密歇根新闻广播 五大湖要清除亚洲鲤鱼还要再等8年

 

People worried about Asian carp infecting the Great Lakes have been anxiously awaiting a long-overdue carp "battle plan" from the Army Corps¹ of Engineers — a report held up for six months by the Trump² Administration.

Now the Army Corps is free to talk details, and as it does, the reaction among some in Michigan is disappointment and disbelief.

That's because the Army Corps says it will take eight years — until 2025 — to get this fix in place.

Details of the plan were unveiled at a recent meeting in Muskegon.

Jon Allan, director of Michigan's Office of the Great Lakes, joined Stateside to discuss this proposed plan.

"Of the 180 some invasive species in the Great Lakes now, none of them have ever been removed and we want to keep one out so we don’t have to figure out how to manage it or remove it once it gets into the system,"Allan said.

However, one Asian carp was already found this past summer within 9 miles of Lake Michigan.

Allan made it clear that this is a tentative plan that still needs to go through another set of reviews before it is finalized³. Then it heads to Congress in 2019 where funding and timeframes will be discussed.

"The plan, as presented, we’re thinking of as something of an interim⁴ solution,"Allan said.

Listen above for the full conversation about the future of the Great Lakes waterways.

1 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。