For the first time, the Bush administration is conceding what most scientists have said for years: that global warming is having an impact on just about every aspect of the way we live. The government report was mandated by an Act of Congress. But the White House has fought its release since 2004 and released it now, only because a federal judge ordered it. Here's ABC's Bill Blakemore.
The White House report paints a sobering picture. America's food, water and energy supplies, all stressed in an ever-hotter country. There's no part of the country that escapes some sort of... some sort of consequence.
In the west, grain harvests, vegetable and fruit crops, more likely to fail. More forests lost to wildfires and to insects that no longer die off each year because winters are getting warmer. In the middle of the country, increasing drought. In the east, storms and floods, likely to keep increasing and undermine America's transportation infrastructure.
These are things that are happening today. They're not just things that will happen 30, 40, 50, 100 years from now. And the temperature is expected to keep going up by between about 4 and 7 degrees Fahrenheit before the century is out.
This report was due out, by law, in 2004, but the Bush administration refused. A federal court order finally forced the White House to comply. Rick Piltz worked on the report for the administration before quitting in 2005, protesting that the White House was rewriting the science.
"Here, we have an administration that, in a sense, has one foot out the door. They have, essentially, run out the clock on taking any really meaningful action on climate change." The report does not offer any suggestions about how to try to lessen global warming, leaving that for the next administration. Bill Blakemore, ABC News, New York. | |
concede : (마지못해) ~ 을 인정하다, ~ 을 시인하다, (어쩔 수 없 이) (~ 을) 양보하다, 패배를 인정하다 / to stop trying to win a war, competition, or argument because you realize that you cannot win it
ex. concede an election defeat 선거의 패배를 인정하다 / ex. He had to concede in the seventh round due to a head injury.
ex. concede to a person ~ 에게 양보하다.
global warming : 지구온난화
have an impact on ~ : ~ 에 영향을 미치다
* impact : (물체와 물체의) 충돌 (collision), 충격, (강한) 영향 , vt.vi. (~ 와 ) 충돌하다, 충격을 주다, 강한 영향을 주다
mandate : 명령하다 [지시, 요구] 하다, 권한을 위양하다, 명령, 위임된 권한 (the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country)
ex. He was mandated (= was given official authority) by the U.N. to go in and to enforce a cease-fire.
ex. Sixteen years ago, Quebec mandated (= make it mandatory) that all immigrants send their children to French schools.
Act of Congress : 국회제정법
release : <사람 동물을> 풀어주다, 석방[방면]하다, <폭탄 을> 투하하다, <영화 등을> 개봉하다, <레코드 등을> 발매하 다, <뉴스 등을> 발표하다, 공개하다, 석방, 공개, 발표, 개봉, 발매
ex. release a bomb from an airplane 비행기에서 폭탄을 투하하다
ex. Managers have released few details from yesterday's meeting.
ex. They have just released their second album.
sobering : 정신나게하는, 진지하게 만드는 / making you think about things in a serious way
ex. The news had a sobering effect. 그 뉴스는 사람들을 다시 한번 생각 케 했다 .
* sober 술 취하지 않은, 맑은 정신의, 술을 깨게 하다, 침착하게 하다, 진지 하게 하다, 술이 깨다, 진지 [냉정] 해지다
escape : 달아나다, 탈출하다, 모면하다, 탈출, 도망, 도피수단, 모 면
* have a narrow escape 구사일생하다
ex. escape punishment 벌을 면하다
consequence : 결과, 귀결
* accept the consequence of …의 결과를 감수하다
ex. There might be some serious consequences. 중대한 결과가 생길는 지도 모른다.
grain : [집합적] 곡물, 곡류, 낟알 (쌀이나 보리 등의), (특히 모래 소금 설탕 커피 등의) 한 알, [부정 구문에 써서] 미량, 티끌 (of)
ex. He hasn't a grain of sense. 그는 통 분별이 없다 / ex. without a grain of love 티끌만큼도 애정이 없이
wildfire : 들불, 산불 / A wildfire is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.
* spread like wildfire : 순식간에 퍼지다 ex. These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.
die off : 차례차례 죽다 [시들다]/ (of a group of people, animals, or plants) to stop living, one by one, until there are none left
ex. The veterans of World War II are now old and gradually dying off.
* die out : 죽어 없어지다, 차차 소멸하다 / (esp. of a form of life or a custom) to become less common until it stops existing
ex. Dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.
* dieoff : (생태계의) 멸종 / * die down : 약해지다 / to become reduced in strength
ex. A storm is expected tonight, but the wind and rain should die down by morning.
drought : 가뭄
undermine : ~ 의 밑 (에 구멍) 을 파다, ~ 의 토대를 허물다 [약 하게 하다], 저해하다
ex. Britain was accused of undermining international efforts to reduce pollution.
due : 지급 기일이 된 , 만기가 된, ~ 할 예정인, ~ 하게 되어 있는 (expected), 도착할 예정인, <원인을 ~ 에> 돌려야 할
ex. The bill is due. 어음은 지급 기일이 되어 있다.
ex. The mail is due tomorrow. 우편은 내일 도착하게 되어 있다 [도착할 예정이다]
ex. Her baby is due in May. 아기는 5 월에 나올 예정이다. /ex. When are you due? 출산예정일이 언제 입니까?
* be due to + N : ~ 에 기인하다 ex. The accident was due to his careless driving.
* be due to + 동사 : ~ 할 예정이다 ex. He is due to speak this evening.
comply : <명령.요구.규칙에> 응하다, 따르다
ex. comply with a person's request 의 요구에 응하다 / compy with the rules 규칙에 따르다
work on~ : to spend time producing or improving something
ex. He'll have to work on getting fit before the game. / ex. He is working hard on a new poem. / ex. He is working on a thesis.
* work on someone : to try to influence someone
have one foot out the door : already in the process of leaving in their hearts or physically
run out the clock : = kill the clock (축구·농구 등에서 자기 편의 우세를 유지하기 위하여) 시간을 끌다
ex. All our team has to do is run out the clock.
climate change : 기후변화
lessen : ~ 을 줄이다 | |