CCTV9英语新闻：王毅本周末开始访问拉丁美洲

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to begin a week-long visit to Latin America this weekend. His trip takes in Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil. His first stop is Cuba, which has just passed a new law aimed at attracting foreign investment.

 

Every morning thousands of Cubans head to work on Chinese built buses. China is the island's second largest trading partner after Venezuela providing everything from buses, cars and ships to household electrical goods all on easy credit terms.

 

China also provides technology and know-how 1 for on shore oil drilling operations. But so far there has been no major Chinese investment here.

 

Cuba and China may have strong political and ideological 2 ties but when it comes to investment projects the relationship is strictly 3 business.

 

In 2011, China signed a letter of intent to invest some six billion dollars in modernizing 4 the oil refinery 5 at Cienfuegos. It never happened. Now Cuba has passed a new foreign investment law with tax and other incentives 6.

 

The aim is to attract foreign companies to a special trade development zone around the recently opened deep-water port at Mariel. It's one of the few in the region which can handle the much larger ships which will come through the expanded Panama Canal.

 

Hugo Pons, Association of Cuban Economists 7, said, "China is one of 15 countries which have submitted proposals for the Special Development Zone. It would help Cuba's technological 8 develo."

 

According to Chinese press reports, the car manufacturer Geely is considering setting up an assembly plant in Cuba. One additional sweetener in the new foreign investment law is that companies can, for the first time, bring in their own construction workers, something Chinese firms often insist on.

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1
know-how

  
 


n.知识；技术；诀窍


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He hasn't got the know-how to run a farm.他没有经营农场的专业知识。
I don't have much know-how about engines.发动机方面的技术知识我知之甚少。












2
ideological

  
 


a.意识形态的


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He always tries to link his study with his ideological problems. 他总是把学习和自己的思想问题联系起来。
He helped me enormously with advice on how to do ideological work. 他告诉我怎样做思想工作，对我有很大帮助。












3
strictly

  
 


adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地


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His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。












4
modernizing

  
 


使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的现在分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法


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Modernizing a business to increase its profitability and competitiveness is a complicated affair. 使企业现代化，从而达到增加利润，增强竞争力的目的，是一件复杂的事情。
The young engineer had a large share in modernizing the factory. 这位年轻工程师在工厂现代化的过程中尽了很大的“力”。












5
refinery

  
 


n.精炼厂，提炼厂


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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。












6
incentives

  
 


激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机


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tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法












7
economists

  
 


n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )


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The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》












8
technological

  
 


adj.技术的；工艺的


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A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。