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Farmers living in villas worry about next meal

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Chinanews, Beijing, Feb. 2 – The People’s Daily Forum¹ Column recently published an editorial, saying that in some parts of rural areas, local people make a lot of window dressing² things to display their achievement attained³ after the central government issued the policy of building a new socialist⁴ countryside. They build villas⁵ through loans, decorate every corner of the house – even the toilet is covered with ceramic⁶ tiles. Some build a fountain in front of their houses. Most ironically, these window dressing acts are viewed as models by local governments from other rural areas that eagerly want to follow their example in building the "new socialist countryside."

In Mianyang, a city in Sichuan Province, local government allocated⁷ five zones in its agricultural technology model park for building villas. The villas are built through bank loans. However, farmers living in these villas always worry about where they can have their next meal. Their land has been requisitioned for commercial use. However, they don’t get the compensation to pay for their daily expenses in return. In order to make a living, many farmers living in villas have to go to large cities to look for work.

The case in Mianyang is not rare. In Xikang Village, Fujian, in response to local government's call, local farmers built 40 beautiful villas in their village, turning it into a model of a “well-off village” (well, at least from the appearance). However, in order to build these villas, local people had borrowed 1.3 million yuan of loans from banks. The loans have now become a heavy financial burden to local farmers.

The Ministry⁸ of Agriculture recently conducted a survey among 100 villages in China. The survey shows that in some places, local governments don’t realize that building a new socialist countryside is a long-term process. Instead, they are eager to achieve quick results, hoping to realize the goal in just a couple of years. Prompted by this thinking, they urge villagers to dismantle⁹ their current houses and move to new places, regardless of whether it is sensible to do so or whether villagers like their ideas.

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1 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。

2 dressing
n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料
参考例句：
Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。 The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

3 attained
（通常经过努力）实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 )；达到；获得；达到（某年龄、水平、状况）
参考例句：
She has attained the degree of Master of Arts. 她已获得文学硕士学位。 Lu Hsun attained a high position in the republic of letters. 鲁迅在文坛上获得崇高的地位。

4 socialist
n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的
参考例句：
China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。 His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

5 villas
别墅，公馆( villa的名词复数 )；（城郊）住宅
参考例句：
Magnificent villas are found throughout Italy. 在意大利到处可看到豪华的别墅。 Rich men came down from wealthy Rome to build sea-side villas. 有钱人从富有的罗马来到这儿建造海滨别墅。

6 ceramic
n.制陶业，陶器，陶瓷工艺
参考例句：
The order for ceramic tiles has been booked in.瓷砖的订单已登记下来了。 Some ceramic works of art are shown in this exhibition.这次展览会上展出了一些陶瓷艺术品。

7 allocated
adj. 分配的动词allocate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。 More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。

8 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

9 dismantle
vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消
参考例句：
He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。 The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。

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