Three Gorges Dam Forces 300,000 More People to Relocate

三峡大坝又迫使30万人搬迁



本新闻影音出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻

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【新闻关键字】

1. controversial: adj. 受争议的

2. municipality: n. 自治市

3. reservoir :n. 蓄水库

4. seismic: adj. 地震的;因地震引起的

5. compensation :n. 补偿，弥补;赔偿

6. hydroelectric: adj. 水力发电的

In China, the controversial Three Gorges Dam project continues to push forward.

在中国，备受争议的三峡大坝工程案子持续进行。

An additional 300,000 residents in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing are being forced to relocate, state-run media reported on Thursday.

国营媒体星期四报导，在重庆市西南方又有30万居民被迫重新安置。

Officials say relocations are to prevent communities from polluting the reservoir and to protect them from potential seismic disasters, according to state-run China Daily.

根据国营的中国日报报导，官员表示居民重新安置，是为了预防社区污染水库，以及保护他们免于受到潜在的地震灾害。

Opponents of the 22.5 billion-dollar dam have long criticized the project because of its huge environmental and social costs.

花费225亿元的大坝工程，长期以来因为其巨大的环境及社会成本，饱受反对者的批评。

Villagers who’ve lost their homes complain they have not been given any compensation.

那些失去家园的村民抱怨，他们并没得到任何的补偿。

Officials have said 1.4 million people have already been forced to relocate.

官员表示已经有140万人被迫重新安置。

The dam is the largest hydroelectric project in the world. It’s more than 7,500 feet wide and almost 280 feet high.

三峡大坝是世界最大的水力发电工程，宽度超过7,500 英尺，高度几达280英尺。

The dam itself is located in Hubei province, but most of the reservoir is in Chongqing.

水坝座落于湖北省，但大多的蓄水库位于重庆。

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1. Three Gorges Dam project

2. continues to push forward

3. An additional 300,000 residents

4. to prevent communities from polluting the reservoir

5. to protect them from potential seismic disasters

6. Opponents of the 22.5 billion-dollar dam

7. have long criticized the project

8. huge environmental and social costs

9. Villagers who’ve lost their homes

10. they have not been given any compensation

11. the largest hydroelectric project

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