BBC新闻(双语) 2020-7-24更新

Why the UK blamed Apple for its failed COVID-19 tracing app

英政府为何将疫情追踪应用的开发失败归咎于苹果？

2020-07-24

He said England would have a contact tracing app by mid-May,

他曾说英国将在5月中旬推出接触人群追踪应用，

instead in mid-June this happened.

然而，6月中旬却发生了这种情况。

Our app won't work because Apple won't change their system.

因为苹果不改变他们的系统，所以我们的应用程序无法使用。

So we've agreed to join forces with Google and Apple,

我们已与谷歌和苹果达成合作

to bring the best bits of both systems together.

把这两系统中最好的部分结合起来。

The problem was that Apple wouldn't give government access to their systems

问题是苹果不允许政府访问他们的系统，

unless they agreed to apples rules on data.

除非政府同意苹果对于数据的规定。

My sources tell me there was a real anger in the Department of Health about this. 我得到消息说卫生部对此感到非常愤怒。

But also that after Matt Hancock finished speaking,

但在马特·汉考克发言完后，

someone from Downing Street called Apple to apologize.

政府有关部门给苹果公司打电话致歉。

And in a way that sums up the entire government approach this app.

这就显示了政府对此款应用的态度。

On one hand lots of big talk,

一面夸夸其谈，

on the other hand no real clear plan,

一面又没有明确的规划

but where exactly they're going.

所以政府到底想要怎么做？

Apple says it helped the government at all levels,

苹果公司表示他们全力支持政府工作，

and Department of Health sources say the relationship is excellent.

卫生部称双方关系很好。

But in other countries like Italy,

但在意大利等其他国家，

the move to Apple and Google's technology came almost as soon as it was released. 几乎在苹果和谷歌的技术一发布就进行了采用。

It was completely obvious a no-brainer,

很明显这根本就不需要考虑，

because the issues we had with the other technology was so substantial,

我们与其他技术之间存有很大的问题，

that we thought they really undermine the effectiveness of the product.

认为它们破坏了产品的有效性。

It would still be a new potential useful product,

这仍然是一种新的潜在的有用产品，

if you have nothing better, you go for it.

如果没有更好的，那就采用这项技术。

But with this much more powerful and reliable underlying engine.

这是个更强大、更可靠的基础引擎。

Let's say it was absolutely obvious.

这实在是显而易见的。

Instead of switching, the UK government pressed ahead,

英国政府非但没有改换技术，而是继续推进这项应用程序的开发，

launching a trial here on the Isle of Wight.

在怀特岛进行了试用。

A member of the app's ethics advisory board speaking exclusively to Sky News, 该应用程序道德顾问委员会的一名成员专门接受了天空新闻采访，

says the trial wasn't set up to produce reliable information.

他说此次试用并不是为了收集可靠的信息。

I think it was set up in emergency situation,

我想这是为紧急情况设置的，

without a very clear idea of what problem they were trying to solve and how.

其实政府并不清楚他们想要用此解决什么问题，以及如何解决。

And there was this idea really early on, I think particularly driven perhaps by Matt Hancock's interest in apps,

这个想法很早就出现了，我认为更多的是由于马特·汉考克对应用程序的兴趣， and perhaps Dominic Cummings interest in data who knows.

也许多米尼克·卡明斯对数据感兴趣，谁知道呢。

That an app would do it and that would be the magic bullet.

可能是觉得一个应用程序就能做到这一点，这是一剂灵丹妙药。

The government says the trial on the Isle of Wight was a success.

政府表示在怀特岛的试用很成功。

Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said,

卫生和社会福利部发言人称，

the NHS Covid-19 app has undergone some of the most rigorous testing in the world. NHS新冠肺炎追踪应用程序经历了一些世界上最严格的测试。

Our aim is that it will help users engage with every aspect of the existing NHS test and trace service,

我们的目标是帮助用户参与现有NHS测试及跟踪服务的各个方面，

which is successfully up and running.

现已成功启动运行。

With no timeline there's no certainty England will ever have an app.

没有时间限制，英国将永远不会有这样的应用程序。

Meanwhile North owns one based on Google Apple's technology is set to be ready by the end of the month.

与此同时，北方国家已经开发出了基于谷歌、苹果技术的应用程序，并将在本月底前准备就绪。

Ely Mantial Sky News

伊利·曼特奥天空新闻

重点词汇:

trail n.测试

rigorous adj.细致的，彻底的

approach n.方法，途径

文章习题:

1. Which of the following statement is wrong according to the news?

A.Department of Health sources say the relationship with App is excellent.

B.Instead of switching the UK government pressed ahead the app development project.

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/a817939607.html, government has a clear plan about the tracing app.

正确答案:

1. C