承认“用高射炮打蚊子”了？拜登回应“气球事件”（朗读版）|E0220

▍原文

U.S. President Joe Biden said in his first formal remarks on the balloon saga that nothing so far suggested the three unidentified aerial objects destroyed by U.S. military were related to spying by Beijing.

Biden told reporters that the objects also did not appear to be linked to surveillance vehicles from other countries and that they were most likely tied to "private companies, recreation or research institutions".

▍语言点 

1. remark /rɪˈmɑːrk/ n. 言论，评述 

· formal remark 正式讲话，正式回应 

2. saga /ˈsɑːɡə/ n. 一连串的事件 (a long series of events)

3. so far 目前为止(until now)

· How’s it going? 

最近怎样？

--So far so good. 

目前为止，一切都好。

· nothing so far suggest 目前为止，没有发现什么迹象表明 

· Do you think it's going to rain tomorrow?

明天会下雨吗？

--I don’t know, but nothing so far suggests that it will.

目前为止，没有下雨的迹象。

4. be related to 和……有联系

5. A doesn’t appear to be linked to B A似乎和B无关

· be linked to 和……有关

· My computer problem doesn't appear to be linked to the Internet connection.

我电脑的问题，似乎和网络连接没有关系。

6. surveillance /sərˈveɪləns/ n. 监视

· surveillance cameras 监视摄像头 

7. most likely tied to 和……关系很大，很有可能

· be tied to 和……有关

· His sudden resignation is most likely tied to a heavy workload.

他突然辞职，很可能与繁重的工作量有关。

▍复述文本

Joe Biden recently talked about the situation with some unidentified flying objects that the U.S. military destroyed. 

He said that based on what they know so far, they don't think the objects were being used for spying by China or any other country. 

Instead, they believe the objects were probably related to private companies, recreational activities, or scientific research.