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📰今天我們來讀讀【華爾街日報】
🖐🏽 五分鐘來關心國際時事— 美國奧勒岡大火 🇺🇸
📰 West Coast Fires Fueled by Winds as Dangers Continue
Blazes tear through small towns; ‘It looks like a bomb went off’
📌 這篇文章關於美國西岸 (West Coast)大火,這些大火是被風激起的 (fueled by winds),危險持續存在 (dangers continue)。blaze (烈火) 是fire的同義詞。
TALENT, Ore.—Residents and officials have begun surveying the vast destruction in Oregon’s small towns while gusty winds and low humidity continue to propel wildfires that have burned millions of acres and displaced thousands of people across the Western U.S.
Conditions remain dire, and a top Oregon official said Tuesday that control of the conflagrations—two of which have been burning since mid-August—could still be weeks away.
📌 這兩段說明居民 (residents) 和官員 (officials) 已經開始調查(survey) 美國 Oregon 的小鎮 (small towns) 廣泛破壞 (vast destruction)。大風 (gusty winds) 和 低潮濕 (low humidity) 繼續推動(propel) 野火wildfires)。displace是常見的動詞。當地一位高級官員說還要幾個星期才可以控制大火災O (conflagrations)。
At least 34 people have been killed so far in the wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington state, part of a wider outbreak that has scorched more than 4.7 million acres in 11 states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. In California alone, an area larger than the state of Connecticut has been burned this summer.
The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning early Tuesday for parts of Northern California and Oregon, indicating extreme fire conditions exacerbated by wind and drier air.
📌 這兩段告訴讀者,在美國三個州的野火,到目前為止,至少奪走34條人命。這些野火是更大的爆發 (wider outbreak),影響了美國11個州。國家氣象局 (the National Weather Service) 發出紅旗警告 (Red Flag Warning),表示極端大火狀況 (extreme fire conditions),會因為風和乾燥的空氣 (drier air) 而惡化 (exacerbate)。
On Tuesday, Sandra Spelliscy, Talent’s city manager, toured the streets, passing by whole neighborhoods and commercial areas that were destroyed last week. “Half of Talent is gone,” she said.
About 700 homes and businesses were leveled in the city of 6,400 people, and officials estimate that as many as 20% of them are now without a place to live. Ms. Spelliscy and her staff are still tallying up the financial losses. “I cannot even begin to wrap my head around what it’s going to take for the city to get through this, to recover financially,” she said.
📌 這兩段報導城市經理 (city manager) (即負責管理城市的官員) 參觀街道,經過上周被破壞的鄰近地區 (neighborhoods) 和商業區(commercial areas)。市内約7000個家 (homes) 和事業(businesses)被夷平 (leveled),其中20%無家可歸 (without a place to live)。tally up (計算)、financial losses (財務損失) 和 wrap one’s head around something (明白某東西)是道地用語。
A day earlier, Michael “TonTon” Antonopoulos surveyed the twisted metal, charred beams and piles of ash that were the remains of TonTon’s Artisan Affections, his cafe known for its vegan Mediterranean food and lively parties.
“It looks like a bomb went off,” the 50-year-old Mr. Antonopoulos said.
The cafe was wiped out along with hundreds of other businesses in Talent and neighboring Phoenix by last week’s fast-moving Almeda Drive Fire, which also killed four people. A downtown stretch where TonTon’s once stood along with several other shops is now a smoky ruin. The bookstore, the antique store and another building that Mr. Antonopoulos was turning into an event space are all gone.
📌 這三段引述一家咖啡店 (cafe) 老闆一天前視察 (survey) 店的殘餘(remains)。他說破壞像炸彈爆發 (a bomb goes off)。wipe out (徹底摧毀)也是常見的片語。
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海納景觀州立公園
賓夕法尼亞州設有121個州立公園和220萬英畝的州立林地,提供了多種享受戶外樂趣的選項。 海納景觀州立公園(Hyner View State Park)擁有秀麗又開闊的遠景,是體驗滑翔翼的最佳勝地。經由懸掛式滑翔機高飛過薩斯奎哈納河西岸時,可以空中鳥瞰欣賞海納景觀州立公園的壯麗風景,或者沿著公園的4.1英里長叉環步道舒暢的健行。在休憩之餘還可一邊觀看懸掛式滑翔機從海納爾公園(Hyner View)高空飛翔而過,該景觀是賓夕法尼亞州最令人讚嘆的美景之一。
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Hyner View State Park
Pennsylvania’s 121 state parks and 2.2 million acres of state forestland offer a multitude of ways to enjoy some great outdoor fun. Hyner View State Park features a scenic vista and is a favorite spot for hang gliding. Take in the scenery of Hyner View State Park from the air as you soar over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in a hang glider, or enjoy an invigorating hike along the park’s 4.1-mile Long Fork Loop trail. Afterward, take a breather while you watch hang gliders soar through the air from Hyner View, one of the best scenic vistas in all of PA.
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Today is crucial to save the Yasuní-ITT initiative, an innovative plan to protect the most biodiverse place on earth. Just 2.5 acres of Yasuní contain more tree species than the U.S. and Canada combined. The area is also home to the Tagaeri and the Taromenane, indigenous communities that have chosen to live in isolation. Contact with the outside world would put their cultures and their very lives at risk.
At 8pm this evening in Quito, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa will decide between protecting this global treasure and opening it up to oil exploration. Let's ask him to make the right choice.You can take action by posting on his Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/MashiRafael) and by tweeting him @MashiRafael with the hashtags #saveyasuninow and #notoquenyasuni.
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