2014英语四级听力练习慢速3.29(1)_大学英语听力

2014英语四级听力练习慢速3.29(1)

　　Aung Zaw says there is evidence that the Burmese army has forced villagers out to make room for foreign investment. He says foreign investors have shown interest in new Special Economic Zones. But, he says, these new economic areas come with huge social and environmental costs. He says often villagers are forced from their homes without fair payment.

　　The government of Australia has warned investors that people and companies with close ties to Burmas military influence many areas of the economy including the oil, gas and wood industries.

　　Sean Turnell is an economist at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He says agriculture reform has slowed in Burma although a majority of Burmese make a living through agriculture.

　　Mr. Turnell says that without land rights farmers have limited opportunity to borrow money at fair rates.

　　Experts say some who fear changes in Burma are trying to slow reforms by creating ethnic and religious conflict ahead of the planned 2015 elections.

　　Im Faith Lapidus.

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