Free offices with a view: 4 lighthouses, courtesy of feds

　アメリカ政府がロードアイランドに建つ政府の灯台を貸し出すニュースが話題になっている。

　https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/05/15/free-offices-with-a-view-4-lighthouses-courtesy-of-feds

　今日のGetUpEnglishはこのニュースを読んでみよう。

Dreading your eventual return to the office? The federal government is making available — for free — some waterfront workspaces with killer views that are sure to entice. But there's a catch.

enticeは「魅了する、誘う」。2008-11-17のGetUpEnglishで学習した。

　https://blog.goo.ne.jp/getupenglish/e/5d59dee8a78e207279c8faf3f04b259e

　catchは「落とし穴、罠」。

　以下の『リーダーズ英和辞典』の用例が参考になる。

　･This question has a catch in it. この問題には落とし穴がある.

　･What's the catch? どんな落とし穴があるのか, 何か難点があるか.

The General Services Administration says the U.S. Coast Guard has decided it no longer needs four picturesque lighthouses — including one in Duluth — and it's inviting certain types of organizations to take them over at no cost.

　The General Services Administrationは「連邦政府調達局」

The GSA, which has been getting rid of its large inventory of obsolete lighthouses, said Thursday that the landmark 111-year-old Duluth Harbor North Pierhead Light is on the list.

So is Beavertail Lighthouse in Jamestown, Rhode Island — America's third-oldest lighthouse, and a beacon that defeated British forces torched out of spite in 1779 as they withdrew from the new nation.

Also on the list: Watch Hill Light in Westerly, Rhode Island, not far from Taylor Swift's beachside mansion; and Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Light in Ohio.

Conditionally, that is: The government says it'll make the historic lighthouses and their outbuildings available free of charge to federal, state and local agencies; nonprofit organizations; educational and community development agencies; or groups devoted to parks, recreation, culture, or historic preservation.

Since 2000, the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act has allowed the U.S. General Services Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard to transfer or sell historic lighthouses the government no longer needs to own.