英国卫报：气候危机与文化战争的纠缠(8)

The Isle¹ of Thanet lies on the north-eastern edge of Kent, where a narrow channel once severed² it from the mainland.

萨内特岛位于肯特郡的东北部边缘，一条狭窄的海峡曾将其与大陆隔开。

Over the centuries it has been where saints, crusaders and adventurers first set foot in Britain.

几个世纪以来，它一直是圣徒、十字军战士和冒险家首次踏足英国的地方。

More recently, it has become better known as a place of deprivation³, and as an electoral bastion for the nationalist right.

最近，它作为一个贫困的地方和民族主义右派的选举堡垒变得更加出名。

In 2015, Thanet district council became the first in the country to fall under the control of Ukip, and in that same year Nigel Farage came close to winning the South Thanet parliamentary seat (he was narrowly beaten by Mackinlay, himself a former Ukip leader who later defected to the Conservatives).

2015年，萨内特区议会成为全国第一个被乌基普党控制的地区，同年，奈杰尔-法拉奇险些赢得南萨内特的议会席位（他以微弱优势被麦金莱击败，麦金莱曾是乌基普党领导人，后来投奔保守党）。

Today, it is also a microcosm of the climate culture wars, thanks to a fierce tussle⁴ over the fate of Manston airport a former RAF base that played a pivotal role in the Battle of Britain.

今天，它也是气候文化战争的一个缩影，这要归功于对曼斯顿机场命运的激烈争论，该机场曾是英国皇家空军基地，在不列颠之战中发挥了关键作用。

Manston went on to cater⁵ for commercial passengers, but by the early 2010s it was losing up to 10,000 pounds a day, and the airport finally shut its doors in 2014.

曼斯顿继续为商业旅客提供服务，但到2010年代初，它每天的损失高达10,000英镑，该机场最终在2014年关闭了大门。

Since then, the mammoth⁶ site has been variously earmarked for housing, a manufacturing site, and even a film studio (it was not beyond the realms of possibility that the next James Bond production could be shot in Thanet, insisted the airports then owners in 2015).

从那时起，这个巨大的场地被指定为住房、制造基地，甚至是电影制片厂（2015年，机场当时的所有者坚持认为，下一部詹姆斯-邦德的作品可能在萨内特拍摄，这并非不可能的）。

What some in Thanet really yearned⁷ for, though, was a functioning airport once again.

不过，萨内特的一些人真正渴望的，是一个能够再次运作的机场。

Manston is part of every local persons DNA⁸, said Martin Sutton, an aviation engineer who was based at the airport for many years.

曾在机场工作多年的航空工程师马丁-萨顿（Martin Sutton）说，曼斯顿是每个当地人DNA的一部分。

It was a community, and a massive asset to the area.

它是一个社区，是该地区的巨大资产。

In 2019 that dream took a step closer to reality when the site was acquired by Riveroak Strategic Partners (RSP), a group of international investors⁹ ultimately controlled by an offshore¹⁰ company headquartered in the British Virgin¹¹ Islands.

2019年，当该地块被Riveroak Strategic Partners（RSP）收购时，这个梦想向现实迈进了一步，RSP是一个国际投资者团体，最终由总部位于英属维尔京群岛的一家离岸公司控制。

RSP announced plans to spend 300m pounds transforming Manston into a global air freight hub, one which delivers economic prosperity and employment across Kent and protects a strategic aviation resource for the nation.

RSP宣布计划花费3亿英镑将曼斯顿改造成一个全球航空货运中心，为整个肯特郡带来经济繁荣和就业，并保护国家的战略航空资源。

Craig Mackinlay, along with Thanets other Conservative MP, Roger Gale¹², welcomed the development wholeheartedly.

克雷格-麦金利与塔尼茨的另一位保守党议员罗杰-盖尔一起，全心全意地欢迎这一发展。

But others in the area felt differently.

但该地区的其他人却不这么认为。

1 isle   

n.小岛，岛

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。

2 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 deprivation   

n.匮乏；丧失；夺去，贫困

参考例句：

• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
• Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。

4 tussle   

n.&v.扭打，搏斗，争辩

参考例句：

• They began to tussle with each other for the handgun.他们互相扭打起来，抢夺那支手枪。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

5 cater   

vi.(for/to)满足，迎合；(for)提供饮食及服务

参考例句：

• I expect he will be able to cater for your particular needs.我预计他能满足你的特殊需要。
• Most schools cater for children of different abilities.大多数学校能够满足具有不同天资的儿童的需要。

6 mammoth   

n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的

参考例句：

• You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
• Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

7 yearned   

渴望，切盼，向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The people yearned for peace. 人民渴望和平。
• She yearned to go back to the south. 她渴望回到南方去。

8 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

9 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

10 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

11 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

12 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。