Out Of This World News On Space | February 16, 2023
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First up, the inflation situation. Headline is: inflation surged in January, and by the most we`d seen in three months. As a reminder, inflation is a rise in prices and decline in the ability to purchase.
be a rise in pricesbe decline in the ability to ....
purchase[ˈpɜrʧəs]
Rising inflation means that your twenty dollars just won`t get you as much as it used to.
get ... .....To go after and bring: Get me a pillow.
But despite the fact that inflation costs grew this month, they`ve continued to slow for the year overall. But economists are bracing for uncertainty and it seems like no one not even the experts have any clue what`s going to happen next. And part of this is because so many factors contribute to what makes up inflation.
make up ....To constitute; form
All economists know is that inflation has changed household budgets and altered American spending habits, especially in terms of discretionary spending. That means extra money to spend on entertainment, eating out and travel.
alterTo change or make different; modify:
discretionary
任意の, 自由裁量のLeft to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
It`s been a bumpy road to cool inflation and a longer road than many Americans would like to see. But some good news, year-over-year inflation cooled to 6.4 percent falling for seven straight months. But inflation in January rose
0.5 percent and inflation and the economy have been key issues for President Biden. And coming off this report, he said that it is good news but there is still work to do as inflation remains too high.
So the biggest inflation drivers were energy costs, which includes gas, up 1.5 percent from a year ago, shelter which contributed to nearly half the increase last month, that rose 7.9 percent year over year.
driver：ｎ
something that creates and fuels activity, or gives force or impetus
And food costs remaining extremely high, up 10.1 percent year over year. Some key items at the grocery store costing more eggs up 70 percent, butter up 26.3 percent, and lettuce up 17.2 percent year over year. But you`ll see some savings on a couple items at the grocery store -- beef, veal and bacon, all down year over year.
savingA reduction in expenditure or cost.
veal
子牛の肉The meat of a calf (子牛).
So how does this translate to Americans budgets?
Well, according to Moody`s Analytics, families are spending nearly four hundred dollars more a month this year than they did last year on the same goods and services because of inflation. So this signals that there is still work for the Federal Reserve to do. We can expect continued interest rate hikes to try to bring down inflation in the months to come.
A deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake created this chasm in the middle of a Turkish olive grove.
chasm
[ˈkæzəm]
幅の広く深い割れ目, 深い淵,A deep, steep-sided opening in the earth's surface; an abyss or gorge.
> abyss
深い底, 混沌
An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or voidIn the book of Genesis 創世記, 起源, 発端,
the primeval Chaos out of which earth and sky were formed.
>> genesis
The coming into being of something; the origin.
> gorge
峡谷, 山峡
This earthquake was beyond belief. Of course, you might get some mild tremors or an average earthquake. But we`ve never seen anything so explosive, or tremors of these proportions.
One in every two buildings in this region have either collapsed, are damaged or need demolition.
Which of these words a Latin term meaning "to send out"?
Edify, embody, emit or encompass?
edify 教化する, 啓発する
embody 具体化する
emit 放射する, 発するencompass 取り囲む
Meaning to throw or give off, emit is your answer here. It`s derived from the Latin word emittere.
Up next, we`re going to meet a climate scientist who`s been researching and tracking dust for decades. That`s right, dust. She tells us that those tiny
particulates can essentially create change of Brobdingnag in proportions across the globe.
particulate
微粒子
Of, relating to, or formed of minute separate particles.
particle
分子, 粒子
particularly
particular
CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar shows us how we`re going to learn more about dust from space.
meteorologist
[ˌmitiəˈrɑləʤɪst]
Well, EMIT is going to revolutionize what we can do. So it`s just going to
provide such amazing new data to help us understand the surface and the atmosphere.
provide such amazing new data to help us understand the surface and the atmosphere.
revolutionize
革命を起こす
To bring about a radical change in
CHINCHAR: Now, over 250 miles above the Earth, attached to the International Space Station, its purpose is to shed light on an important weather phenomenon -- dust.
shed light on
… に光を当てるTo reveal information or details about something; to clarify or help people understand something.
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NASA hopes this knowledge can help countries stem the emissions and shine a spotlight on how our planet is changing.
shine a spotlight on (someone or something)
To focus on or bring attention to someone or something.
MAHOWALD: Desert dust or mineral aerosols is a mineral soil particle that`s suspended in the atmosphere. And so, these come out mostly from
desert regions that are dry and unvegetated with strong winds.
aerosole
エアロゾル
気体中に浮遊する微小な液体または固体の粒子と周囲の気体の混合体
CHINCHAR: For over two decades, climate scientist Natalie Mahowald has been tracking dust across the globe and how it impacts climate change.
MAHOWALD: So different soils actually have really different colors. So the white ones reflect incoming solar radiation and the red ones and the dark
ones absorb it. So one of the problems we have in understanding the impact of desert dust is we don`t know the composition very well.
CHINCHAR: Using a device called an imaging spectrometer, EMIT scans the Earth`s arid regions to detect different colored soils, creating a mineral
map.
spectrometer分光計A spectroscope 分光器 equipped with scales for measuring wavelengths or indexes of refraction(光などの)屈折.
CHINCHAR: Dust and sandstorms have dramatically increased in recent years due to climate change, land degradation, and drought, according to the U.N.
degradation
Geology A general lowering of the earth's surface by erosion 浸食 or weathering 風化(作用).degrade
To lower in quality or value; make inferior or less valuable
These storms are causing respiratory illnesses, damaging livestock, disrupting transport and even melting arctic ice.
arctic
北極の
MAHOWALD: We`ve also watched dust plumes really just travel across oceans and be deposited in Greenland or even in the Alps.
deposit置く、腰を下ろす
To put or set down; place.
To lay down or leave behind by a natural process
《★受身》be deposited 〔on，in〕〈風・水などが砂・泥などを〉堆積(たいせき)させる，沈澱させる
CHINCHAR: EMIT can also detect another factor impacting climate change -- methane, a potent greenhouse gas. It`s detected 50 super emitters across
the world, mostly coming from fossil fuel, landfill and agricultural facilities.
potent
効能のある
Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
NASA hopes this knowledge can help countries stem the emissions and shine a spotlight on how our planet is changing.
WIRE: And for today`s story getting a 10 out of 10, the ghost yacht. A 53- foot ship sat eerily abandoned in a marina at Kent Narrows, Maryland, for decades. It was nicknamed the "Ghost Yacht". But now, the mysterious yacht
is being reimagined.
eerily [ˈɪrəli]不自然で不気味な方法でInspiring inexplicable 不可解な fear, dread 恐れ, or uneasiness 落ち着かないこと; strange and frightening
The state`s artificial reef 礁 program sunk the vessel to the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay this past week as one of Maryland`s artificial reefs. The hope is that it`ll become a habitat for all sorts of fish and underwater creatures and provide an underwater treasure for scuba divers. Kind of like a sunken pirate ship.
habitat
生息場所
Today`s word was Brobdingnagian if you didn`t notice, which means gigantic.
brobdingnagian
[ˌbrɔbdɪɡˈnæɡiən]
巨大な