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Alhamdulillah. YB Fuziah (Kak Gee) who attended the PH - Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul meeting today, informed me that MOF is keen to produce a Gender Responsive Budget (GRB) with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) elements for the upcoming budget. If truly realised, it would be a positive step towards addressing gender equality, and future proofing Malaysia. She also informed me that Minister DS Tengku Zafrul showed interests in MPI as a tool.
KEADILAN MPs have been working hard on these matters as part of our pre-budget preparations led by Wong Chen.
Thank you very much for the stellar work done, Ale, Wong Chen’s officer - for collating all the written suggestions and recommendations over the many pre-councils between KEADILAN MPs.
Having completed our MPI survey, led by Professor Fatimah Kari & her team, local enumerators and our ground office - culminating in a finalised report on measuring the different dimensions of poverty (six conventional & 3 COVID-19 related) in Permatang Pauh, -it brings me pleasure to have my colleagues champion a more progressive and future proof measurement of poverty & its alleviation in the upcoming Budget and 12th Malaysia Plan.
Our office finalised a few recommendations to the MOF - specifically seeking an MPI centred approach to poverty eradication; and adoption of gender responsive measures in the dispensing of our national budget. The findings through our MPI survey confirmed that women headed households are in deeper financial crisis in comparison to conventional households - with a concerning intergenerational lack of social and educational mobility and increased food poverty amongst children.
As such - our national budget must be responsive to gender - a principle that carries through to the point of implementation. Since MOF limited reps to three from each party; I urged that YB Fuziah be included together with Wong Chen and our SecGen. Kak Gee (YB Fuziah) has been a long time advocate of gender responsive budgeting and together — the three of them also stressed the need for Malaysia to achieve the SDGs - specifically the 5th, in tandem with a more realistic measurement of poverty.
As for me; the task of briefing Minister Dato’ Seri Mustapa Mohamed on our completed MPI survey & our discussion on the key highlights to be raised during our 12th Malaysia Plan RTM session tomorrow night gave me some hope - of a new dawn in poverty eradication - if not necessarily, new politics 😅 Cautiously optimistic, bak kata Uncle Wong Chen.
Much to do - waver, we mustn’t.
Please note we are planning the launch of our MPI report. Join us as the date nears #Parlimen!
Northwest's Salmon Population May Be Running Out of Time
A Washington state report put it bluntly ( ): Because of the devastating ( ) effects of climate change and deteriorating ( ) habitats ( ), several species of salmon in the Pacific Northwest are “on the brink of ( ) extinction ( ).”
Of the 14 species of salmon and steelhead trout in Washington state that have been deemed ( ) endangered ( ) and are protected under the Endangered Species Act, 10 are lagging ( ) recovery goals, and five are considered “in crisis,” according to the 2020 State of Salmon in Watersheds report.
“Time is running out,” said the report, which is produced every other year ( ) by the Washington state Recreation and Conservation Office. “The climate is changing, rivers are warming, habitat is diminishing ( ), and the natural systems that support salmon in the Pacific Northwest need help now more than ever.”
Researchers say recovery efforts — involving state and federal agencies, Native American tribes, local conservation groups and others — have helped slow the decline of some salmon populations. The report found that two species — the Hood Canal summer chum and Snake River fall chinook — were approaching ( ) their recovery goals. It also noted that no new salmon species had been added to the endangered list since 2007.
“We are at least treading water,” said Kaleen Cottingham, director of the Washington state Recreation and Conservation Office. “We have not, however, seen the kind of progress ( ) that we had hoped for.”
With the effects of climate change expected to accelerate ( ), researchers said that more must be done to prevent further population decline and the possible extinction of some species.
Salmon play a vital ( ) role in the environment, economy and culture of the Pacific Northwest. At least 138 species depend on salmon for their food in some way. Salmon support an estimated ( ) 16,000 jobs in the fishing industry, and they are a draw ( ) for tourists.
Before the 20th century, an estimated 10 million to 16 million adult salmon and steelhead trout returned annually to the Columbia River system. The current return of wild fish is 2% of that.
One of the largest factors inhibiting salmon recovery is habitat loss. A growing human population has led to development along the shoreline and the addition of bulkheads, or sea walls, that encroach ( ) on beaches where salmon generally find insects and other food. More pavement ( ) and hard surfaces have contributed to an increase in toxic stormwater runoff ( ) that pollutes Puget Sound.
美國西北部鮭魚 陷瀕臨絕種危機
華盛頓州一篇報告直截了當指出，由於氣候變遷跟棲地劣化的毀滅性影響， 美國西北部有數種鮭魚「瀕臨滅絕」。
根據《2020年水域內鮭魚狀況報告》，華盛頓州有14種鮭魚和虹鱒被認定為瀕危物種，並受到《瀕危物種法》保護，其中10種復育進度未能達標，有5種更被認定「處於危機之中」。
這份由華盛頓州休閒與保育辦公室兩年發表一次的報告說：「時間不多了。氣候正在改變，河流水溫正在升高，棲地正在減少，供養美國西北部鮭魚生存的自然系統，如今比以往任何時候都更需要幫助。」
研究人員說，由州與聯邦機構、美國原住民部落、地方保育組織和其他機構共同參與的復育行動，緩和了一些鮭魚數量的減少。報告中發現胡德運河夏天的鉤吻鮭與蛇河秋天的帝王鮭兩種鮭魚，復育正接近目標。報告還指出，自2007年以來沒有新的鮭魚種列入瀕危名單。
華盛頓州休閒與保育辦公室主任Kaleen Cottingham說：「我們至少勉強穩住了情況，但我們沒有看到我們所期望的進展。」
研究人員表示，氣候變遷的影響料將加速，必須更加努力以防止鮭魚數量進一步減少和一些魚種的滅絕。
鮭魚在美國西北部環境、經濟與文化中扮演至關重要角色。在某種程度上，至少有138個物種以鮭魚為食。鮭魚為漁業提供約1萬6千個工作，並吸引大量遊客。
20世紀以前，估計每年有1000萬到1600萬成年鮭魚和虹鱒回到哥倫比亞河水系。目前返回的野生鮭魚數量只有這個數字的2％。
阻礙鮭魚復育的最大原因之一為棲地喪失，不斷成長的人口導致海岸沿線的開發，加上隔板或海堤的增加，這些侵占了鮭魚平常尋找昆蟲及其他食物的海灘。更多的鋪裝路面和堅硬的地面導致有毒雨水流量的增加，進而汙染了普吉特海灣。
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英國爆發恐慌搶油潮，一些加油站燃料耗盡不得不關閉，還在營業的加油站外大排長龍。業者強調不是缺油，而是缺乏大型貨車司機導致運油供應鏈出問題，呼籲民眾拜託不要再囤積汽油了。英國政府週六宣佈將發放數千份緊急簽證給國外的卡車司機，但英國零售商協會表示已「太少、太晚」。
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0:00 Intro
0:59 第一遍英文朗讀
3:11 新聞 & 相關單字解說
13:35 額外單字片語
21:36 第二遍英文朗讀
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朗讀內容參考了
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England 🏴
Great Britain
United Kingdom (UK) 🇬🇧
Northern Ireland 北愛爾蘭
Wales 威爾斯
Scotland 蘇格蘭
British
English
Run out 耗盡
Unleaded petrol 無鉛汽油
Diesel 柴油
Petroleum / petrol (UK) 汽油
Gasoline / gas (US) 汽油
Petrol / gas station 加油站
Petrol / gas pumps 加油機
Fuel 燃料
Feel 感覺
Fill 填滿
Panic buying 恐慌購買
Fuel tankers 油罐車
Queue / line up 排隊
Jerrycan(s) 儲油桶
Shortage(s) 短缺
Terminals 輸油站
Refineries 煉油廠
Truck (US) / Lorry (UK) 卡車、貨車
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) 重型貨車
Brexit 英國脫歐
Aging workforce 老齡化的勞動力
Supply chain 供應鏈
Labor shortage 勞工短缺
Suspend 暫停
Competition laws 競爭法
Ease 緩解
Emergency visas 緊急簽證
Boris Johnson 英國首相強生
Short-term fix 短期解決方案
British Retail Consortium 英國零售商協會
Jump the queue / line
Skip the queue / line
Cut the queue / line
Cringe
Cringey / cringy
Food for thought 值得認真考慮的事
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2020 年 8 月 4 日，黎巴嫩首都 Beirut 附近的港口發生嚴重爆炸，超過 200 人死亡，六千多人受傷。一年後，大部份爆炸廢墟尚未清除，許多受難者仍然無家可歸。不斷惡化的經濟危機，使得尋找新住所變得更加困難。
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0:00 Intro
0:44 第一遍英文朗讀
3:12 新聞 & 相關單字解說
12:48 額外單字片語
21:26 第二遍英文朗讀
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本集提到的單字片語：
Lebanon 黎巴嫩
Middle east 中東
Israel 以色列
Syria 敘利亞
President 總統
Maronite Christian 馬龍派基督徒
Prime minister 總理
Sunni Muslim 遜尼派穆斯林
Speaker of the parliament 議會議長
Shia Muslim 什葉派穆斯林
Switzerland of the East 東方瑞士
Beirut 貝魯特
Paris of the Middle East 中東的巴黎
Beirut blast / explosion 貝魯特爆炸事故
Ammonium nitrate 硝酸銨
Asbestos 石綿
Miracle mineral 神奇的礦物
Quebec 魁北克
Asbestos fibres 石棉纖維
Cancer 癌症
Homeless 無家可歸
Economic crisis 經濟危機
Food aid 糧食援助
Mercedes 賓士
Hyperinflation 惡性通貨膨脹
Cash-strapped 資金短缺
A stone’s throw
Just around the corner
Within striking distance
Within spitting distance
Within sniffing distance
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