressure from businesses and the federal government to reopen to help the economy.
维多利亚州州长丹尼尔·安德鲁斯面临了企业和联邦政府要求重新开放以帮助经济复苏的巨大压力 。
Andrews refused until this week, when he announced the lifting of restrictions after the state recorded no new infections for 24 hours. It was the first time Melbourne had gone a day without a new infection since June 9.
安德鲁斯一直予以拒绝，直到本周该州有24小时没有新增感染后，他才宣布解除限制。这是墨尔本自6月9日以来，首次在一天内没有新增感染。
Andrews thanked stores, eateries and hotels for working with his government.
安德鲁斯感谢了商店、餐馆和酒店对政府工作的配合。
They know and understand deep down that we've all got to be COVID-safe...to protect this fragile thing that we've built, Andrews said, meaning the containment of the virus.
安德鲁斯表示，“他们内心深处知道并理解，我们所有人都要不被新冠肺炎感染，才能保护我们创造的这个脆弱的世界。”他是指控制住新冠病毒。
Iatrou said the lockdown was difficult both professionally and personally. Her café struggled, but survived selling takeout and delivery. She lost two relatives to COVID-19 and could not attend their funerals because of the restrictions.
伊阿特洛表示，封城无论从职业生涯还是个人生活角度来说都很艰难。她的咖啡店举步维艰，但靠着外卖服务店铺挺了过来。她有两名亲人因为新冠肺炎去世，由于封锁禁令，她无法参加他们的葬礼。
They were in care homes for older people, where most of Victoria's 819 coronavirus deaths have been recorded. Only 88 people have died of COVID-19 in other places in Australia.
这两名亲人是住在养老院，维多利亚州819名新冠肺炎死亡病例中，有大部分都来自这里。在澳大利亚其它地方，只有88人死于新冠肺炎。
Mary Poulakis said she is happy to have reopened the small clothing store she's owned for 35 years in nearby Coburg. She also said she would not obey a third lockdown.
玛丽·普拉基斯表示，她很高兴自己在科堡市附近开了35年的小服装店重新营业了。她还表示自己不会遵守第3次封城措施。
I'm staying open. I cannot close my doors again, she said.
她说：“我会一直开门营业。我不能再关门歇业了。”
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