VOA标准英语2013--Burma's $8.5 Billion Port Project Facing Hurdles
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(七月)
Burma's $8.5 Billion Port Project Facing Hurdles 1
BANGKOK — When Burma's planned Dawei deep-sea port and special economic zone are finished, a highway, railway and pipeline 2 will connect Southeast Asia's largest industrial zone to Thailand’s primary commercial hub.
Although major construction has yet to begin, the planned $8.5 billion project on Burma’s southern coast is already being heralded 3 by the company leading the project, Bangkok-based Italian-Thai Development, as the largest industrial estate in the region.
According to company engineer Suphap Satthatham, the Dawei project would offer everything from a steel mill and oil refinery 4 to automotive assembly and petrochemical facilities.
"The factory will be for the computer part, for the garment, for the cosmetic 5, for the food processing," he said. "This will be light industry."
While its successful completion could dramatically boost Thai-Burmese trade relations, the project is already encountering financial difficulties and intense local opposition 6.
Struggling to attract foreign investors 7 such as Japan, Thai and Burmese government authorities have recently taken over fundraising.
Meanwhile, as entire villages are scheduled for demolition 8, residents say they know little about where they are to be moved to or how they are to be compensated 9.
"We hear rumors 10 every day that our village is in the project area and we need to move out to another place soon," said Thein Aye, whose children possess newly built homes in areas targeted for development.
While their parcels aren't included on lists of properties eligible 11 for compensation, she says they will refuse to move without offers of adequate compensation.
"Nothing is clear yet," she said.
For motorcycle mechanic Soe Mya, who still does not know where he is expected to move, his livelihood 12 is at risk.
“My current land and house is next to the Main Road — this location is very good for my business," he said. "If I don't get back this kind of a good place in a relocated village, I will not be able do my business there at all."
While Italian-Thai Development officials have taken steps to survey farms for compensation and make villagers more aware of project plans, engineer Satthatham says relocation details are up to government authorities.
"We don't know because this is upon the government plan," he said. "We follow and cooperate well."
Developers have made efforts to spread good will, evening building pagodas 13 for the Buddhist 14 community, but project managers acknowledge there is still much work to do to appease 15 concerns of potential investors and residents alike.
- In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
- The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
- These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
- Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- 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
- 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。
- The marvelous acting compensated for the play's weak script. 本剧的精彩表演弥补了剧本的不足。
- I compensated his loss with money. 我赔偿他经济损失。
- Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
- Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
- Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
- My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。
- A dream is more romantic than scarlet pagodas by a silver sea. 梦中的风光比银白海洋旁边绯红的宝塔更加旖旎艳丽。
- Tabinshwehti placed new spires on the chief Mon pagodas. 莽瑞体在孟人的主要佛塔上加建了新的塔顶。
- The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
- In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。