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Overweight tourists told to use steps instead of donkeys at Greek beauty spot
A campaign has been launched urging tourists to use the steps at a Greek beauty spot instead of riding donkeys, which is giving the animals spinal problems and saddle sores.
spinal は、背骨の，脊柱(せきちゆう)のです。
Holidaymakers in Fira, a town on the Greek island of Santorini, are invited to take a donkey ride up the cliffs rather than climbing the 520 cobbled stairs.
But, as tourists get larger, the animals are suffering more and the trips are exhausting them.
Activists are now working with the cruise-line industry to inform those travelling there of the stress placed on the mules when they’re forced to carry human cargo.
“The campaign is about to start,” the volcanic island’s mayor Nikos Zorzos told The Guardian.
“Representatives from the cruise liner association were here in my office this week promising to raise awareness and from our side we’ll be distributing information leaflets.
saddle (noun)
Macmillan Dictionary によると ” a leather seat that you put on a horse’s back when you ride it “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
My bike needs a new saddle.
Could you lower the saddle for me?
cobbled (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” covered with cobblestones (=round stones) “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
cobbled streets
The streets of the main village are still cobbled.
To exhaust (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to make someone extremely tired and without energy “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
Caring for young children can exhaust you physically and mentally.
She was exhausted by running up the steep hill.
The long journey exhausted the children.
I’ve exhausted myself with all that cleaning.
cruise liner (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a cruise ship “という風に記載されていますね。
mule (noun)
Cambridge Dictionary によると ” an animal whose mother is a horse and whose father is a donkey, used especially for transporting goods “という風に記載されていますね。
cargo (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” things that are being sent by ship, plane, train, or truck “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
a cargo ship/plane
The ship was carrying a cargo of wood.
The ship and all its cargo sank.
“Our mules and donkeys are part of our tradition. Younger owners especially have understood that they need to be looked after.”
The animals have been used at the island’s clifftop capital for centuries, shuttling people from the port to the main town, 400 metres above sea level.
As many as 17,000 tourists a day arrive on the island from cruise ships, and the soar in demand has meant more donkeys have been recorded suffering from spinal injuries, saddle sores and exhaustion than ever before.
It is estimated there are as many as 4,000 donkeys being used, with some forced to make four or five return journeys a day, even when temperatures go above 30 degrees.
After an online petition calling for an end to the tradition was signed by more than 108,000 people last summer, the Greek government pushed through legislation making it illegal for the animals to carry “any load exceeding 100kg (15st) or one-fifth of their body weight.“
To shuttle (verb/noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to travel frequently between two places, or to take people frequently between two places “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
A van shuttles between the hotel and the airport every ten minutes.
A bus shuttles constantly between the terminal and the runways.
A shuttle service operates between the hotel and the beach.
To get across town, you can take the shuttle from Times Square to Grand Central.
The New York to Boston shuttle is usually on time.
push sth through (phrasal verb)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” to cause a plan or suggestion to be officially accepted or put into use: “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
He is determined to push the bill through Parliament.
We are trying to push this deal through as quickly as possible.
legislation (noun)
Cambridge Dictionaryによると ” a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament: “という風に記載されていますね。
The In Their Hooves campaign, set up by The Donkey Sanctuary and backed by Cruise Lines International Association, asks holidaymakers to stop and think before taking the rides in Santorini or elsewhere.
Barbara Massa, The Donkey Sanctuary’s regional director for Europe, says: “We’ve seen great progress through our working partnership with the Santorini municipality. They have helped us to deliver training to local enforcement bodies as well as supporting a revision of the existing Code of Practice for working equines in Santorini, which is subject to new animal welfare legislation currently being discussed by the Greek government.
enforcement bodiesは、執行機関です。
hooves (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a plural of hoof “という風に記載されていますね。(馬などの)ひづめのことです。
set up (phrasal verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to start something such as a business, organization, or institution “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
The group plans to set up an import business.
After the war, she set up shop in a quiet Yorkshire town.
To back (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to give support to a person, organization, or plan, making them more likely to succeed “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
Both main parties are backing these proposals.
The management has refused to back our proposals.
We’ll back you all the way on this one!
municipality (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a town or other area that has its own local government “という風に記載されていますね。自治体のことです。
例文：
The municipality provides services such as water and rubbish collection.
equine (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” relating to horses “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
an outbreak of equine fever
equine features
code of practice (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a set of rules about how people in a particular profession should behave in their work “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
Manufacturers agreed to draw up a code of practice on the promotion of alcoholic drinks.
“We are excited to launch the In Their Hooves video and we hope visitors to Santorini are able to make informed decisions about the welfare of working equines they will see there. We will continue to work with the municipality, providing training to equine health service providers and also the animal owners, all of whom are critical to improving the working conditions and practices on the island.”
To back (verb)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” to give support to a person, organization, or plan, making them more likely to succeed “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
Both main parties are backing these proposals.
The management has refused to back our proposals.
We’ll back you all the way on this one!
municipality (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” a town or other area that has its own local government “という風に記載されていますね。自治体のことです。
例文：
The municipality provides services such as water and rubbish collection.
welfare (noun)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” the health and happiness of people “という風に記載されていますね。
例文：
an animal welfare organization
critical (adjective)
Macmillan Dictionaryによると ” very important “という風に記載されていますね。自治体のことです。
例文：
What happens in the next few days is critical to our success.
The president’s support is critical (to this project).
What happens in the next 48 hours is critical.
最後に、内容が理解でき、新しい単語も知ることができたら、必ずCambridge Dictionaryか、Macmillan Dictionaryで例文を読むようにしてください。そして一番シンプルで、自分が日常使いしときやすそうなもをノートやスマホに書き溜めておいてください。そしてこれを移動中の時などに声に出して覚えることが本当に大事です！（電車では難しいので、僕はよく歩きますw）
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