新西兰英语 593 100 days for Christchurch city plan

 　　Today, the Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, announced a new Head of the Christchurch city development. He is Warwick Isaacs. He has been in Christchurch since the day after the February earthquake last year, leading the demolition¹ work in the city. He knows a great deal about the buildings in the central city. He says he is a man of action – someone who likes to get things done. He has 100 days to develop a detailed² plan, called a blueprint³, from the draft plan.

　　The draft plan includes ideas from the Christchurch community. This draft plan went to the government in December. Now it is time for a detailed plan, ready for action.

　　One of the first things to do is to decide where public buildings will go, like a convention centre. After this decision, hotels will be built nearby and cafes and pubs. The plan needs to include other public buildings like the hospital, police station and law courts. Sometimes, the government will have to buy land from a land owner. Sometimes land owners will need to join together to share the ownership of bigger buildings. Business owners can discuss the height and location of buildings.

　　To make these things happen quickly, resource consent will take no more than 14 days. This is the job of the Christchurch City Council staff.

　　The mayor and Gerry Brownlee said that there will be a partnership⁴ between the new Head of the city development and the City Council.

　　Vocabulary

　　?announced – said this in public to the news media – TV, radio and newspapers

　　?blueprint – from the 19th century, detailed plans were written in white on a blue background

　　?draft – first ideas; when you write an essay, you often write a draft first.

　　?resource consent – permission to build in a certain location; this is not the same as building consent which usually takes 6 to 8 weeks.

　　Questions

　　1.Why has the government announced this new position? Is this the job of the mayor?

　　2.Will the community be able to agree or disagree with the blueprint?

　　3.Who pays for public buildings?

1 demolition   

n.破坏,毁坏,毁坏之遗迹

参考例句：

• The church has been threatened with demolition for years. 这座教堂多年来一直面临拆毀的威胁。
• The project required the total demolition of the old bridge. 该项目要求将老桥完全拆毁。

2 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

3 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

4 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。