CCTV9英语新闻：中国严厉查处违法高尔夫球场

Chinese authorities have sent in workers to dig up and tear down five illegal golf courses discovered in different parts of the country. It’s part of government efforts to get tough on unauthorized construction and protect China’s farmland. 

 

Here on the outskirts 1 of Beijing, What was once an 18-hole golf course filled with long fairways and manicured greens, has now been reduced to bits of rubble 2 and mounds 3 of mud. The course’s clubhouse facilities have been also demolished 4 and the owners fined heavily. Experts say it’s a necessary measure to protect China’s precious natural resources.

 

"China has a limited amount of arable 5 land with a per capita average of about one acre--that’s only one-third of the world average," Professor Zhu Daolin with China Agriculture University said.

 

Golf has gained popularity in China, especially in business circles. As a result, a large number of courses were built in a short period of time. But many of them were on arable land. China prohibited building golf courses on arable land in May 1997 and has published at least 12 regulations since then.

 

In a joint 6 announcement, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry 7 of Land and Resources said five golf courses had been discovered to be illegally constructed on protected farmland in Beijing, Ningxia Hui Autonomous 8 Region, and Yunnan and Liaoning provinces.

 

The announcement called on local authorities to fully 9 enforce the regulations and severely 10 punish violators.

 

"We shouldn’t pursue economic development by ignoring the environment. We need to have tougher regulations and law enforcement," Professor Zhu said.

 

There were an estimated 639 golf courses across China at the end of last year, triple the total from 2004.

 

But the government’s recent crackdown sends a message that sacrificing the environment for the sake of development is no longer a gimme.

 

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1
outskirts

  
 


n.郊外，郊区


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Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。












2
rubble

  
 


n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾


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After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。












3
mounds

  
 


土堆，土丘( mound的名词复数 )； 一大堆


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We had mounds of tasteless rice. 我们有成堆成堆的淡而无味的米饭。
Ah! and there's the cemetery' - cemetery, he must have meant. 'You see the mounds? 啊，这就是同墓，”——我想他要说的一定是公墓，“看到那些土墩了吗？












4
demolished

  
 


v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光


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The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。












5
arable

  
 


adj.可耕的，适合种植的


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The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？












6
joint

  
 


adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合


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I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。












7
ministry

  
 


n.(政府的)部；牧师


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They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。












8
autonomous

  
 


adj.自治的；独立的


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They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。












9
fully

  
 


adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地


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The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。












10
severely

  
 


adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地


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He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。