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听力文本
A Chinese company is going to build a new shipping route through Central America. Nicaragua has given the company a $40 billion contract to construct a canal across the country. It will join the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This means there will be two waterways to connect the two oceans. The other one is the Panama Canal, which opened in 1914. The new waterway in Nicaragua will be bigger and longer than the 77-km-long Panama Canal. A spokesman said much bigger ships would pass through Nicaragua's canal – twice the size of those that currently use the Panama Canal. The name of the company that will build the canal is still a secret. However, it will have a 100-year contract to maintain the project.
The new canal will be a very important trade route. Shipping companies will save time and money because it will be farther north than the Panama Canal. It will take companies ten years to finish the project, but the first ships will use it within six years. It will be 22 metres deep and 286 km long. Not all Nicaraguans are happy about the canal. Congressman Carlos Langrand said: "This project affects all Nicaraguans, the future of Lake Nicaragua, our environmental resources, and the economy." He complained that the government was not being honest with the people. He told the "Nicaragua Dispatch" newspaper that: "We have many more questions than answers about this project."
中文翻译
中国公司将在中美洲建造新的运输航线
新运河将会是一条极其重要的贸易航道
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重点讲解
1.shipping company 航运公司
例句:Mr. Brown has held 500 shares in the shipping company.
布朗先生持有该家航运公司的500份股份.
2.trade route 贸易路线
例句:Hongshanzui port is the history of Sino - Mongolian trade route.
红 山嘴 口岸历史上是中蒙贸易通道.
3.Panama Canal 巴拿马运河
例句:The Panama Canal joins the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
巴拿马运河把大西洋和太平洋连接起来了.
4.Central America 中美洲
例句:The armadillo is found in the American South and in Central America.
犰狳生活在美国南部和中美洲地区.
听力题目
1.What is the value of the contract to build the canal?
a) $400 billion
b) $40 billion
c) $44 billion
d) $14 billion
2.What oceans will the canal link?
a) Indian and Arctic
b) Indian and Pacific
c) Atlantic and Indian
d) Atlantic and Pacific
3.What opened in 1914?
a) The Panama Canal
b) The Suez Canal
c) The Great Canal of China
d) The Venice Canals
4.How much bigger are ships that will use the new canal?
a) 10 times bigger
b) a little
c) twice the size of those using the Panama Canal
d) 42,000
5.What's the name of the Chinese company?
a) Lenovo Canal Construction
b) no one knows
c) COSCO
d) China Zhongwang
6.What two things will shipping companies save?
a) lives and livelihoods
b) coupons and vouchers
c) money and time
d) power and energy
7.How long will it take to build the canal?
a) 6 years
b) 8 years
c) 9 years
d) 10 years
8.What length will the new canal be?
a) 286 km
b) 77 km
c) 22 km
d) 1,914 km
9.What/Who did a politician complain about?
a) government honesty
b) his bad back
c) not having a high salary
d) the boss of the company
10.How many questions does the congressman have?
a) one or two
b) more than the number of answers
c) 87
d) none
听力答案
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.c
5.b
6.c
7.d
8.a
9.a
10.b