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1、（14）阅读理解主旨大意二1、 Imagine,oneday,gettingoutofbedinBeijingandbeingatyourofficeinShanghaiinonlyacoupleofhours,andthereafterafulldayofwork,goingbackhometoBeijingandhavingdinnerthere. Soundsunusual,doesntit?Butit’snotthatunrealistic,withthedevelopmentofChina'shighspeedrailwaysystem.Andthat’snotal
2、l.Chinahasanevengreaterhigh-speedrailwayplan----toconnectthecountrywithSoutheastAsia,andeventuallyEasternEurope. Chinaisnegotiatingtoextenditsownhigh-speedrailwaynetworktoupto17countriesin10to15years,eventuallyreachingLondonandSingapore.Chinahasproposedthreesuchprojects.Thefirstwouldpossiblyco
3、nnectKunmingwithSingaporeviaVietnamandMalaysia.AnothercouldstartinUrumqiandgothroughKazakhstanandUzbekistan,andpossiblytoGermany.ThethirdwouldstartinthenortheastandgonorththroughRussiaandthenintoWesternEurope. IfChina'splanforthehigh-speedrailwaygoesforward,peoplecouldzipoverfromLondontoBeijin
4、ginundertwodays.ThenewsystemwouldstillfollowChina'shigh-speedrailwaystandard.Andthetrainswouldbeabletogo346kilometersanhour,almostasfastassomeairplanes.China'sbullettrain(高速客车),theoneconnectingWuhantoGuangzhou,alreadyhastheworld'sfastestaveragespeed.Itcovers1,069kilometersinaboutthreehours.Ofcour
5、se,therearesometechnicalchallengestoovere.Therearesomanyissuevsthatneedtobesettled,suchassafety,railgauge(轨距),maintenanceofrailwaytracks.So,it'simportanttopayattentiontoeverydetail. Butthekeyissueisreallymoney.Chinaisalreadyspendinghundredsofbillionsyuanondomesticrailwayexpansion.Chinaprefersth
6、attheothercountriespayinnaturalresourcesratherthanwithcapitalinvestment.ResourcesfromthosecountriescouldstreamintoChinatosustaindevelopment.It’llbeawin-winproject.Forothercountries,therailwaynetworkwilldefinitelycreatemoreopportunitiesforbusiness,tourismandsoon,nottomentionthebettermunicationamon
7、gthosecountries. ForChina,suchaprojectwouldnotonlyconnectitwiththerestofAsiaandbringsomemuch-neededresources,butwouldalsohelpdevelopChina’sfarwest.Weforeseethatintheingdecades,millionsofpeoplewillmigratetothewesternr
