20200814 Friday
plants in my balcony don’t seem well…
US labels Confucius Institute a Chinese ‘foreign mission’
Confucius 孔子
Foreign mission 外交使節団
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53773776
Mauritius
The ship, MV Wakashio, ran aground at Pointe d’Esny in late July, and oil began leaking from it last Thursday. Satellite images show the oil spill stretched out between the mainland at Pointe D’Esny and the island of Ile-aux-Aigrettes.
Run aground 座礁
“There will also be soluble compounds from the oil that will dissolve in the water, a mousse-like layer underneath the surface of the water, and then very heavy residues on the bed – so the entire marine ecosystem will be affected.”
Residue 残留物
At a news conference, Akihiko Ono, executive vice-president of Mitsui OSK Lines “profusely” apologised for the spill and for “the great trouble we have caused”.
Profusely 心からの
“Researchers found skin lesions on red snapper from the northern Gulf in the months after the spill, but the lesions became less frequent and severe by 2012,” wrote Dr Steven Murawski, marine ecologist at the University of South Florida, and Sherry Gilbert, assistant director of the university’s C-IMAGE Consortium in the journal The Conversation.
lesion /ˈliːʒ(ə)n/ wound キズ
oyster beds 養殖場
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-africa-53754751?__twitter_impression=true
The regulator’s annual report into the British public’s media consumption also showed that fewer people are using Facebook, Twitter and Google as a source of news as social media suffers from an erosion in trust.
Erosion 浸食
Praise myself:
- put out waste paper for recycling
- washed sofa cover
- Took photos of gifts
- Cleaned electronic pot
- had pork shabushabu
