My city is under lockdown. Only hospitals and grocery stores are open.

我的城市封鎖之中。只有醫院和雜貨店開門。

The mayor locked down the city to prevent the virus from spreading. No one is allowed to go outside.

市長封城阻止病毒的蔓延。沒有人可以允許出去外面。

講解：to lock down the city 封鎖這座城市；to prevent ~from 阻止~免於

If the situation improves, the government will consider ending the lockdown. Everyone can get back to their normal lives.

如果疫情改善，政府就會考慮解封城。每個人都可以回到正常生活。

consider [kənˋsɪdɚ] v. 認真考慮；細想

normal [ˋnɔrməl] adj. 正常的；平常的

Our government banned large gatherings like concerts and festivals. People cannot gather in groups bigger than 50.

我們需要在藥局排隊買口罩。每個人每兩個星期可以買九個。

ban [bæn] n. v. 禁止

gather [ˋgæðɚ] v. 聚集；收集

說明：gathering 是名詞【聚會；集會】，a large gathering 一個大型集會。

The government will lift the travel ban when it is safe to do so. Until then, non-citizens can't fly into the country.

當情況變得安全時，政府將會解除旅行禁令。直到那時候非公民才能坐飛機進入這個國家。

life [lɪft] v. 舉起；抬起；撤銷 (規定或是法律)

citizen [ˋsɪtəzən] n. 公民

講解：until 如果出現在否定句裡 not ~ until，意思是【直到~才】，請看這個例句 The store doesn't open until eleven. (這家店直到十一點才開門。)。例句的開頭是 Until then 直到那個時候，指解除旅行禁令的時候，主詞之後用否定的助動詞 can't (不能)，特別注意這個變化。