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But, what I can tell you is we don't get
But, what I can tell you is we don't get
a weather warning like this every day.
71
We don't get one every month, either.
72
In fact, I've never heard of us
getting one at all.
73
Does the name Donora mean anything to you?
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Donora?
75
Oh, of course I remember Donora.
It was a scandal.
76
A small mill[A1]
town in America,
outside Philadelphia?
77
Pittsburgh.
78
They had a smog[A2]
brought on by a freak anti-cyclone[A3] [A4]
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which trapped the emissions[A5]
from the local copper[A6]
work...
80
-Zinc.[A7]
-...in the fog.
81
-In a few days a number of people died.
-Twenty.
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And several thousand became
seriously ill from the poisonous fog.
83
After the incident a cross-party[A8]
delegation[A9]
was sent to Donora
84
on an urgent fact-finding mission[A10] .
85
They recommended that clean air zones
be set up all round [A11] London,
86
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-I never saw the report.
-With
good reason[A14] .
88
Our Prime Minister threw it away,
claiming it wasn't a priority.
89
-Can you prove that?
-I can, Mr. Atlee.
90
The Cabinet minutes
where it was discussed.
91
He's insisted the country keep
burning coal irresponsibly this winter,
92
to give the illusion of a solid economy.
93
-This is great, Clem.
-It's interesting, for sure[A15] .
94
What I don't understand is this.
95
Why a Downing Street employee,
working for the government,
96
should come to me with this information?
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I've read the Aeneid, Mr. Thurman.
98
"Do not trust the horse, Trojans[A16]
99
I fear the Greeks
even when they bring gifts."
[A1]Mill: Değirmen, değirmende öğütmek
[A2]Smog: Sis, sisle karışmış hava, kirli hava,
Misty: Sisli, puslu
Fume: Duman
Haze: Pus
[A3]Cyclone: Tufan, kasırga, alçak basınç merkezi
[A4]Anticyclone: Yüksek basıç alanı, yüksek basınç merkezi
[A5]Emission: Emisyon, dışarı verme, yayma, piyasaya tahvil vs çıkarma, para basma
Carbon dioxide emission: Karbondioksit yayılımı
[A6]Copper: Bakır, bakırla kaplamak
[A7]Zinc: Çinko
[A8]Cross participation: Karşılıklı katılım
[A9]Delegation: Heyet, delegasyon, temsilciler kurulu
[A10]Fact finding mission: Bilirkişi heyeti, keşif heyeti/grubu
Fact-finding mission: Araştırma heyeti
[A11]All round: Bütünüyle, her yöne/her tarafa, her şey göz önünde tutulursa
All-around: Çok yönlü
[A12]Precautionary: İhtiyatlı, tedbirli,
[A13]Precautionary measure: İhtiyati önlem/tedbir
As a precautionary measure: Tedbir amaçlı
[A14]With good reason: Haklı olarak
[A15]For sure: Elbette, hiç şüphesiz, hiç kuşku yok ki
[A16]Trojan: Truva
The Trojan horse: Truva atı
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