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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report.
Recent discoveries of mineral wealth in Kenya could help add to east Africa's biggest economy. The government also is taking steps to improve the openness of the mining industry. But some citizens are concerned that new mining projects will damage local communities.
Mining companies say, the mineral resources could be worth billions of dollars. Local communities say, they hope this will help their economies. And the government has warned companies about making announcements about new resources before they are confirmed.
Kenya's Secretary of Mining Najib Balala says the government will ask mining companies for details about their findings before making them public.
"Any public announcements by a mining company, we as a government needs to have that notification 21 days before their announcements."
The discoveries also could upset some communities where big mining projects are planned. One example is the recent discoveries of rare minerals in the Mrima Hills in the coast area of kwale. The mining company Cortec reported finding a deposit of more than 600 kilograms of Niobium. The element is used in making steel and metal mixtures called superconducting alloys that allow electric currents to travel very easily.
Cortec says the discovery could be worth 50 billion dollars. But a dispute has begun between the company, the government and the local communities. Leaders of the Mijikenda ethnic group which lives near Kenya's coast, say they practise their religion in the Mrima Hills.
Joseph Morando is an official of the kaya people who are part of the local ethnic group. He says his people are oppose to mineral mining in the Mrima forest and in the area. He says they are appealing to the government to save the area which is an important part of their history. The area also is listed as a world heritage site by the United Nations cultural agency or UNESCO.
The Kenya government has not announced how payments it receives from mining companies called royalties would be used. Mining Secretary Najib Balala is expected to present legislation, proposing that the central government take 70% of mining royalty, local government would receive 25% and local communities would receive 5%.
The government says it hopes that reforms in the mining industry will improve openness. Mr Balala says that Kenya canceled 31 mining licences during the first half of this year, because of concerns over the process for receiving a licence to mine.
That's this week's Economics Report from VOA Learning English.
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词汇解释
1.notification n. 通知；通告；[法] 告示
Payments should be sent with the written notification.
支付款应该随书面通知寄出。
2.deposit n. 存款；保证金；沉淀物
To reach iron-ore deposit,they had to bore through solid rock.
为了达到铁矿矿床，他们只好钻透坚硬的岩石。
3.superconducting adj. [低温] 超导的
But only a small portion of their material had superconducting properties.
但是，只有一小部分材料具有超导电的属性。
4.royalties n. 版税；稿酬（royalty的复数形式）
We advanced her $2,000 against future royalties.
我们预支给她2000美元版税。
内容解析
1.Recent discoveries of mineral wealth in Kenya could help add to east Africa's biggest economy.
加，增加；加重；更加：
Add the second total to the third.
把第二笔总额加在第三笔总额上。
增添，添加(某物)；加强：
The bad weather added to the shipwrecked sailors’ difficulties.
恶劣的天气增加了失事船只的船员们的困难。
2.He says they are appealing to the government to save the area which is an important part of their history.
appeal to 呼吁；上诉；要求；对…有吸引力
We appealed to reason to win our argument.
我们靠诉诸于理性赢得了辩论。
Corporations were therefore at liberty to appeal to federal courts for protection.
这样，公司就有权请求联邦法院保护。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。
最近在肯尼亚发现的矿产财富可促进东非这一最大经济体的发展，政府也在采取措施改善矿产业的开放程度。但有民众担心新矿业项目会损害当地社区。
矿产公司称这些矿产财富价值数十亿美元，当地社区称希望这将促进本国经济的发展。政府已警告各公司在得到批准之前宣告新资源发现的问题。
肯尼亚矿业部长纳吉布· 巴拉拉说政府将要求矿业公司提供有关发现的细节，然后再公开宣布。
“对于矿业公司做出的任何公开声明，我们作为政府必须在声明做出21天前得到有关消息。”
这些发现可能会令一些社区不安，这些社区已有大型矿业项目在计划中。一个例子就是最近在沿海地区夸莱Mrima山发现的稀有矿产。矿业公司Cortec报告称发现了绵延600公里的铌矿床。这种元素被用来制造钢铁和名为超导合金的金属混合物，这种合金能使电流传播更快。
Cortec称这些发现可能价值500亿美元，但该公司、政府和当地社区之间产生争议。居住在肯尼亚海岸附近的米吉肯达社区少数民族领袖说他们在Mrima山上进行宗教仪式。
Joseph Morando是当地少数民族kaya人的一名官员，他说本族人反对在Mrima森林和该地区开设矿场。他说他们向政府请愿，希望拯救属于他们历史中重要部分的这片地区，该地区也被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产名录。
肯尼亚政府尚未宣布将如何处理从矿产公司获得的名为使用费的费用，矿业部长纳吉布· 巴拉拉有望进行立法，他提出中央政府拿走70%的矿业使用费，当地政府拿25%，当地社区拿5%。
政府称希望矿业改革将改善促进开放，巴拉拉说因为担心获得开矿执照的程序，肯尼亚在今年上半年取消了31个矿业执照。
这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。
