CNN News:哥斯达黎加拟建中美洲比较大水电站

See, if you can I.D. me. You`ll find me between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. I`m a Central American nation that got its independence from Spain in 1821. I`m the only country that borders both Nicaragua and Panama.

看你能猜出我么?你会在太平洋和加勒比海之间找到我，我是一个中美洲国家，1821年脱离西班牙获得独立，我是唯一一个同时和尼加拉瓜和巴拿马为邻的国家。

I`m Costa Rica, a nation of almost 4.7 million people.

我就是哥斯达黎加，一个拥有近470万人口的国家。

It`s no large country. Costa Rica is about the size of West Virginia with the population the size of Alabama. A little under 5 million people. Its poverty rate is lower than that of its Central American neighbors, though it still includes about a quarter of the Costa Rican population. A new dam could help the country economically in the years ahead, but it may come at a cost to Costa Rica`s coveted biodiversity.

这不是一个很大的国家，哥斯达黎加面积和西维吉尼亚差不多，人口和阿拉巴马州人口规模相近，差一点不到500万人。尽管它的贫困人口近该国人口的四分之一，但它的贫困率还是低于其它中美洲邻国。建一个新的大坝可以帮助促进未来几年的经济增长，但是要牺牲哥斯达黎加富饶梦幻的生物链条为代价。

Buried in dense forest in Costa Rica, work on Central America`s largest hydroelectric dam is pressing ahead.

隐秘在哥斯达黎加森林深处，中美洲最大的水电站工作正悄悄进行。

Construction on this project is now more than half complete. Next year, this entire area will be flooded to create a dam that will supply Costa Rica with ten percent of its electricity.

这个项目已经完成了一半的建筑任务，明年，这整片区域将会被淹没并建成大坝，届时这座大坝将会为哥斯达黎加提供近10%的电力。

A key source of renewable energy for a country looking to reduce its dependence on foreign oil. But fears have been raised over the impact on the surrounding countryside.

一个新的可再生能源正在形成，并将逐渐减少对国外进口石油的依赖。但是这一举措对周围村庄造成的隐患也日益成为人们探讨的难题。

Particularly, for jaguars like this one we filmed in captivity. The area around the River provides the animals with a corridor to cross between reserves.

尤其是对捷豹这样的动物来讲，就像我们镜头里看到的这个被囚禁起来的捷豹。河流周围的区域为动物们提供了一条介于食物储备之间的生态走廊。

It`s the weakest link in the jaguar corridor through Central America. So, it`s the area quite as concerned.

这对于捷豹来说通过中美洲生态走廊是其最薄弱环节。所以这是该区域需要解决的问题。

We visited the area with a government agency behind the dam project. Efforts are under way to improve conditions to encourage greater migration. That means, educating landowners and paying them to leave areas undeveloped. The hope is that many lives will be improved, and the safeguards are model for vital infrastructure. Nick Parker, CNN, Siqueiros, Costa Rica.

我们参观了这项大坝工程背后的政府机构，一些必要工作正在为改善居住环境鼓励移民展开进行。这也就意味着，需要劝说居民并支付一定补偿劝其离开欠发达地区。这样更多人的生活会得到改善，保障措施和重要基础设施会做的更加完善。CNN记者Nick Parker在哥斯达黎加为您报道。