雙語閱讀：美國簽證系統(tǒng)崩潰 全球赴美遭遇難題

A computer glitch at the U.S. State Department is causing a backlog for people trying to get passports and visas.
　　美國國務院電腦系統(tǒng)出現(xiàn)故障，導致大批申請護照和簽證人員積壓。

       

It’s also creating a huge nightmare for some Colorado families in China trying to get their newly adopted children back home.
　　科羅拉多州一些到中國領養(yǎng)孩子的家庭也受到波及，苦不堪言。

It took more than a year for Amy and Danny Vogt, a Highlands Ranch couple, to be approved to adopt a boy from China. Now they don’t know how long it will take to get him back to Colorado.
　　艾米·沃格特和丹尼·沃格特一家來自高地牧場，他們花了一年多時間才獲得批準在中國領養(yǎng)一個男孩。現(xiàn)在，他們不知還需多久才能將領養(yǎng)的孩子帶回科羅納多。

“He fits in perfectly with our family,” said Danny.
　　丹尼說，“他跟我們家很合得來。”

 “On July 9 we left our three kids in Colorado and flew to China to pick up our son. He officially became ours on July 15,” said Amy.
　　艾米說，“7月9日我們把三個孩子留在家里，飛到中國來接我們的新兒子。他7月15日的時候正式成為了我們的孩子。”

They fell in love with him. All seemed well until a problem with the passport visa system.
　　他們都很喜歡這個孩子。在簽證系統(tǒng)出現(xiàn)問題前一切都很順利。

“We got notice 24 hours later that the systems in the United States that actually issued visas are down,” said Amy.
　　艾米說，“24小時后，我們收到通知說美國簽證系統(tǒng)崩潰了。”

Now their plans are on hold because they can’t get their son’s visa to bring him home. They’ve cancelled their return flight, unsure of what will happen next.
　　現(xiàn)在他們的計劃都被暫停了，因為他們不知何時才能辦好孩子的簽證把她帶回家。他們不確定接下來的情況，已經取消了回程的飛機。

“Just about once a day we get an official email from the consulate and each time it has said, ‘We don’t have an update for you, we don’t have a timeline for you,'” said Amy.
　　艾米說，“我們每天都會收到來自領事館的官方郵件，而每次郵件內容都是‘我們無法為您提供最新進展，我們無法告知您詳細時間’。”

The State Department told CBS4 that the computer glitch happened in the aftermath of routine maintenance. They do not believe the system was hacked.
　　美國國務院告訴CBS4，電腦故障是由于例行維護不當造成的。他們認為，系統(tǒng)并沒有遭到黑客攻擊。
 
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