After eight years of often angering environmentalists, President Bush is using his final days in office to protect some of the most beautiful places in the world. The President today announced the largest marineconservation project in history. He’s creating three national marine monuments that will cover areas out in the Pacific Ocean larger than the state of California. Here’s ABC’s Ned Potter.
These are some of the most remote waters in US territory, alive with coral, fish, sea birds. They include a great canyon called the Mariana Trench, 5 miles down the deepest part of the world’s oceans. Mr. Bush said these places should be left untouched. Environmental groups who had locked horns with him on climate change and oil drilling said they had to give him credit today.
“We’ve certainly been at odds with this President over a number of issues related to the environment but I, I think it’s... what’s important here is to look at this on its own merits. The President did the right thing.” He also encountered little opposition, since around these islands, there’s almost no fishing or drilling. “It’s easier to protect an area that isn’t currently under threat.” Historians may debate the Bush environmental record, but they will note he has now protected more ocean than any President before him. Ned Potter, ABC News, New York.
And next we return to dry land and a new study that will be the talk of the golf world. Doctors writing in the British Medical Journal are warning that some cutting-edge golf clubs could actually be causing hearing loss. Really? Are they kidding? ABC’s Sharon Alfonsi took a swingat the story.
The sound is unmistakable, but a new study suggests that booming shot may be bad for your hearing. Doctors took the measurements of the sound produced when a titanium club strikes a ball. The safe limit for those kinds of explosive sounds is 110 decibels and all of the thin-faced titanium drivers tested exceeded that limit, with one club cracking out 128 decibels.
“The crack of a gun going off, for instance, would produce an equivalent noise. You would expect to experience pain.” Researchers plan to test the hearing of the world’s top golfers at this year’s British Open. Until then, they suggest those of us who use titanium drivers wear earplugs, which could protect you from one hazard of the game, but certainly not all of them. Sharon Alfonsi, ABC News, New York.
※ go off :폭발하다 , 발사되다 , 알람 따위가 울리다 , 화를 버럭 내다 , ( 전기 . 난방 따위가 ) 나가다 ex. The firecracker went off. 폭죽이 터졌다 . ex. The gun went off while he was cleaning it. 총이 발포되었다 . ex. Then the fire alarm went off. I just grabbed my clothes and ran out. ex. He just went off on her for no apparent reason. ex. All the lights in the building suddenly went off.
anger : ~를 화나게 하다 marine : 바다[해양]의, 바다에 사는, 해병대원, [the M~s] 해병대 ex. marine life : 해양생물 conservation : 보존 / * conservationist : 자연보호론자 * conserve : ~을 보존하다, 보호하다, ~을 절약하다 (to use very little of something such as electricity or water so that it is not wasted) monument : 기념비 [ 탑 ], 기념 건조물 , ( 역사적 ) 기념물 , 유 물 , 유적(a place of historical importance), 불후의 업적 [ 저작 ], 금자탑 * monumental : 기념비의 , 기념비적인 , 불후의 , ( 구어 ) 엄청난 remote : 먼, 멀리 떨어진, 외딴 (secluded), <가망가능성 등이 > 희박한 ex. remote possibility 희박한 가능성 alive : 살아있는, 생동감 있는, 활발한, ~로 가득한(with~) ex.The street was alive with the sound of children playing. coral : 산호 canyon : 깊은[큰] 협곡 trench : 참호, (깊은) 도랑, 해구(海溝), 협곡 creation : 창조, [the Creation] (신의) 천지 창조, 창세(創世), [집합적] (신의) 창조물, 삼라만 상 lock horns (with ~) : (황소나 숫사슴이 싸우듯이) (~와) 다투다, ~와 논쟁하다 ex. Let's settle this peacefully. I don't want to lock horns with the boss. climate change : 기후변화 drilling : 시추, 굴착 * drilling rig 석유의 굴착[시추] 장치 / * drilling platform : 석유시추 선 credit : (공로.명예를) ~에게 돌리다, ~덕분으로 돌리다, 공적 be at odds with ~ over[on]...: .. 문제로 ~ 와 사이가 나쁘다 [불화하다] ex. He was at odds with his Prime Minister over ~ . on one's own merits : 공적에 따라, 진가에 따라 (according only to how good someone or something is, not for any other reason) ex. The successful candidate will be chosen on merit alone. encounter : <위험.곤란 등에> 부닥치다, (우연히) 만나 다, 마주치다, 조우, 마주침, 충돌 ex. Every day of our lives we encounter major and minor stresses of one kind or another. ex. Did you encounter anyone in the building? ex. I had not seen her since our brief encounter two years before. ex. The march ended in a violent encounter with the police. note : ~을 깨닫다, ~을 인정하다 (to notice or realize something) ex. Liz noted the changes with satisfaction. * note that ~ : ex. Please note that all passengers must have a valid passport. talk : 화제 * the talk of the town 마을의 소문[화제] cutting-edge : 첨단의 (state-of-the-art = sophisticated) * cutting edge : 최선두, 최첨단 * at/on the cutting edge of something: ex. These models are at the cutting edge of computer hearing loss : 청력 상실, 난청 take a swing at ~ : ~을 겨냥해 휘두르다, [비유적]~을 시도하다 ex. I clenched my fist and took a swing at him. unmistakable : 틀림없는, 혼동할 우려가 없는 booming : 꽝 하고 우는[울리는], 벼락 경기의, <도시 등이> 급속히 발전하는 take measurements : 치수를 재다 ex. They took measurements of noise levels inside the building. * measurements 몸 각 부분의사이즈(the sizes of various parts of your body, especially your chest, waist and hips, which you refer to when you want to buy clothes) crack out : to make a loud sound go off : 폭발하다 , 발사되 다 , 알람 따위가 울리다 , 화를 버럭 내다 , ( 전기 . 난방 따위가 ) 나가다 [메모 참고] equivalent : (…과) 동등한, (…과) 동등한 것 ex. an equivalent sum of money 같은 금액. / ex. Sometimes saying nothing is equivalent to lying. 아무 말도 않는 것이 때로는 거짓말로 되 는 수가 있다. ex. Even the cheapest car costs the equivalent of 70 years' salary for a government worker. earplug : [보통 pl.] 귀마개 《방수·방음용》 hazard : 위험, 위험요소, 해악 ex. a hazard to health 건강에 유해할 우려가 있는 것
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