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June 17, 2016
English word from VOA
- they believe they do not abide by their attitudes toward sexuality
그들은 성적문제에 대한 그들의 태도를 (다른) 그들이 준수하지 않는다고 생각한다.
June 10, 2016
Obama Officially Endorses Clinton for President
U.S. President Barack Obama has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton, his former secretary of state, for president.
버락 오바마 미 대통령은 이전 그의 국무장관이었던 힐러리 클린턴의 대통령으로의 공개적인 지지를 밝혔다.
Obama gave his endorsement in a video published online.
오바마는 온라인으로 배포된 비디오를 통하여 지지를 표하였다.
“I want to congratulate Hillary Clinton on making history as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States.”
“나는 미 대통령 선거에서 사실상의 민주당 대선 후보로서 역사를 만들어 가고 있는 힐러리 클린턴에게 축하를 드립니다.”
In the video, he said he knows “how hard this job can be,” and that he knows Hillary “will be so good at it.”
이 비디오에서, 그는 “이 일이 얼마나 힘든지”를 알고 있다고, 그리고 힐러리가 “이 일을 잘할 것”을 알고 있다고 말하였다.
“In fact, I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office,” he said. Specifically, Obama said Clinton has the “courage, compassion and heart to get the job done.
“I am fired up and I cannot wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary,” Obama said.
Clinton responded to the endorsement in an interview with Bloomberg Politics.
“It just means so much to have a strong, substantive endorsement from the president. Obviously I value his opinion a great deal personally,” she said. “It’s just such a treat because over the years of knowing each other, we’ve gone from fierce competitors to true friends.”
With a high approval rating of over 50 percent, Obama is seen as a valuable campaign tool for Clinton. The Clinton campaign said Obama will join Clinton to campaign in Green Bay, Wisconsin next week.
President Barack Obama walks with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., down the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, June 9, 2016.
President Barack Obama walks with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., down the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, June 9, 2016.
Sanders remains in the race
샌더스는 경선을 계속 한다.
The endorsement came after Obama met with Clinton’s Democratic rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Thursday at the White House.
이 지지선언은 오바마가 클린턴의 민주당내에서의 라이벌인, 버몬트 상원의원 버니 샌더스와 목요일 백악관에서 만난 이후에 나왔다.
In the endorsement, Obama also congratulates Sanders on an “incredible” campaign and for getting more people involved in the political process.
이 지지선언에서, 오바마는 또한 샌더스가 “믿기지 않을” 선거운동하여 정치에 보다 많은 사람을 참여 시킨것에 대해서 축하하였다.
Obama also thanked Sanders for highlighting important issues such as economic inequality, excessive money in politics and bringing young people into the process.
오바마는 또한 경제적 불평등, 과도한 정치자금 과 같은 중요한 사항들을 부각시키고 젊은이들을 이 정치과정에 불러 들인것에 역시 감사했다.
Clinton received enough delegates to capture the Democratic nomination this week after major primary wins on Tuesday. But Sanders told reporters Thursday he is looking forward to the last Democratic primary of the campaign in the District of Columbia on Tuesday.
He also spoke about the main issues he plans to bring to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia at the end of July. The Democratic Party will officially choose its nominee at the convention.
Sanders said he spoke with Clinton after her victories this week to congratulate her on a “very strong campaign.
“I look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can work together to defeat Donald Trump. And to create a government which represents all of us, and not just the 1 percent.”
Sanders also took the opportunity to criticize Trump, whom he said would be a “disaster” as president of the United States.
I’m Bryan Lynn.
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Words in This Story
presumptive — adj. something that is more than likely, going to happen
endorse : v. declare public support for
courage : n. the ability to do something difficult or dangerous
compassion : n. to have sympathy or concern for the suffering or others
highlight : v. to pick out and emphasize
June 7, 2016
Jun 6th, 2016 VOA
Release Details About Drone Strikes, Groups Say
Rights groups are calling on the United States to release details about its secretive drone attacks around the world.
-> 인권 그룹들은 미국이 전 세계에 걸쳐서 비밀스러운 드론에 의한 공격에 대해서 자세한 내용을 발표하도록 촉구하고 있다.
A recent U.S. drone strike in Pakistan led to the calls for more transparency. The leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban was killed in that attack.
최근 파키스탄에서 있었던 미군 드론 공격에 대하여 보다 투명하게 하도록 요청받고 있다. 아프카니스탄 탈레반의 리더가 그 공격에서 살해 되었다.
In the past, U.S. drone aircraft have hit terrorist targets in Yemen and Somalia.
과거에는 미군 드론이 예멘과 소말리아의 테러리스트를 공격 대상으로 했었다.
Rita Siemion is with the group Human Rights First. She says the U.S. government should establish clear policies and provide real numbers on all its drone attacks.
리타 시멘은 인류 인권 우선 그룹 소속이다. 그녀는 미국 정부가 명확한 정책을 수립하여야 하고, 미군에 의한 드론 공격의 정확한 숫자를 제공하여야 한다고 주장한다.
“And, ‘Just trust us. We have high standards. We are doing the best that we can,’ really isn’t enough.”
또한, ‘우리를 믿어라. 우리는 높은 수준의 기준을 갖고 있다. 우리는 우리가 할 수 있는 최고를 하고 있다’ 라는 것은 충분하지 않다고 주장한다.
The administration of President Barack Obama has promised to provide this kind of information in a report soon.
버락 오바마 대통령 행정부는 이런 종류의 정보를 보고서로 곧 제공하기로 약속 해왔었다.
The report is expected to list the number of combatants and civilians killed in U.S. drone strikes since 2009. It will not have information from active battle areas like Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
이 보고서는 2009년부터 미군 드론에 의해 사살된 시민과 전투원의 숫자를 제시하기로 기대되고 있다. 보고서는 현재 전투가 진행중인 이라크, 아프카니스탄 그리고 시리아에 대한 정보는 담지 않을 것이다.
President Obama’s spokesman, Josh Earnest, told reporters in March the report represents a big step forward for transparency.
오바마 대통령의 대변인인 조쉬 어니스트는 지난 3월에 기자들에게 이 보고서가 투명성을 위한 큰 진보를 뜻한다고 얘기 했었다.
“We wouldn’t even acknowledge publicly that these things were taking place. So the fact that we’re now in a position on a regular, routinized basis to publish the results and to quantify the totals about the impact of these operations — I do think represents substantial progress in the direction of transparency.”
“우리는 그런 일들이 일어 나고 있음을 공개적으로 인정하지 않았었다. 따라서 그런 결과들을 공개하는 것과 그러한 작전들로 인한 영향에 대한 합계의 정량화를 정기적, 일상적으로 하고 있다는 것에 대하여 — 나는 투명성의 방향으로 상당히 진행 되었음을 뜻한다고 생각한다.”
But Human Rights First and other critics of the drone policy believe it is not enough to just list the number of deaths and injuries. They say administration officials should also explain how they collected the data and how they define terms used in the report.
하지만 드론 정책에 관하여 인류 권리 우선그룹이나 다른 비판적인 그룹은 단지 죽거나 다친 사람의 수에 관한 정보만으로는 충분하지 않다고 생각한다. 그들은 행정부 관리들이 그런 데이터가 어떻게 수집되었으며 그 보고서에서의 용어들이 어떻게 정의되었는지를 또한 설명하여야 한다고 한다.
John Hannah worked as an adviser to two U.S. presidents: Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He says the drone program is not the best way to deal with terrorists.
죤 한나는 빌 클린턴과 조지 w 부시 대통령의 고문으로 일했었다. 그는 드론 프로그램이 테러리스트를 상대하기 위한 최고의 프로그램은 아니라고 한다.
“The Obama administration has almost completely foregone an effort to capture and detain and get intelligence from these terrorists. Instead, it has universally decided it’s going to be the judge, jury and executioner.”
“오바마 정부는 테러리스트들에 대한 체포와 구류, 정보 획득에 대한 노력을 거의 완전히 포기하였다. 대신 정부는 법관, 배심원 그리고 집행자가 되기로 전반적으로 결정하였다.”
Hannah does believe drone strikes can be effective in some areas. He noted countries such as Yemen and Pakistan, where the governments have not aggressively fought terrorists.
한나는 드론에 의한 공격이 어떤 지역에서는 효과적일 수 있다고 믿는다. 그는 예멘이나 파키스탄과 같이 정부가 적극적으로 테러리스트과 싸울 수 없는 나라들을 특히 언급했다.
Hannah also said drone attacks do reduce the number of civilian casualties compared to conventional military conflict. The answer, he said, is to create safeguards for accountability, while balancing national security, transparency, and the rule of law.
한나는 또한 드론에 의한 공격이 재래적인 / 전통적인 군사적 충돌에 비해서는 시민 사상자의 수를 줄일 수 있다고 얘기 한다.
“Ensure that we are doing everything possible to find the right balance that ensures American security, and yet at the same time, ensures that we are not crossing that line into becoming a lawless nation.”
“미국인의 안전을 확보하는데 있어 올바른 균형을 맞추기 위한 모든 가능한 일을 수행하고 있다고 확신하며, 또한 동시에 우리가 무법의 나라가 되는 선을 넘지 않고 있음을 확신한다.”
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Words in This Story
drone : n. unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control
transparency : n. the state of being transparent
combatant : n. person or nation engaged in fighting during war
quantify : v. calculate the quantity of something
data : n. facts or information
forgo : v. to give up
conventional : adj. used and accepted by most people
accountable : adj. required to explain actions or decisions
ensure : v. make certain that something will happen
Sanctuary Movement Helps Immigrants at Risk
For more than 30 years, religious groups in many parts of the U.S. have provided refuge to immigrants who face possible expulsion from the country.
Today, religious groups are treating non-criminal immigration law violators and their families differently.
The effort to provide refuge for immigrants is called the Sanctuary Movement. It started more than 30 years ago at a time of civil and economic unrest in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua.
By the end of the 1980s, nearly 1 million refugees had fled north to the United States to seek asylum.
Religious congregations sheltered refugees who would have been denied asylum. They opposed the efforts by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service to deport those people.
In 2014, something similar happened. Violence from the illegal drug trade and gangs, plus weak economic conditions in Central America, led to an increase of refugees and migrants, including children.
Immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala, who entered the country illegally, board a bus after they were released from a family detention center in San Antonio, Texas in 2015.
Immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala, who entered the country illegally, board a bus after they were released from a family detention center in San Antonio, Texas in 2015.
Also, an estimated 4.5 million children born in the U.S. have parents who are undocumented. They lack the paperwork required to live as legal residents.
The result has been a policy that has led to more than 350,000 “removals” each year. The term removal means being expelled from the country or denied entry at the border. In many of these cases, family members are separated.
New sanctuary movement considers current policy unfair
A leader of the sanctuary movement 30 years ago was Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona. Recently, the church has restarted its efforts to provide shelter and legal assistance to immigrants facing deportation.
The Reverend Alison Harrington told VOA that a growing number of religious groups feel “outraged and heartbroken” over current U.S. policies. She said these congregations are opening their doors in hopes of keeping families and communities together.
Harrington said individuals and politicians are fueling a growing anti-immigrant nativist movement.
“You kind of have this rising of people, who are people of faith, who will be conscious to say, ‘This is not who we believe we are as a people, as an American people,’” Harrington said.
She added that she feels a moral imperative to help.
Southside Presbyterian Church is near the Sonora desert and the U.S. border with Mexico. Harrington said she often meets immigrants seeking assistance.
The 1980s was a period Harrington calls a “nightmare.” She said 80 people slept on the church floor at times, with about 14,000 receiving shelter over a period of 10 years. However, the church now shelters one family at a time, rarely for more than a month.
Harrington said she remembers the case of one family in 2014. A woman named Rosa, her husband and two sons remained at Southside Presbyterian for a record 461 days before Rosa’s case was resolved.
“We had to get into high-level negotiations on that one,” Harrington said.
Groups work together to provide services for immigrants
Judson Memorial Church in New York City provides sanctuary in more ways than one.
“It could be physical, it could be spiritual, it could be financial, it could be legal,” the Reverend Donna Schaper said. But the most important term, she said, is “accompaniment.”
“We accompany about 200 people a month, and we train volunteers to go to ICE so they know their rights,” she said. ICE is short for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that deals with immigration issues.
Schaper said that ICE employees are not the enemy. But she said what they do “terrifies people,” and she does not morally respect it.
Miguel Angel Animas and his two U.S.-born daughters came to the Judson Memorial Church for help. His wife, the girls’ mother, was recently deported to Mexico.
Schaper says immigration, like other difficult issues, lacks a human face to inspire quick action or major reform.
“I can’t let myself say that [Americans] don’t know or that if they knew, they would do something,” she said. “They take care of dogs and cats. These people are not dogs and cats.”
However, Schaper still describes New York City as a “very friendly city” to immigrants. And, during her time at the church, she has seen results, especially at the local level.
The New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC is an alliance of congregations around New York City. In 2009, the coalition started an effort to support immigrants who were found guilty of minor offenses, or whose cases were dismissed. The group sought to prevent ICE agents from questioning and detaining these immigrants at city jails.
The church says that in 2011, the coalition’s efforts resulted in then-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg signing a bill that changed some of those practices.
I’m Mario Ritter.
Ramon Taylor reported this story for VOA News. Mario Ritter adapted it for VOA Learning English. George Grow was the editor.
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Words in This Story
congregation : n. people who regularly attend religious services at a church
deport : v. to send out of a country
nativist : adj. related to people whose ancestors lived for a long period in a country and who oppose newcomers or immigrants to it
moral imperative : n. a strongly believed idea or principle that causes a person to act
accompaniment : n. the act of accompanying someone, going with someone to a place
inspire : v. to cause someone to do, believe or feel something
Minivan-sized Sponge Found off Hawaii Coast
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/largest-sponge-found-off-hawaii-coast/3360778.html
It might be hard to imagine, but scientists found a sponge the size of a minivan in deep waters near the Hawaiian Islands.
The scientists said this sponge is the largest one ever found by researchers. A U.S. government research ship called the Okeanos Explorer found the record-setting sponge last year. A report on the discovery was published recently in the journal Marine Biodiversity.
The ship was in the Pacific Ocean, off the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, when the researchers first saw the sponge. They were surprised to find it about two kilometers below the water’s surface. Because the sponge is so large, the researchers said it suggests that it is very, very old.
They captured pictures of the rare organism with video taken by an underwater vehicle, which was operated from the research ship. The sponge has a bluish-white color, and looks a little like a huge brain.
Sponge the Size of Minivan Found in Hawaiian Waters
Sponge the Size of Minivan Found in Hawaiian Waters
Christopher Kelley is a biologist at the Hawaii Undersea Research Lab. He helped with the research project.
“Here’s this animal that has presumably never been encountered before,” he told The Maui News. “And it’s enormous and that kind of brings up a little intrigue for deep water and what else exists down there.”
The scientists said the sponge measured over 3.5 meters from one end to the other. They said it was from 1.5 to two meters wide. That would make it bigger than the largest sponge ever recorded.
Scientists do not know how long sponges can live. But some of the large ones found in shallow water are thought to be over 2,300 years old. Some estimates say they could be thousands of years older.
“The largest portion of our planet lies in deep waters, the vast majority of which has never been explored,” said Daniel Wagner. He is the lead scientist for the project with NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. NOAA is short for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Wagner said that finding such a large sponge shows “how much can be learned from studying deep and pristine environments,” like the Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument in Hawaii.
Sponges are similar to coral reefs because they give other sea life a habitat or place to live. They also filter seawater. They remove unwanted material that other sea creatures do not eat.
The report said very large and old sponges provide “key ecosystem services such as filtering large amounts of seawater.” According to the study, sponges also provide important homes for invertebrate and microbial species.
Sponges are actually sea creatures, but sometimes people think they are plants. A website called Shape of Life says ancient sponges were the first animals on Earth, showing up about 2.5 billion years ago.
Sponge the Size of Minivan Found in Hawaiian Waters
Sponge the Size of Minivan Found in Hawaiian Waters
Sponges are simple organisms. They come in many different shapes and sizes. They connect to rocks or other solid structures and get their food through the seawater.
The Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument was founded in 2006. Its website says the monument area is the “largest contiguous fully protected conservation area under the U.S. flag, and one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world.” It protects 362,073 square kilometers of land. That makes it bigger than every U.S. national park combined.
The Okeanos Explorer made another discovery last February when it spotted a “ghost-like” octopus believed to be a new species.
The octopus was found in water over 4,000 meters deep, off Hawaii’s Neckler Island. Okeanos’ remotely-operated vehicle, Deep Discoverer, spotted the creature on a flat rock.
According to NOAA, “the appearance of this animal was unlike any published records and was the deepest observation ever for this type of cephalopod.”
I’m Anne Ball.
This story was written by VOA News. Anne Ball adapted it for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.
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Words in This Story
presume – v. to think something is true without knowing it is true
intrigue – v. to make (someone) want to know more about something
shallow ? adj. not deep
pristine ? adj. clean and fresh as if new
invertebrate ? n. an animal without a backbone
microbial ? adj. having to do with microbes?tiny living things that can only be seen with a microscope
cephalopod ? n. a kind of sea animal mollusk such as an octopus or squid.
May 19, 2016
Words – 19 May 2016
- Place a mandate : 지시를 내리다
- be stranded : 좌초되다, 오도 가도 못하다
- converge : 집중하다. 수렴하다
- mate, first mate : 1등 항해사
- embark on : (사업) 착수하다. 시작하다
- toss : (배 따위를) (파도 등이) 흔들다. 동요시키다
- remedial : 보충하는, 보습의 . remedial class 보충 학습반
- a late bloomer : 대기 만성형 인간
- tutor : 개인 교사
- tune out : 주의 하지 않다. 귀를 기울이지 않다. stop paying attention
- to be coasting in : very well without even trying
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