新闻挑战｜希腊环团悬赏僧海豹凶手、拜登恢复油耗标准打击气候变迁

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 决意达成

brutal (adj.) 残忍的

celebrated (adj.) 著名的

harpoon (v.) 用捕鲸叉叉

Alonissos (n.) 希腊阿洛尼索斯岛

一头遇害的著名僧海豹在阿洛尼索斯岛沿岸被发现。环保团体发出奖金，期望找到用捕鲸叉杀害僧海豹的凶手。

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.) 栖息

marine park (n.) 海洋公园

Atlantic coast (n.) 大西洋沿岸

Mauritania (n.) 茅利塔尼亚，西非国家

仅剩不到750头的地中海僧海豹是世界濒危物种之一，主要栖息地为希腊水域，多数生活在海洋公园内，其余则在茅利塔尼亚的大西洋沿岸。

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 US drivers into electric vehicles by decade's end.

mileage (n.) 里程数

exceed (v.) 超过

nudge (v.) 接近

作为对抗气候变迁的一大步，拜登提议回到欧巴马时期的油耗标准。他将提出更严密的抗污染政策，在十年内降低温室气体排放量并达到有近40%驾驶改驾电动车的目标。