(HL-예술/취미/종교) National Park Service Turns 100

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The U.S. National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday. America’s 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, formed the National Park Service on August 25, 1916 to “protect the wild and wonderful landscapes” in the United States. One hundred years later, the organization manages nearly 34 million hectares of land. The National Park Service oversees more than 400 parks, historic sites, monuments and other areas. The newest national park is in the northeast state of Maine. President Barack Obama created the park on Wednesday. It is called the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. A family that started a successful business making skin care products donated the land. The land is home to moose, black bears, coyotes, deer, bobcats, snowshoe hares, fisher cats, bald eagles and Canada lynx. Some national parks are well over 100 years old. Yellowstone National Park in the western United States was established in 1872 as the first national park in America. It was also the world’s first national park.
* the wild = (야생 상태의) 자연/ landscape = 풍경(넓은 어느 지역)/ hectare = 헥타르(땅 면적의 단위. 1만평방미터 또는 약 2.5에이커)/ oversee = 감독하다/ historic site = 유적지/ monument = (건물・동상 등의) 기념물; 기념비적인[역사적인] 건축물/ skin care product = 피부관리 제품/ home = (동식물의) 서식지[자생지/집]/ moose = 무스(북미산 큰 사슴. 유럽과 아시아에서는 elk라고 함)/ coyote = 코요테/ bobcat = 보브캣(북미산 야생 고양이과 동물)/ snowshoe hare = 멧토끼의 일종/ Canada lynx = 캐나다스라소니 (야생 고양이의 한 종류; 지금은 캐나다에서만 서식)

National Park Service Turns 100 - WTS.mp3