White collars to build their own "village"

时间：2007-07-04 03:10:12

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Chinanews, Chongqing, Jul. 4 – According to Chongqing Evening News, 34-year-old Lin Zhiping, a white collar woman in Chongqing, participated in a “villagers gathering” in Chongqing. Five other “villagers” also took part in it, hoping to rent a 10-mu forest and an 11-mu farm lands in the suburbs.

 

These “villagers” had just finished a sightseeing tour from Lijiang, Yunnan Province and been very much impressed by the tourist sites, so they hoped to initiate1 a lifestyle in Chongqing.

 

Currently the “village” only has 6 women members, all coming from large cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing. All these women are well-educated and now, they quitted their job and determined2 to make a living by farming.

 

However, they are faced with many barriers to their dreams. They have to build houses and make water pipelines3 all by themselves. They are not welling to use fertilizers and pesticides4 when planting to the puzzlement of the local.

 

In the beginning, they will have to depend on their previous savings5 for living, and each of them can only spend 400 yuan per month. Nevertheless, they believe it won’t be too long before they can visit their “village” and start making profits.

 
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1 initiate z6hxz     
vt.开始，创始，发动；启蒙，使入门；引入
参考例句：
  • A language teacher should initiate pupils into the elements of grammar.语言老师应该把基本语法教给学生。
  • They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics.他们想启动一次经济学讨论。
2 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的；有决心的
参考例句：
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
3 pipelines 2bee8f0b9bb303b1f1a466fd43666db3     
管道( pipeline的名词复数 )； 输油管道； 在考虑（或规划、准备） 中； 在酿中
参考例句：
  • The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
  • The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。
4 pesticides abb0488ed6905584ea91347395a890e8     
n.杀虫剂( pesticide的名词复数 )；除害药物
参考例句：
  • vegetables grown without the use of pesticides 未用杀虫剂种植的蔬菜
  • There is a lot of concern over the amount of herbicides and pesticides used in farming. 人们对农业上灭草剂和杀虫剂的用量非常担忧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 savings ZjbzGu     
n.存款，储蓄
参考例句：
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

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