中国技术打造巴西电力高速公路

 　　RIO DE JANEIRO, July 17 (Xinhua) -- China's State Grid¹ Brazil Holding won a contract Thursday to build a gigantic transmission line for the Belo Monde hydroelectric dam, located deep in the Amazon rainforest.

　　In an auction² realized at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, the State Grid subsidiary made the lowest bid by offering to operate the dam's second power line in exchange for 988 million reals a year (309 million U.S. dollars).

　　The winning offer was 19 percent lower than the maximum amount permitted in the auction. Spanish firm Abengoa came in second place in the bid.

　　As the winner, State Grid Brazil Holding has committed to finish building in 2019 and to begin operating the power line in 2020 and will maintain the concession³ for 30 years.

　　China State Grid to build mammoth⁴ power line for Belo Monte dam in Brazil

　　The second transmission line will run for 2,250 km and will connect the Belo Monte dam to the town of Nova Iguacu near Rio de Janeiro.

　　The project is expected to create 16,800 direct jobs in the states of Para, Tocantins, Goias, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.

　　The construction is estimated to require an investment of 7 billion reals (2.19 billion U.S. dollars) and will be spread across five Brazilian states.

　　According to Ramon Haddad, Vice-President for Operations at State Grid Brazil Holding, the scale of the project means that the Chinese firm will be seeking a partner in Brazil to help.

　　Construction on the Belo Monte dam began in March 2011 but has faced regular opposition⁵ by indigenous⁶ communities, farmers, fishermen and ecologists, who maintain the project will have a devastating⁷ environmental impact on the Amazon.

　　Work on the dam should be completed by January 2019 but has seen regular interruptions due to judicial⁸ reversals, strikes by workers and protests. Belo Monte will dam the Xingu river, a tributary⁹ to the Amazon, and is set to flood 506 square kilometers of the jungle.

　　Once fully¹⁰ operational, Belo Monte will have a maximum capacity of 11,233MW, and is estimated to produce at an average capacity of 4,419MW a year. It will be the world's third largest hydroelectric dam and is located in the northern state of Para.

1 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

2 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

3 concession   

n.让步，妥协；特许(权)

参考例句：

• We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
• That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。

4 mammoth   

n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的

参考例句：

• You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
• Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

5 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

6 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

7 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

8 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

9 tributary   

n.支流；纳贡国；adj.附庸的；辅助的；支流的

参考例句：

• There was a tributary road near the end of the village.村的尽头有条岔道。
• As the largest tributary of Jinsha river,Yalong river is abundant in hydropower resources.雅砻江是金沙江的最大支流，水力资源十分丰富。

10 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。