Well, anyone who has flown in the last few months knows the problems and frustrations of America’s air travel system. The government has announced today that it has a plan to change the way planes fly into and out of some of the busiest airports in the country. The plan would directly affect more than 128 million passengers who use the airports in the New York area and Philadelphia each year.
The FAA says its plan would reduce delays by 12 million minutes. If that’s the case, and if some of those minutes saved are yours, that’s big news. Here’s ABC’s Lisa Stark. You only have to look at the long lines at airports and an image of planes in the skies at midday today to see how the system is in gridlock.
The FAA says its plan will reduce delays at four of the nation’s most delayed airports: Philadelphia, Newark, and New York’s Kennedy and LaGuardia. It’s a massiveairspace redesign that stretches over five states. Under the plan, planes, which now have to take off single-file, will fan out in different directions, speeding up departures.
It’s like taking a single-lane road and turning it into a super highway to ease traffic. For arriving aircraft, they’ll get in position for landing twice as far from the airport as they do now, allowing for a straighter shot to the runway. -- The delays in the New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia region will be cut by approximately 20 percent. That’s tremendously important for anyone flying through and around that area.
The plan will also reduce delays in bad weather. More departure routes from airports mean pilots will have greater flexibility to steer around thunderstorms. Altogether, the changes, which won’t be fully in place until 2011, will save airlines 248 million dollars a year largely in fuel costs. But the loudest protests come from those in neighborhoods who say the new flight paths will bring noisy jets overhead.
-- The flying public will not notice any change at all, but the people in this neighborhood will see a lot more noise and be miserable. And we talked to a number of aviation analysts today, who say this move by the FAA is simply a minor tweak to a system in need of a major overhaul. The FAA agrees much more needs to be done but it insists this is a step forward. Charlie.
※ Take ex. I'm going to take this cloth and turn it into a beautiful dress. 이 천을 가지고 아름다운 드레스로 만들겠다. ex. Let's take this example and try to understand the situation better. 이 실례를 가지고 그 상황을 보다 잘 이해해보자.
※ allow for~ : 1. ~를 참작[고려]하다, 2. ~을 가능하게 하다, ~의 기회를 제공하다(make a possibility or provide opportunity for ) ex. The survey does not allow for the fact that some students are attending part-time jobs. ~사실을 고려하지 않고 있다. ex. They maintain that certain matters, such as board evaluations, should take place out of the public eye to allow for more-open discussion. / ex. Taos has a number of very nice motels and an overnight stay would allow for more exploration time. * allow of ~ : ~을 인정하다, 허용하다(permit, admit), ~ 의 여지가 있다 ex. The evidence allows of no other interpretation.
frustrate : 좌절시키다, <계략 등을> 실패시키다(baffle) * frustrated 실망한, 좌절한, 욕구 불만의, 답답한 (feeling annoyed and impatient because you are prevented from achieving something) ex. Frustrated passengers have started to use other forms of transport. / * frustrating : 실망시키는, 좌절시키는, 답답하게 하는 * frustration : 좌절, 좌절감, 답답 함, 답답하게 하는 것 FAA : Federal Aviation Administration midday : 정오, 한낮(noon), 정오의, 한낮의 ex. a midday meal 점심 / ex. a midday nap 낮잠 gridlock : 교통 정체, 옴짝달싹 못하는 상태 (a situation in which it is impossible to make progress) massive : 큰 , 육중한 , 대규모의 , 대량의 airspace : 영공 ( 領空 ) ex. international airspace 공해 상공 take off : 이륙하다 (opp. land) * takeoff : 이륙 ( 착륙 landing) / * liftoff : ( 로켓 등의 ) 수직 이륙 , 발사 file : 세로줄, ( 항목별로 ) 철하다, 철하여 정리 보관하다, < 고소 등을 > 제기하다 , 제출하다 * file/bring a suit (against): ex. The family has filed a lawsuit against the company. ex. A number of them have filed formal complaints against the police. ex. I filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery a few months later. fan out : (부채꼴 모양으로)사방으로 흩어지다 * fan : 부채 , 선풍기 , ( 부채 등으로 ) 부치다 , ( 바람이 )~ 에 솔솔 불다 , ( 부 채꼴로 ) 펼쳐지다 ex. fan one's face with a notebook 노트로 얼굴을 부치다 ex. A cool breeze fanned the shore. 시원한 산들바람이 바닷가를 불어 갔다 . ex. The forest fire fanned out in all directions. 산불이 사방팔방으로 번졌 다 . get in position : 위치를 잡다 shot : the distance over which something is shot; the range. approximate : 대략의 (ad. approximately ) tremendous : 거대한 , 대단한 , 굉장한 / something that is tremendous is extremely good ex. We had a tremendous evening together. route : 길 , 항로 , 노선 , < 美 > ( 행상인.집배원.신문등의 ) 행상 [ 배달 ] 구역 ex. newspaper route 신문배달 구역 flexibility : 유연성 , 융통성 , 탄력성 steer : vt.,vi. ~ 의 키를 잡다 , 조종하다 , ( 어떤 방향으로 ) 돌리 다 (for, toward) ex. steer a ship westward 배를 서쪽으로 돌리다 thunderstorm : ( 강풍이 따르는 ) 뇌우 ex. be caught in a thunderstorm 뇌우를 만나다 in place : 적소에 , 제자리에 , 적절 [ 적당 ] 한 ( ↔ out of place). /to exist and be capable of being used ex. We didn't have the structure in place to deal with so many orders. 그 렇게 많은 주문을 처리할 조직을 갖추고 있지 않았다 . * put something in place: We need to put safeguards in place to prevent this type of accident occurring again. 안전장치를 갖출 필요가 있 다 . ex. The proposal is not quite in place. 그 제안은 그다지 적절한 것은 아 니다 overhead : 머리 위의, 머리 위를 통과하는, <경비가> 일반의, 간접의, 머 리 위에, 간접비, 공통 경비(the amount of money that you pay regularly to operate a business or organization) ex. There was a cloud overhead. 하늘에는 구름이 떠 있었다. miserable : 불쌍한 , 비참한 , ( 육체적으로 ) 괴 로운 , 고생스러운 , < 날씨 등 > 고약한 , 구질구질한 * a miserable person is always complaining or in a bad mood: ex. Why should I argue with miserable people like him. aviation : 비행 , 항공 , 비행 [ 항공 ] 술 tweak : 1. to pull or twist a part of someone's body 2. to make small changes to improve something 3. a pull or a twist 4. a small change that improves something부분적인 개선[개량] ex. Henry leaned forward and tweaked my ear playfully. ex. It still needs a few design tweaks. ex. He gave the boy's nose a gentle tweak. be in need of : ~ 을 필요로 하다 ex. The old house is in need of repairing extensively. 그 고옥은 대대적 으로 수리할 필요가 있다 overhaul : 분해 검사 [ 수리 ] 하다 , 철저히 개편하다 , 총점검 정 비 , 분해 검사 [ 수리 ], 정밀 검사 , 철저한 개편 ex. to overhaul the welfare system ex. repeated calls for an overhaul of the health-care system a step forward : 진일보, 일보 전진