VOA标准英语2012--Burma-China Pipelines Bring Benefits, Complaints

Burma-China Pipelines² Bring Benefits, Complaints

At Mandalay Hill’s Su Taung Pyai Pagoda³ a Chinese visitor makes a ritual cleansing⁴ prayer. 

China is Burma’s biggest investor⁵ and here in the country’s second largest city residents say an influx⁶ of Chinese immigrants now dominate the busy downtown. 

Former Mandalay Trader’s Association general secretary Sai Kyaw Zaw, says that Burmese businesses can no longer compete. “Seventy-five percent of businesses here are invested by Chinese either legally and illegally. We can see it clearly after Mandalay was razed⁷ by heavy fire in 1985," hside. e explained. "Most Chinese could re-build their houses immediately with support from mainland China. After that, all of downtown Mandalay became China Town.” 

Outside Mandalay, a Chinese company building pipelines is bringing controversy⁸ to the country

The network will carry domestic oil and gas and also offload tankers⁹ from the Middle East and Africa in the Bay of Bengal. 

A group of foreign investors¹⁰ backed the project but most of the financing is from China. So are many of the workers, known by their red jump suits. 

Skilled local hires can earn about $250 a month says bulldozer driver Ko Hla Maung. “I don’t know the details of this project. I just come and work here for daily wages,” he said. 

While the project brings jobs, some landowners have objections. Monks¹² at the Asia A Linn Yaung Monastery¹³ in Pyin Oo Lwin Township were initially¹⁴ offered nothing for part of their property -- until the news media published their complaints. 

Senior monk¹¹ U Sein Di Tha says local farmers are too afraid to speak out. "The government will take their land and continue pipeline¹ construction whether they agree to it or not," he said. "That is why they try to be content with the compensation. Nobody wants to give up their land." 

To win over local critics, China National Petroleum¹⁵ Corporation is donating several million dollars to build new health clinics, wells and schools. 

In Hman Pin Village, a new school for 300 students was welcomed by Hla Myint, the village head. “I am very happy to have a new school at my village because it is not possible to build it with our own funds. The old school lasted over 40 years but was in very poor condition.” 

Engineers say the pipeline should be completed next year -- another big Chinese development project bringing in jobs and also mixed feelings among the people of Burma. 

1 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

2 pipelines   

管道( pipeline的名词复数 )； 输油管道； 在考虑（或规划、准备） 中； 在酿中

参考例句：

• The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
• The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。

3 pagoda   

n.宝塔（尤指印度和远东的多层宝塔），（印度教或佛教的）塔式庙宇

参考例句：

• The ancient pagoda is undergoing repairs.那座古塔正在修缮中。
• The pagoda is reflected upside down in the water.宝塔影子倒立在水里。

4 cleansing   

n. 净化(垃圾) adj. 清洁用的 动词cleanse的现在分词

参考例句：

• medicated cleansing pads for sensitive skin 敏感皮肤药物清洗棉
• Soap is not the only cleansing agent. 肥皂并不是唯一的清洁剂。

5 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

6 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

7 razed   

v.彻底摧毁，将…夷为平地( raze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The village was razed to the ground . 这座村庄被夷为平地。
• Many villages were razed to the ground. 许多村子被夷为平地。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

9 tankers   

运送大量液体或气体的轮船[卡车]( tanker的名词复数 )； 油轮； 罐车； 油槽车

参考例句：

• They should stop offloading waste from oil tankers into the sea. 他们应当停止从油轮上往海里倾倒废弃物。
• The harbour admits large tankers and freighters. 这个港口容得下巨型油船和货轮。

10 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

11 monk   

n.和尚，僧侣，修道士

参考例句：

• The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
• Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。

12 monks   

n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
• He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 monastery   

n.修道院，僧院，寺院

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• She was appointed the superior of the monastery two years ago.两年前她被任命为这个修道院的院长。

14 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

15 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。