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Everybody, I want you all to meet Charlotte Randolph, who’s the parish(教区) president in this parish.  And what I just heard from Thad Allen was that this parish has been as effective as any in coordinating1(协调) and working to make sure that they respond quickly.

You’ve got about seven miles of beach here where two types of boom have already been laid.  This is new boom, so what you’re seeing here, if I’m not mistaken -- right, Thad? --

ADMIRAL ALLEN:  The old boom was picked up yesterday.

THE PRESIDENT:  The old boom was picked up yesterday, but this will just soak up(吸收) the oil as it comes up.  And if you guys want to get a little bit closer and get dirty, you can see -- you might want to stop right around here -- you can see these little balls -- these are the tar2 balls(原油球块) that they’re talking about.

So, Madam President, these you can actually send out teams to pick up as they wash onshore.

MS. RANDOLPH:  And is picked up by the booms.

THE PRESIDENT:  So either the boom soaks stuff up or manually you can pick up these tar balls as they’re coming ashore3.  But obviously the concern is, is that until we actually stop the flow, we’ve got problems.  And it may be that there’s some additional strategies, Madam President, that you’re interested in pursuing.

So, Thad, you want to just talk a little bit about how the parish, Coast Guard, has been -- and the cleanup teams have been working together?

ADMIRAL ALLEN:  Yes, Mr. President.  I was here yesterday meeting with the parish president --

THE PRESIDENT:  Yes, that stick is --

ADMIRAL ALLEN:  An oil stick there.  The unified4 command center they have here is one of the best examples I’ve seen in the region where you have Coast Guard, the responsible party, and the local responders(响应者) both from the parish and the state and the other federal stakeholders(利益相关者) that are there.  They sit in a room every day; they work together; they’ve got everything up on a screen in front of them; they know where the boom is at; they track it.  They’re using modern technology to do that and they’ve got a real sound booming strategy.  If oil were to get into the bay over here, which is very, very sensitive, they’d have to have local shrimp5 boats that are standing6 by to deploy7 the boom -- a lot of good integration8(综合,集成) among state and local and federal and the contractors9.

THE PRESIDENT:  Good.

MS. RANDOLPH:  Plus we’re concerned about the port being closed by oil.  The Coast Guard has been very vigilant10(警惕的,警醒的) over that and the oil that has attempted to get into the port, the Coast Guard is on top of.  We can’t close that port.

THE PRESIDENT:  Right.

ADMIRAL ALLEN:  The other thing is we have -- if a ship comes through and it hits oil before it hits the port, we try to establish a cleaning station so we can manage that so we can keep the commerce going -- unless it’s actually --

THE PRESIDENT:  Now, I was -- they were also saying that a day like today is actually ideal for in-situ burning and skimming(撇去) .  It’s hot and it’s calm, which means that a lot of boats are out there right now and they’re in a position where they can help prevent it from getting close to shore.

Some of you guys may have noticed when we were walking up, by the way, there were a couple of dolphins right -- just about 50 feet out, maybe 100 yards out.  So obviously there’s precious wildlife in this area even though you see a whole bunch of oil rigs(石油钻塔) in the background.  The parish president said she used to come out here and do a lot of fishing, so we want to make sure that she comes back and can fish again.

All right, thank you, everybody.

Q    Can you be sure these oil tar balls are from the oil spill?  Because when I used to swim on the Gulf11 in Texas, I’d get tar balls in my bathing suit all the time.

ADMIRAL ALLEN:  Some of them are naturally occurring.  I think we can say with a high degree of certainty this is from the --

Q    You all attribute all of them right now to BP, yes?  But you do get some occasionally, right, in good times?

MS. RANDOLPH:  Yes, seepage12(渗透) .

ADMIRAL ALLEN:  There’s natural seepage from time to time as well.

THE PRESIDENT:  At some time -- at some point, Jackie, we’ll want to hear more about those tar balls and your bathing suit.  (Laughter.)

Q    Mr. President, would you support Mary Landrieu’s efforts to step up payments of the offshore13 oil royalties14?

THE PRESIDENT:  You know, we’re going to be doing a statement at the next stop.

END



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1 coordinating fc35d08ba9bb2dcfdc96033a33b9ae1e     
v.使协调,使调和( coordinate的现在分词 );协调;协同;成为同等
参考例句:
  • He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
  • He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的,难道我们不去请他? 来自电影对白
2 tar 1qOwD     
n.柏油,焦油;vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于
参考例句:
  • The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
  • We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。
3 ashore tNQyT     
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
参考例句:
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
4 unified 40b03ccf3c2da88cc503272d1de3441c     
(unify 的过去式和过去分词); 统一的; 统一标准的; 一元化的
参考例句:
  • The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
  • The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。
5 shrimp krFyz     
n.虾,小虾;矮小的人
参考例句:
  • When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来,将会截断这条河流。
  • When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜,我最喜欢虾。
6 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
7 deploy Yw8x7     
v.(军)散开成战斗队形,布置,展开
参考例句:
  • The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
  • The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
8 integration G5Pxk     
n.一体化,联合,结合
参考例句:
  • We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
  • This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。
9 contractors afd5c0fd2ee43e4ecee8159c7a7c63e4     
n.(建筑、监造中的)承包人( contractor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后,接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 vigilant ULez2     
adj.警觉的,警戒的,警惕的
参考例句:
  • He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
  • The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。
11 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
参考例句:
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
12 seepage 0DYzK     
n.泄漏
参考例句:
  • Chemical seepage has caused untold damage.化学品泄漏已造成不可估量的损失。
  • Water gradually escapes by seepage through the ground.水逐渐从地面渗走了。
13 offshore FIux8     
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。
14 royalties 1837cbd573d353f75291a3827b55fe4e     
特许权使用费
参考例句:
  • I lived on about ?3,000 a year from the royalties on my book. 我靠着写书得来的每年约3,000英镑的版税生活。 来自辞典例句
  • Payments shall generally be made in the form of royalties. 一般应采取提成方式支付。 来自经济法规部分
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