中国的各种填海工程

短语讲解：

1. The price ranges from 5000 yuan to 8000 yuan per square meter.

range from… to…从...变化到...
例句：Their ages range from 25 to 50.
他们的年龄在25岁到50岁之间。

2. Deputy Director of Yan Tai Longkou Land and Resources Bureau Han Maozhi says reclamation projects which fill the sea with land are now being more frequently adopted by coastal cities to ease land resource pressure.

fill with (使)充〔挤〕满
例句：The sky filled with stars.
满天星斗。

3. So, we don't have enough land to develop the necessary infrastructure and public facilities, including building roads and schools, not to mention land for industrial purposes.

not to mention更不用说
例句：Old folk and children alike are all against the proposal, not to mention the youth.
老人、小孩都不赞成这个建议, 更不用说年轻人了。

4. Due to limited land resources, reclamation has become a major way to increase land usage in this kind of coastal cities.

due to由于，因为
例句：Her absence is due to illness.
她因病缺席。

5. Plus, the reclamation projects don't use up the limited quota of industrial and agricultural land resources.

use up用光
例句：By this time he had used up all his savings.
到这时, 他的存款已全部用完。

6. Professor Liu Hongbin from the Ocean University of China says by filling up the sea with earth, local governments and companies can make huge profits.

fill up (使)充满
例句：His office began to fill up with people.
他的办公室里挤满了人。

7. The cost of reclamation varies based on the location of different areas along the coast, ranging from less than 10 thousand yuan to 300 thousand yuan per Mu.

base on使建立在…基础上
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

8. According to the statistics from the State Oceanic Administration, by 2010, the reclamation area in China had reached 13.6 hectares in total.

in total总计, 合计
例句：These products, in total, account for about 80％ of all our sales.
这些产品总共约占我们全部销售额的80％。

9. According to marine experts, excessive development will unavoidably bring an increasing amount of pollutant into the sea; unreasonable reclamation may also damage marine products, as well as affecting flood control and shipping.

bring into把…拿入, 带入(某处)
例句：Will you bring the tea things into the garden?
把茶具拿到花园去好吗?