Wuhan wakes up from nightmare

Central China's Wuhan City, where COVID-19 claimed more than 2,500 lives, is set to emerge from a months-long lockdown that will be lifted on April 8. The residents are slowly recovering their bearings, though it's still too soon to lose the masks. Businesses are yet to come back to their full swing but pacing up. The nightmare is reaching an end.

The city was under lockdown for the last 76 days amid a tight coronavirus quarantine. Home to over 11 million people, the Chinese city celebrated its reopening with a midnight light show.

（新闻和图片来自CGTN中国环球电视网，以下讲解来自Mark老师）

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emerge

emerge一词除了表示"显现，出现"的意思外，还有更深的含义和灵活的用法，

请看：

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary 《韦氏高阶词典》的释义：

— used to indicate the usually good state or condition of someone or something at the end of an event, process, etc. 通常指某人或某物在一件事里的结局很好

例句：

Both sides in the election remain confident that they will emerge victorious/triumphant. [=that they will win]

He emerged unharmed from the accident. [=he was not harmed in the accident]

原句：The residents are slowly recovering their bearings

bearing一词来源于动词bear"忍受，承受"，但在这句话里，跟"忍受"的意思相差却很大了，熟词生义要牢记啊

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition《美国传统英语词典·第四版》的释义：

Awareness of one's position or situation relative to one's surroundings. 方向感

Often used in the plural: 通常使用复数：

例句：

lost my bearings after taking the wrong exit.

Oxford Dictionary of English 2nd 《牛津词典·第二版》的释义：

(one's bearings) awareness of one's position relative to one's surroundings 人的方向感

例句：

he flashed the torch around, trying to get his bearings

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary 《韦氏高阶词典》的释义：

lose your bearings

: to become lost 迷路，迷失方向

例句：

The ship lost its bearings in the fog.

— often used figuratively 通常用来比喻，如"迷失人生方向"等

I feel I've lost my bearings in life. [=I have become confused about my life; I do not know what I am doing or what I want to do in my life]

原句：it's still too soon to lose the masks.

还需要一段时间才可以摘下口罩。-Mark老师翻译

too+形容词a.+to+动词原形do sth.

太…（以至于）不能…

原句：Businesses are yet to come back to their full swing but pacing up.

虽然各行各业还未复原，但是恢复速度正在加快。-Mark老师翻译

to one's full swing

到某人最佳状态

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary 《韦氏高阶词典》的释义：

in full swing

: at the highest level of activity 活动的高潮，全力运行状态，全面施展状态

Work on the project is in full swing.

The party was in full swing by the time we arrived.

pace up

加速

pace"步伐"，可以根据这个名词含义来记忆这个短语，

"加快步伐" ——> "加速"，

同义短语还有speed up。