CNN10 : A Trip To The Great Bear Rainforest
OPENING COMMENT
COY WIRE, CNN 10 ANCHOR:
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Headline News
Headline: Inflation Rate Slows Down, but Challenges Remain
Summary: The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report indicates that inflation has slowed down compared to a year ago. Although overall prices have not decreased, the rate of price increases has decreased. The report shows a decline in prices for appliances, health insurance, and used cars. However, Americans continue to face financial difficulties, particularly with the rising costs of groceries, car insurance, daycare, and preschool. While the latest data suggests a positive trend in controlling inflation, progress has been slow, and it is premature to claim victory over inflation.
We start today with an update on inflation, which is actually lower now than it was a year ago. So, what does that mean? Well, prices across all goods and services have not gone down, but the pace of price increases has slowed.
The latest Consumer Price Index, or CPI report is an indicator for the price of a weighted average of consumer goods and services purchased by
households. The report showed prices have been falling with appliances, health insurance and used cars.
But Americans are still feeling pain with their bills, especially when it comes to groceries, car insurance and even daycare and preschool prices.
So, with the latest reports, are we now trending out of the inflation woes? Our Matt Egan has more.
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MATT EGAN, CNN BUSINESS REPORTER: The inflation fire hasn`t been put out, but it does increasingly look contained. Consumer prices jumping by 4.9% year over year in April. That is the smallest increase in exactly two years. There have now been 10 consecutive months of cooling price gains.
Unfortunately, though, the pace of the improvement has slowed. It`s basically leveled out even though it`s currently at a level that is more than twice what the Fed is targeting. Now, on a month over month basis, inflation actually heated up between March and April, though, a lot of that was driven by a spike in used car prices and that spike is not expected to last.
I`m digging to the report, there were definitely some positives here, a record price drop on an annual basis for major appliances. And for health insurance on an annual basis, used car prices are actually down. Grocery prices, they`re still going up rapidly, but even that has cooled off. On the other hand, car insurance is up more than 15% over the last year.
So if you put it all together, inflation is clearly moving in the right direction. But the pace of the progress has slowed. And it`s still too early to declare victory on inflation.
Inflation: 인플레이션
Consumer Price Index (CPI): 소비자물가지수
Price increases: 가격 상승
Price decreases: 가격 하락
Goods and services: 상품과 서비스
Purchased by households: 가구가 구매한
Appliances: 가전제품
Health insurance: 건강 보험
Used cars: 중고차
Groceries: 식료품
Car insurance: 자동차 보험
Daycare: 보육시설
Preschool: 유치원
Cooling price gains: 물가 상승 속도가 늦어짐
Improvement: 개선
Fed (Federal Reserve): 연방준비제도(Fed)
Targeting: 목표로 삼음
Heating up: 증가하다
Spike: 급증
Expected to last: 지속되지 않을 것으로 예상
Positives: 긍정적인 점
Record price drop: 역대 최저 가격 하락
Moving in the right direction: 올바른 방향으로 움직이고 있음
Progress: 진전
Declare victory: 승리를 선언하다
Ten second trivia
Headline: Indigenous Community Protects Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia
Summary: The indigenous Kitasoo/Xai`xais First Nation community in British Columbia is taking measures to safeguard their land, marine life, and wildlife in the Great Bear Rainforest. This region is renowned for its extraordinary spirit bear, diverse ecosystems, and vast wilderness. By implementing bans on trophy hunting, establishing marine protected areas, and promoting sustainable industries like ecotourism, the community aims to preserve the natural heritage of the area for future generations. The collaborative efforts between indigenous and non-indigenous stakeholders signify a new era of reconciliation and environmental stewardship.
요약: 브리티시컬럼비아 주에 위치한 인디언 지역사회인 키타수/샤이샤이스 원주민 공동체는 그레이트 베어 우림의 토지, 해양 및 야생동물을 보호하기 위한 조치를 취하고 있습니다. 이 지역은 특이한 스피릿 베어, 다양한 생태계 및 광활한 야생지로 유명합니다. 트로피 사냥 금지, 해양 보호구역 설립 및 생태관광과 같은 지속 가능한 산업을 촉진함으로써, 이 공동체는 자연 유산을 장래 세대를 위해 보존하고자 합니다. 원주민과 비원주민 이해관계자 간의 협력적인 노력은 화해와 환경 보호의 새로운 시대를 상징합니다.
Which of these Canadian provinces is located along the Pacific coast?
Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia or Alberta?
The westernmost province of Canada is British Columbia, defined by its mountain ranges and Pacific coastline.
Let`s head to British Columbia now to the Great Bear Rainforest, where the indigenous First Nation community has taken steps to protect their land, marine and wildlife, which includes an extraordinary sighting of a white bear or spirit bear. These protections have impacted the ecosystem and the
community`s livelihoods in just a few short years. Our Bill Weir gives us a tour from that stunning region.
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BILL WEIR, CNN CLIMATE CORRESPONDENT: Behold the Great Bear rainforest, stretching for 250 miles of beautiful solitude along the coast of British Columbia as part of the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest in the world. It is a wilderness, the size of Ireland and home to one of the most
extraordinary creatures on the planet.
DOUGLAS DEASLOSS, CHIEF COUNCILOR, KITASOO/XAI`XAIS FIRST NATION: The spirit bear is something that`s really unique. When you get a pure white bear coming out of a dark green forest, it just looks really magical. And so, we want to protect that.
WEIR: Spirit bears are actually a subspecies of black bear that due to double recessive gene aren`t black at all. But this rare species is just one piece of a vital wilderness.
DEASLOSS: The Great Bear Rainforest is extremely special. I mean, I think it`s probably one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. You still get wild things like bears and wolves and abundance of salmon and a bunch of different sea life. You still have old growth forests, and so we want to
keep it like that.
WEIR: In the heart of this remote expanse is the town of Klemtu, home to a community of the Kitasoo/Xai`xais First Nation, who`ve lived and thrived in this region for thousands of years.
DEASLOSS: This river is right close to the community. We get three species of salmon that come up this river, and this is their spawning ground.
WEIR: According to a recent report published by the Kitasoo/Xai`xais, this rich ecosystem suffered from 100 years of unsustainable extraction fish, wildlife and forests from outside interest.
DEASLOSS: So right now, we`re just getting ready to enter Kitasoo Bay, and that`s the area probably the most important area.
WEIR: In June of 2022, they announced the creation of a marine protected area to preserve the herring stalks that are so vital to both wildlife and the community.
DEASLOSS: Kitasoo Bay was declared by the military chiefs. It was supported by the community, and it was launched so the rest of the world knows about it. We`ve engaged provincial governments, federal governments. We`ve engaged stakeholders, letting everyone know that it`s closed. We`ve left the document open to collaborating.
WEIR: But the push to reverse a century`s worth of degradation actually started more than two decades ago. In 2000, they released their own land and resource protection and management plan aimed at building an economy based on conservation and non-extractive activities like ecotourism.
DEASLOSS: I think Indigenous knowledge is super important, and I think it needs to be integrated, whether it`s wildlife management, fisheries management, ocean management.
You know, I think right now we are in a new era of collaboration. We`re in this era of reconciliation. And how do we work together? How do indigenous people and non-indigenous people work together?
WEIR: Neighboring First Nations first came together in 2012 to issue a ban on trophy hunting of bears. And five years later, thanks to indigenous led research and analysis, the British Columbian government banned the hunting of grizzly bears across the entire province.
DEASLOSS: That was huge, but we knew we weren`t quite finished yet.
WEIR: In July of 2022, just a month after the marine protected area was announced, the government agreed to put a stop to black bear hunting as well. And First Nation leaders say they`ve now managed to protect half of their territory.
DEASLOSS: We`ve been working with different levels of government, different levels of stakeholders. It`s been a lot of negotiation, a lot of debates, a lot of science, a lot of collaboration. And I would say, yeah, 2022 is probably the first high end that we`re able to see some significant progress on some of these files. We have a belief that if you take care of the land, the land will take care of you. And so that`s ingrained in all of our work here. It doesn`t matter if it`s in stewardship, if it`s in tourism, if it`s in economic development. We want to make sure that we`re looking at long-term, sustainable industries, and we want to make sure that we have a place that the world can enjoy.
Pacific coast: 태평양 연안
Indigenous: 토착의, 원주민의
First Nation: 제1민족
Protect: 보호하다
Land: 토지
Marine: 해양의
Wildlife: 야생동물
Extraordinary: 특별한, 비범한
Spirit bear: 스피릿 베어
Ecosystem: 생태계
Wilderness: 황무지, 야생지
Sustainable: 지속 가능한
Ban: 금지
Trophy hunting: 트로피 사냥
Marine protected area: 해양 보호구역
Ecotourism: 생태관광
Collaboration: 협력
Reconciliation: 화해
Stewardship: 관리, 보호
Heritage: 유산
Future generations: 장래 세대
10 out of 10
U.S. Navy Trains Sea Lions to Play Video Games
미 해군, 비디오 게임을 하도록 바다사자를 훈련시키다
미 해군은 바다 사자를 비디오 게임 플레이에 훈련시키는 혁신적인 도전에 나섰습니다. 미 해군 해양 포유류 프로그램의 인지 풍부화 훈련에 참여하는 바다 사자 중 하나인 스파이크는 이 훈련을 완수한 첫 번째 바다 사자가 되었습니다. 그는 코로 버튼을 누르고 커서를 미로를 통해 움직이며 뛰어난 게임 실력을 보여줍니다. 미 해군은 이 프로그램에서 120마리 이상의 포유류를 활용하여 다양한 정찰 및 수색 임무에 훈련시킵니다.
WIRE: All right, for all you video game lovers out there, check this video out. As the U.S. Navy is actually training sea lions to play video games is today`s story getting a 10 out of 10. Meet Spike, one of three sea lions learning cognitive enrichment training for the U.S. Navy marine mammal program.
This avid gamer became the first Seal to complete this training as he uses his snout to press a button and maneuver a cursor through a maze. His eyes track the cursor with laser-like focus. The U.S. Navy employs more than 120 mammals in this program, all of which are trained in reconnaissance and recovery tasks.
U.S. Navy: 미 해군
sea lion: 바다 사자
video game: 비디오 게임
training: 훈련
cognitive enrichment: 인지 풍부화
marine mammal program: 해양 포유류 프로그램
seal: 바다 사자
complete: 완수하다
snout: 코
press a button: 버튼을 누르다
maneuver: 조작하다
cursor: 커서
maze: 미로
gaming abilities: 게임 실력
reconnaissance: 정찰
recovery tasks: 수색 임무
program: 프로그램
Closing Comment
All right, it`s time to seal the deal on this awesome week. We want to make sure that you wish all your mothers out there a Happy Mother`s Day this week. And if you haven`t written a card or gotten a gift yet don`t forget.
Our special shout out is going to East Middle School in Butte, Montana. Rise up as we you out with some visuals from the stories we`ve learned together this past week. Remember, shine bright this weekend. Wherever you go, you are more powerful than you know. I`m Coy Wire. This is CNN 10. It`s been a blessing to spend this week with you.
seal the deal: 거래를 성사시키다
awesome: 멋진, 훌륭한
wish: 소원을 비너다, 축하하다
mothers: 어머니들
Happy Mother's Day: 어머니의 날 축하해요
written a card: 카드를 쓰다
gotten a gift: 선물을 받다
special shout out: 특별한 인사
East Middle School: 이스트 미들 스쿨 (학교명)
Butte, Montana: 버트, 몬타나 (장소명)
Rise up: 일어나다, 솟아오르다
visuals: 시각 자료
learned together: 함께 배운
shine bright: 빛나다
powerful: 강력한
blessing: 축복
spend: 보내다