高考新聞?lì)愑⑽拈喿x
高考新聞?lì)愑⑽拈喿x
經(jīng)過考察和論證,造福子孫后代的南水北調(diào)工程于近日開工。我國(guó)北方一些地區(qū)用水困難的'局面,將在不久的將來得以有效改善。
Themassivewaterdiversion(調(diào)撥)projectplannedfordecadesstartedonDecember27th2002.Theconstruction,whichwilllast50years,aimsatdivertingwaterfromthewater-richsouthtothearid(干旱的)northofChinatoensureawatersupplyforagriculturalandindustrialproductionandpeople’sdailyuse.
Withanestimatedinvestmentofabout500billionyuan(about60billionUSdollars),theprojectwillchannelwaterfromthreeplacesrespectively(分別)ontheupper,middleandlowerreachesoftheYangtze,China’slongestriver,todestinations(目的地)inthenorth.Expertssaywaterdiversionfromsouthtonorthisnowbothnecessaryandfeasible(可行的),asproblemscannowbeproperlyhandled.
China’swaterresourcesareimbalancedindifferentregions.Inthesouthernpart,waterresourcesarerich,whileinthenorthit’sscarce.WatershortagesinnorthernChinahasbeenhindering(阻礙)economicdevelopment,andaffectingdailylife.“Withoutwater,”accordingtoGuZhaoqi,anexpertonwaterresourcesfromTsinghuaUniversity,“manyplaceshaveturnedintodeserts,withlocaleco-systems(生態(tài))destroyed.”ThisyeartheseveredroughtinShandongProvincealonehascausedover26billionyuanloss.
Oncetheprojectiscompleted,atotalof44.8billioncubicmeters(立方米)ofwaterwillbeannually(每年一度地)channeledfromtheYangtzetothenorthofChinaanditisexpectedtofundamentally(基本上)solvethewaterscarcity(缺乏)innorthernChina.
我國(guó)國(guó)力的增強(qiáng)也給科技插上了翅膀。中國(guó)的無人駕駛宇宙飛船“神舟”四號(hào)順利升空,它標(biāo)志我國(guó)航空業(yè)又朝載人技術(shù)邁進(jìn)了一大步。
Chinahassuccessfullylaunched(發(fā)射)itsfourthunmannedtestspacecraftintoorbit.ThesuccessfullaunchdemonstratedthatChina’smannedspacescienceandtechnologyprogramisgettingincreasinglymature(成熟).ThelaunchwasChina’sfourthsuccessfulspacecraftlaunchinthreeyears.Previous(以前的)testswereconductedin1999,2001andearlierthisyear.LikeitsShenzhouIIIpredecessor(前者),ShenzhouIVhasallthefunctionsofamannedspacecraft.
ShenzhouIVisjustonestepawayfromamannedflight.Infact,beforethelaunch,Chineseastronautsenteredthecrafttogetafeelofit.Landandsearescuemissionswerealsorehearsed(演習(xí)).
Thespacecraftwillstayinorbitforaweek.Itsdescentmodule(降落艙)willtouchdowninChina’sInnerMongoliaAutonomousRegion.
Ifallgoeswell,ShenzhouIVshouldbethelastunmannedtestflightoftheShenzhouSeriesspacecraft.ShenzhouVmaybecomethenation’sfirstmannedspacecraft,makingChinathethirdcountryintheworldtosendmanintoouterspace,afterRussiaandtheUS.
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