时代周刊|再见，贫穷

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本文节选自《时代周刊》2019.07.08期的一篇文章，云南省独龙江乡的发展与进步

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Flanked by snow-capped mountains bordering Myanmar in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Dulongjiang Township, named after the Dulong River that winds through it, used to be one of the poorest areas in China. The township is home to people of the Derung ethnic group, one of the ethnic minorities in China that has the smallest population.

be flanked by sb/sth：to have sb/sth on one or both sides. 侧面（或两侧）有【词组积累】

snow-capped：顶部被白雪覆盖的，白雪皑皑的，cap动词表示覆盖顶部。【词汇积累】

border：毗邻，接壤，这里bordering即which border

Myanmar：缅甸

township：城镇，乡村

named after sth：以……命名

wind through：蜿蜒而过，可以是a road winds through the trees，或者是a river winds through the city【词组积累】

Derung ethnic group：独龙少数民族

独龙江乡根据蜿蜒这个乡村的独龙河命名，它被雪山包围两侧，接壤中国西南部云南省的缅甸，曾经是中国最贫困的地区之一。独龙少数民族是中国人口最少的少数民族，而独龙乡即是他们的家园。

“The life of the Derung people in recent years has changed dramatically,” said Gao, 65, former head of Dulongjiang Township, a key figure in leading local people out of poverty. In 1984, he started to serve in the township government with the ambition of lifting the local people out of poverty. By then, there were no roads, no regular schools and no businesses in the township. The rolling hills and harsh climate made it difficult to even build a road. School-aged childrenwould have to slide along a steel wire above the roaring Dulong River to get to county schools. Landslides, avalanches, wild animal attacks and traffic accidents made life extremely harsh

sth has changed dramatically：发生巨大的变化【搭配】

lead people out of poverty：带人们摆脱贫穷。下面lift the local people out of poverty.是相同的意思【词组积累】

serve in：在……任职，即在……工作【词组积累】

with the ambition of：带着……的雄心【词组积累】

regular schools：正规学校

rolling hills：绵延起伏的山峦【搭配】

harsh climate：恶劣的气候【搭配】

school-aged children：学龄期儿童【词汇积累】

slide along a steel wire：a steel wire一根钢丝，slide along sth指沿着……滑动【词组积累】

avalanch：[ˈævəˌlæntʃ]雪崩

made life extremely harsh：使生活异常艰苦，harsh意为恶劣的；艰苦的very difficult and unpleasant to live in【搭配】

独龙乡前乡长，65岁的高先生说道：“近些年来，独龙一族人们的生活发生了巨变。”他是带领当地人摆脱贫穷的关键人物。1984年，怀揣着带领人们脱贫的雄心，他开始在乡政府工作。那时，没有路，没有正规学校，也没有商业活动。绵延起伏的山峦和恶劣的气候使得建造一条路都显得十分困难。学龄儿童不得不划过独龙江上方的一根钢丝，才能去学校上课。泥石流、雪崩、野生动物袭击以及交通事故使得生活异常艰苦。

Under such harsh conditions, Gao started to explore methods to increase local income. He made ecological protection a top priority. “A well-preserved ecological environment is the great treasure passed down to us by our ancestors,” Gao said. “We will spare no efforts to protect it.” Eventually, he found a way to bring both economic benefits to the locals and do no harm to the environment: They started planting amomum tsao-ko, a spice and medicinal herb, which is well-suited for the local climate.

local income：地方收入

make ecological protection a top priority：make sth a top priority使某事成为头等大事，最优先考虑某事，ecological protection生态保护【词组积累】

well-preserved：保存完好的，preserve表示保养、维持某物在良好的条件，因此也有保养的意思，故well-preserved还有不显老的、保养得好的。【词汇积累】

the great treasure：最大的财富

pass down：传递，流传【词组积累】

spare no efforts to do：不遗余力做某事

do no harm to：对……没有伤害，do no harm to the environment在这里即解释为不污染环境【词组积累】

amomum tsao-ko：草果（一种中药）

spice：香料

is well-suited for：非常适合……

在这样的艰苦条件下，高开始探索增加地方收入的办法，他把生态环保视作头等大事并说道：“保存完好的生态环境是我们的祖先留给我们最大的财富，我们将不遗余力保护环境。”最终，他找到了一个既能给当地带来经济利益，又不会污染环境的方法。他们开始种植草果，一种香料，也是一味中药，非常适合当地气候。

Furthermore, the forestry department in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, to which Dulongjiang is subordinated, has made all the people from 195 impoverished Derung householdsecological rangers, providing them with an income for protecting the forests in their native land.In the process, various levels of government support has offered a boost. In 2010, the provincial government implemented entire village advancement projects as well as pilot projectsfor the improvement of entire townships, with Dulongjiang included. Financial aid and related programs from the government put the town’s development on a fast track.

forestry department：林业部门

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture：怒江傈僳族自治州

is subordinated to：隶属于、从属于【词组积累】

impoverished：贫困的

household：家庭

ranger：游骑兵

native land：故乡

in the process：在过程中

various levels of government support：各级政府支持

offer a boost：推动（经济）增长【词组积累】

implement project：实施计划

pilot projects：试点计划，pilot意为实验性的，试点的【词汇积累】

financial aid：经济援助

put development on a fast track：使发展进入快车道【词组积累】

此外，独龙江隶属的怒江傈僳族自治州的林业部门，使来自于195个贫困家庭的人们成为了生态骑兵，并为他们保护家乡森林提供收益。在此过程中，各级政府支持也推动了经济增长。2010年，为了全镇的发展，省政府实施全村进步计划和试点计划，包括了独龙江。经济援助和政府的相关项目使全镇的发展进入了快车道。

As a result, Dulongjiang now has a brand new look. Many new houses have been erected along the road, as residents living in uninhabitable conditions have been relocated to new houses. The 4G network covers the entire township and is accessible to quite a few delivery service providers.

a brand new look：一个崭新的面貌

erect：建立，建造，即to build sth，可替换buidl【同义替换】

live in uninhabitable conditions：生活于不堪居住的条件下。as residents living in uninhabitable conditions have been relocated to new houses，这里原句应为as residents who lives in uninhabitable conditions have been relocated to new houses.这里变who lives为living，意义相同，relocate意为搬迁【词组积累】

is accessible to sb/sth：某人或某事可使用

quite a few：相当一部分人

结果，独龙江现在有了一个崭新的面目。随着那些生活于不堪居住的条件下的居民被搬迁到了新家，很多新的房屋沿路而建。4G网络覆盖了整个乡镇，可供相当一部分运送服务供应商使用。

总结

1the forestry department in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, to which Dulongjiang is subordinated, 2has made all the people from 195 impoverished Derung households ecological rangers, providing them with an income for protecting the forests in their native land

A in B, to which C is subordinated, has made D, providing E该句式可以用来描述事物A，1半句中描述了A的从属范围，A属于B，C也属于B，文中的例子即林业部门和独龙江都属于怒江傈僳族自治州。2半句则描述A带来的影响D和E，即A has made D, providing E【句式】