2018年CRI Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps devoted to building habitable homeland
时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:2018CRI中国国际广播电台
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corporation in northwest China combines the duties of carrying out agriculture and forestry 1 work and safeguarding stability.
Over the past five years, it has planted 150 thousand hectares of forest and turned 470 thousand hectares of desert into green lands.
Tarim reclamation 2 zone is situated 3 between Taklimakan and Kumtag desert.
Due to years of environmental degradation 4, two deserts are expanding toward each other at a combined speed of five meters per year.
At the closest point, the two deserts are separated by just two kilometres.
To prevent the deserts from further expanding, 60 thousand workers from Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps 5 have been planting sand-proof forests.
With their efforts, a 180 kilometer long, 14 kilometer wide green belt has been created between the deserts.
Tang Zhengjun is a retired 6 forest ranger 7 who worked at the Tarim reclamation zone.
He says he still comes back to the woodland every now and then to look after the trees they planted.
He recalled the rampant 8 sandstorms of old times.
"When the sandstorm came, there were no shelters. We had to crawl down on the open ground. When the storm passed, it felt like my whole skin was ripped off. People who met me would ask why I look so much older in such short time."
Alataw Pass is a major wind passage in North Xinjiang. Residents living there have to suffer the overwhelming windy weather most of the time.
In 2011 when the national forestation project was initiated 9, personnel from XPCC stationed at Alataw Pass started to plant trees on the barren mountains and hills.
In six years, 13 hundred hectares of forest has been planted. The yellow skies that used to be seen before the trees were planted have not been seen recently.
Li Shuyong is a senior worker of a XPCC division quartered there.
"Back in 1980, when the cotton just sprouted 10, the coming wind could easily kill them all. Now the situation is much better. The winds come less and also blows shorter in time."
Yang Yu is a vice 11 divisional commander of XPCC working at the front line of eco-construction in Xinjiang.
He said the forest coverage 12 rate has significantly increased over the past few years.
"Environmental protection and ecosystem 13 construction is the foundation of our company's development. We are here not only to guarantee safety and stability, but also defend ecosystem, with responsibility to guard Xinjiang's green lands and build a beautiful Xinjiang."
The improved ecosystem has modified regional weather conditions. Windy days are now fewer in certain areas.
With the protection of the new forests, farmland has also become more fertile. Dates and liquorice are now grown in the fields along with cotton, which had been the only crop choice before.
These new crops have helped to raise incomes for local farmers and their families.
- At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
- Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
- We should encourage reclamation and recycling.我们应当鼓励废物的回收和利用。
- The area is needed for a land reclamation project.一个土地开垦项目要在这一地区进行。
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
- She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。
- There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
- Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。
- The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
- The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
- He was the head ranger of the national park.他曾是国家公园的首席看守员。
- He loved working as a ranger.他喜欢做护林人。
- Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
- You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。
- We can't use these potatoes; they've all sprouted. 这些土豆儿不能吃了,都出芽了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The rice seeds have sprouted. 稻种已经出芽了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。