高中英语 voa常速听力2012年08月合辑文本wind-power-fans-development-in-kenyan-desert素材.docVIP

高中英语 VOA常速听力2012年08月合辑（文本）Wind-Power-Fans-Development-in-Kenyan-Desert素材 A few years ago, a Dutchman with a dream walked into a government office in Nairobi. In his hand he carried an application form to lease land near Lake Turkana in Kenya?ˉs isolated north-east. Wind turbines similar to these in Californias Yucca Valley region are soon going to be part of Africas largest wind farm, in northern Kenya [Photo: AP]Carlo van Wageningen recalled, ?°The commissioner of lands himself had never been there and he didn?ˉt know what value to give to this land, and I remember him asking me, ??Would you bring me some pictures of this area please??ˉ So we did; we brought him about 20 pictures of the area and when he looked at it he said [incredulously], ??What are you going to do THERE??ˉ?± The entrepreneur, who has lived in Kenya for the past 23 years, told the government official, ?°We are going to build a power plant to make electricity with the wind.?± Van Wageningen said the commissioner had stared at him as if he were crazy. ?°Then he said, ??How much of this land do you want to lease??ˉ And I said, ??A hundred and fifty thousand acres.?ˉ And to that he replied, ??Would you like 300 [thousand acres]??ˉ?± The businessman said the story indicated the perceived ?°worthlessness?± in Kenya of the country?ˉs arid north, a harsh desert where temperatures often top 100 degrees F [40 degrees C]. The region is home to little more than scorpions, a few nomadic groups and their cattle and camels. But it?ˉs also the scene of a phenomenon that?ˉs unsurpassed elsewhere in the world ¨C a natural wonder that?ˉs set to drive the biggest renewable energy project yet seen in Africa. Fishing trips spark massive power project Van Wageningen is the chairman of Lake Turkana Wind Power [LTWP], a consortium of several international firms, including Dutch company KPP Africa B.V., Aldwych International and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa. The site where the Lake Turkana Wind