Right things done in Kubuqi desert: Israeli ambassador

 　　KUBUQI (Inner Mongolia), July 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Amos Nadai, ambassador of Israel to China, spoke¹ highly of the desertification control efforts in the Kubuqi desert of China during an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet here Saturday.

　　"It's a huge area, which is more than half of my country," Nadai said, "I see a lot of planting and it's very beautiful."

　　Nadai was here for the 2011 Kubuqi International Desert Forum² held in the Kubuqi Desert, Inner Mongolia of China.

　　As a small country with half of its land being desert, Israel has to work very hard in desertification control and has accumulated a great deal of experience.

　　However, Nadai praised China's efforts in learning new technologies applied³ in the Kubuqi desert.

　　He said that China takes this very seriously and has developed really rapidly.

　　"They are doing the right thing; they bring here every two years the best experts from all over the world, and they listened carefully," he said.

　　Nadai said that he saw the way people here fight against desertification, develop tourism, boost the use of clean energy, and he was very impressed.

　　That's why Israel is happy to cooperate with China in this field, Nadai said.

　　He also introduced a long-term project that Israel has been working together with China in Xinjiang, which Israel introduces methods to the local farmers that can grow the same amount of crop by using 50 percent less of water.

　　"The local people have learned everything that we can offer them and they can do it alone now," Nadai said.

　　The ambassador, who was awarded the Honorary Citizenship⁴ of Chengdu City, the capital of Sichuan Province, Wednesday, said: "I am very very excited for that honor."（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

3 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

4 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。