CNN News:埃博拉疫情国际援助行动进入第二阶段

CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: You`ve made it to Friday. It`s the last one of the month, and we`ve got ten minutes of news lined up for you.

今天周五了，这是本月最后一次新闻，我们为大家准备了十分钟时事新闻。

A first story is about the Ebola virus, but it`s a hopeful one. According to the World Health Organization, the number of new Ebola cases is slowing down in the three African countries that have been worst hit by the epidemic. Those are Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Combined, they reported that 99 people caught Ebola last week. That`s the first week since last summer that officials have seen fewer than 100 new cases.

首先今天的新闻我们来说一说埃博拉病毒，但今天的这条新闻是带给人希望的。根据世卫组织数据显示三个受埃博拉疫情影响最严重的国家新确诊病例数字正在下降。这些国家包括利比亚，塞拉利昂和几内亚。这几个国家加起来在上周统计数据中共有99个确诊病例。这是自夏天以来首次出现确诊病例低于100的情况。

This doesn`t mean the outbreak is over, but officials say the international response to the incurable disease has moved into its second phase. The first was slowing down Ebola`s transmission, the second is ending the outbreak.

这并不代表着埃博拉疫情爆发已经结束了，但是官方表示国际援助行动已经进入第二个阶段。第一阶段任务是减慢埃博拉疫情的传播速度，第二阶段任务是彻底结束疫情。

There`ve been more than 22,000 confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola since this outbreak was first reported last March. Almost 8800 people are known to have died from it.

自三月份首个报道病例出现以来已经有超过22000个确诊或疑似病例。有几乎8800人死于埃博拉。

In the "State of the Union" address earlier this month, President Obama asked Congress to authorize the use of force against ISIL or what you`ve heard us call the ISIS terrorist group. The U.S. Constitution divides the war powers of the federal government. It designates the president as commander-in-chief of the military, but it gives Congress the power to declare war, raise the army and fund it.

在本月早些时候发布的国情咨文中，奥巴马总统要求国会授权对ISIL进行打击。美国宪法将联邦政府进行战争的权利分立出来。其授予总统军事权利，但是需要国会的授权宣布开展，筹集军队和武器。

Historically, there`s been some push-pull between presidents and Congress over these powers.

历史上出现过几次总统和国会之间就展开战争一事展开争执事件。