新聞挑戰｜希臘環團懸賞僧海豹兇手、拜登恢復油耗標準打擊氣候變遷

Reward offered after beloved monk seal found killed in Greece

A reward has been announced by a Greek environmental group intent on finding “all those responsible” for the brutal death of a celebrated monk seal discovered harpooned in waters off the island of Alonissos.

be intent on 決意達成

brutal (adj.) 殘忍的

celebrated (adj.) 著名的

harpoon (v.) 用捕鯨叉叉

Alonissos (n.) 希臘阿洛尼索斯島

一頭遇害的著名僧海豹在阿洛尼索斯島沿岸被發現。環保團體發出獎金，期望找到用捕鯨叉殺害僧海豹的兇手。

Fewer than 750 Mediterranean monk seals remain, making them among the world’s most endangered species. The vast majority inhabit Greek waters, with most located in a marine park near Alonissos in the Northern Sporades. What is left of the population elsewhere can be found mostly off the Atlantic coast of Mauritania in north-west Africa.

Mediterranean (adj.) 地中海的

inhabit (v.) 棲息

marine park (n.) 海洋公園

Atlantic coast (n.) 大西洋沿岸

Mauritania (n.) 茅利塔尼亞，西非國家

僅剩不到750頭的地中海僧海豹是世界瀕危物種之一，主要棲息地為希臘水域，多數生活在海洋公園內，其餘則在茅利塔尼亞的大西洋沿岸。

EXCLUSIVE: Biden mileage rule to exceed Obama climate goal

In a major step against climate change, President Joe Biden is proposing a return to aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards over five years, according to industry and government officials briefed on the plan. He’s then aiming for even tougher anti-pollution rules after that to forcefully reduce greenhouse gas emissions and nudge 40% of U.S. drivers into electric vehicles by decade’s end.

mileage (n.) 里程數

exceed (v.) 超過

nudge (v.) 接近

作為對抗氣候變遷的一大步，拜登提議回到歐巴馬時期的油耗標準。他將提出更嚴密的抗汙染政策，在十年內降低溫室氣體排放量並達到有近40%駕駛改駕電動車的目標。