English for apes

Sleep on firewood. Lick bitter liver. Expose test results.

roam, pretext

2023-01-17 22:30:48 | Reading - not classified
さて数日前のRadioで気になったニュースを文字で再確認。

Historic wild camping tradition outlawed on part of Dartmoor
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64238116

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He said they would now consider their position carefully before deciding on whether to appeal, and on what grounds and in the meantime would amend their website and other information they provide to people who are planning to wild camp on Dartmoor.
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Use of Englishに出てきそうな言い回し。

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"From the outset it was clear that this whole case had nothing to do with the preservation of Dartmoor's delicate ecology," she said. "Instead, this was always one landowner's naked attempt to find any pretext to roll back the public's right to connect with nature on national parkland."
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from the outset/at the outset

制限対象は一部のエリア、当該エリアは許可を貰えばいい、ということではないのかな?
成金っぽい地主が勝訴したことが問題なのかな?まあ、強欲夫婦みたいには聞こえますけど。

Right to wild camp in England lost in Dartmoor court case
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/13/dartmoor-estate-landowner-alexander-darwall-court-case-right-to-camp

Guardianを読んだら意味がわかりましたー。Dartmoorの許可対象に野宿は入っていないという裁判所の判例が出たことが問題ですね。
Right to Roam  Right to Wild Camp The Stars Are for Everyone 読解力もやばい

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