精读外刊第86期:香港会成为中国下一个科创中心吗?

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Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, the city's largest innovation and technology center, is considering offering free rentals to international technology giants, its chief said.

If that plan gets the green light from the HKSTP board of directors, it could push Hong Kong a step ahead of Shanghai, China's magnet for global high-tech R&D centers, and change the landscape of innovation development in the country.

HKSTP Chairperson Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun said the rent-free proposal is tailor-made for tech titans in China and beyond, such as Google and Tencent, attracting them to establish their research and development branches in the park.

1. innovation

• 英 [ˌɪnəˈveɪʃn]  美 [,ɪnə'veʃən] 

• n. 创新，革新；新方法

  They produced the first vegetarian beanburger – an innovation which was rapidly exported.

  他们制造出第一个素式豆堡包–一种被迅速销往国外的新食品。

  reformation , renovation , renewal

  technological innovation 技术革新；工艺革新

  innovation ability 创新能力

  continuous innovation 连续创新

2. rental

• 英 ['rent(ə)l]  美 ['rɛntl] 

• n. 租金收入，租金；租赁

  We can arrange car rental from Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

  我们可以安排从芝加哥奥黑尔机场租车。

  letting , leasing

  car rental 汽车出租

  equipment rental 设备租用

  residential rental 房租

• adj. 租赁的；收取租金的

  A friend drove her to Atlanta, where she picked up a rental car.

  一个朋友开车送她去了亚特兰大，在那里她租到了一辆车。

  leasehold

  rental housing 租赁房屋

  rental income 租赁收入
  

3. giant

• 英 ['dʒaɪənt]  美 ['dʒaɪənt] 

• n. 巨人；伟人；[动] 巨大的动物

  ...Japanese electronics giant, Sony.

  …日本的电子业巨头——索尼公司。

  Titan , jotun

• adj. 巨大的；巨人般的

  ...America's giant car maker, General Motors.

  …美国的汽车制造巨头——通用汽车公司。

  huge , tremendous , enormous , massive , macro

  giant panda [动]大熊猫；大猫熊

  giant cell 巨细胞；巨胞

  giant star 巨星

4. board

• 英 [bɔːd]  美 [bɔrd] 

• n. 董事会；木板；甲板；膳食

  He wrote a few more notes on the board.

  他在黑板上多写了几条笔记。

  meal , directorate

  on board 在船（火车、飞机）上

  on the board 在董事会，将在会上讨论；在那块木板上

  circuit board 电路板；线路板

• vt. 上（飞机、车、船等）；用板盖上；给提供膳宿

  I boarded the plane bound for Boston.

  我登上了飞往波士顿的航班。

  attend

• vi. 寄宿

  guest , stay over
  

5. magnet

• 英 [ˈmæɡnɪt]  美 ['mægnɪt]

• n. 磁铁；[电磁] 磁体；磁石

  Prospect Park, with its vast lake, is a magnet for all health freaks.

  拥有大片湖区的展望公园是所有健身迷的向往之地。

  aimant , leading stone

  permanent magnet 永久磁铁

  superconducting magnet 超导磁体；超导磁铁

  bar magnet 棒磁铁；条形磁铁

6. landscape

• 英 [ˈlændskeɪp]  美 [ˈlændskep] 

• n. 风景；风景画；景色；山水画；乡村风景画；地形；（文件的）横向打印格式

  ...Arizona's desert landscape.

  …亚利桑那州的沙漠风光。

  scenery , view , picture , prospect , outlook

  landscape design 景观设计；园林设计；环境景观设计

  landscape architecture 造园术，园林建筑学；造景建筑业

  natural landscape 自然景观；天然景观

• vt. 对…做景观美化，给…做园林美化；从事庭园设计

  The gravel pits have been landscaped and planted to make them attractive to wildfowl.

  这些乱石坑已经被美化，种了树来吸引野生鸟类。

• vi. 美化（环境等），使景色宜人；从事景观美化工作，做庭园设计师

Ultimately, by attracting leading R&D centers, Hong Kong would boost its innovation and technology competitiveness and help itself develop as a connector for the industry, Law said. It would also create quality job opportunities for students of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the city, she said.

R&D, standing in the middle of the innovation and technology industrial chain, plays a role in transferring knowledge from the chain's higher reaches to marketable products.

Moreover, Law said the rent-free offer would form a synergy with the Hong Kong government's innovation policies and the benefits offered by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development. That will help Hong Kong develop into an international innovation and technology hub, Law said.

1. ultimately

• 英 ['ʌltɪmətlɪ]  美 ['ʌltəmɪtlɪ]

• adv. 最后；根本；基本上

  Whatever the scientists ultimately conclude, all of their data will immediately be disputed.

  无论科学家们最终得出什么结论，他们的所有数据将随即受到质疑。

  eventually , finally , basically , lastly , either
  

2. boost

• 英 [buːst]  美 [bʊst] 

• vt. 促进；增加；支援

  Lower interest rates can boost the economy by reducing borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.

  低利率可以通过为消费者和商家降低借贷成本来促进经济发展。

  facilitate , promote , enhance , further , jack

  boost up 向上推

  boost pressure 升压；吸入管压力

• vi. 宣扬；偷窃

  pick pocket , rip off

• n. 推动；帮助；宣扬

  It would get the economy going and give us the boost that we need.

  这会推动经济发展并带给我们所需要的推动力。

  assistance , motivation , hand , aid , publicity
  

3. chain

• 英 [tʃeɪn]  美 [tʃen] 

• n. 链；束缚；枷锁

  His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain.

  他敞开的衬衣里露出一条粗大的金链子。

  restriction , cord

  supply chain 供应链；供给链；供需链

  supply chain management 供应连锁管理

  value chain 价值链

• vt. 束缚；囚禁；用铁链锁住

  We were sitting together in our cell, chained to the wall.

  我们一起坐在牢房里，铐在墙上。

  bound , enslave

4. transfer

• 英 [træns'fɜː; trɑːns-; -nz-]  美 [træns'fɝ] 

• vt. 使转移；调任

  Transfer the meat to a platter and leave in a warm place.

  把肉转到一个大浅盘中，然后搁在一个温暖的地方。

  hand , negotiate

• vi. 转让；转学；换车

  I was transferred to the book department.

  我被调到了图书部。

  make over , dispose of

• n. 转让；转移；传递；过户

  Arrange for the transfer of medical records to your new doctor.

  安排把医疗记录转给你的新医生。

  negotiation , diversion

  heat transfer 热传递，传热

  mass transfer 质量传递，传质；质量转移

  transfer coefficient 传送系数，转移系数

5. synergy

• 英 ['sɪnədʒɪ]  美 ['sɪnɚdʒi] 

• n. 协同；协同作用；增效

  Of course, there's quite obviously a lot of synergy between the two companies.

  当然，这两家公司之间显然有许多的协同作用。

  cooperativity , synergic action

  synergy effect 协同效应；合成效应
  

In the future, the park would like to further upgrade the plan by offering the incentive in exchange for shares in the companies, and in that way the plan would be a win-win solution, Law said.

Currently, Shanghai is the country's biggest base for international high-tech research and home to 416 foreign R&D centers, one-fourth of the total in China.

Shanghai's policy includes rent allowance, a one-off rent subsidy and a three-year rent discount, according to municipal government documents. That is currently the best offer international technology companies can currently get in China, according to the Shanghai government.

1. incentive

• 英 [ɪn'sentɪv]  美 [ɪn'sɛntɪv]

• n. 动机；刺激

  There is little or no incentive to adopt such measures.

  几乎或根本没有鼓励来采取这样的措施。

  motivation , stimulus , reason , excitement , needle

  incentive mechanism 激励机制

  incentive system 奖励制度，激励制度

  incentive theory 激励理论；诱因论

• adj. 激励的；刺激的

  stimulative , hortatory
  

2. share

• 英 [ʃeə]  美 [ʃɛr] 

• n. 份额；股份

  People in China are eager to buy shares in new businesses.

  中国民众热衷于购买新企业的股票。

  stock , lot

  market share 市场占有率

  share of …的份额；…的部份

• vt. 分享，分担；分配

  ...the small income he had shared with his brother from his father's estate.

  …他和他兄弟分享从他父亲的地产中得来的一小笔收入。

  participate in , portion

  share with 分与，分配；和…分享

  share in 分享，分担

• vi. 共享；分担

  Scientists now have to compete for funding, and do not share information among themselves.

  科学家们现在不得不为了资金而相互竞争，彼此间不共享信息。

  partake
  

3. allowance

• 英 [ə'laʊəns]  美 [ə'laʊəns] 

• n. 津贴，零用钱；允许；限额

  She gets an allowance for taking care of Amy.

  她照顾艾米是有津贴的。

  permission , quota , pension , subsidy

  housing allowance n. 住房津贴

  make allowance 体谅；留余地

  make allowance for 体谅，考虑到；为…留余地

• vt. 定量供应

  ration

4. subsidy

• 英 ['sʌbsɪdɪ]  美 ['sʌbsədi] 

• n. 补贴；津贴；补助金

  European farmers are planning a massive demonstration against farm subsidy cuts.

  欧洲的农场主们正在策划一场反对削减农场补贴的大游行。

  pension , allowance

  government subsidy 政府补助金，政府补贴

  export subsidy 出口补贴

5. municipal

• 英 [mjʊ'nɪsɪp(ə)l]  美 [mju'nɪsɪpl]

• adj. 市政的，市的；地方自治的

  The municipal authorities gave the go-ahead for the march.

  市政当局批准了此次游行。

  civic , communalistic

  municipal government 市政府

  municipal sewage 城市污水

  municipal engineering 市政工程

Hong Kong's general competitiveness rose to the sixth in the latest global competitiveness index, which covered 137 economies. However, the Global Innovation Index ranks Hong Kong as 16th globally, behind regional competitors like Singapore, South Korea and Japan.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's first Policy Address in October outlined a series of incentives to boost Hong Kong's innovation and technology development. One of the highlights is a tax deduction on R&D expenditures.

Under the policy, the first HK$2 million ($255,875) of R&D expenditure is eligible for a 300 percent tax deduction, and the remainder is eligible for a 200 percent deduction.

1. index

• 英 ['ɪndeks]  美 ['ɪndɛks] 

• n. 指标；指数；索引；指针

  There's even a special subject index.

  甚至有一个特别的主题索引。

  finger , indicatrix

  index system [计]索引系统

  refractive index 折射率，折光率

  performance index 性能指标，工作指数

• vt. 指出；编入索引中

  Minimum benefits and wages are to be indexed to inflation.

  最低养老金和最低工资都要与通货膨胀挂钩。

  to point out , to indicate

• vi. 做索引

2. regional

• 英 ['riːdʒənl]  美 ['ridʒənl] 

• adj. 地区的；局部的；整个地区的

  The Garden's menu is based on Hawaiian regional cuisine.

  花园饭店的菜肴以夏威夷地区的烹饪风格为基础。

  partial , local

  regional economic 地区经济；地域经济

  regional economy 区域经济；地区经济

  regional distribution 地理分布

3. highlight

• 英 ['haɪlaɪt]  美 ['haɪlaɪt]

• n. 最精彩的部分；最重要的事情；加亮区

  ...a match that is likely to prove one of the highlights of the tournament.

  …可能是本届锦标赛最精彩的赛事之一。

  first thing

• vt. 突出；强调；使显著；加亮

  Highlight the chosen area by clicking and holding down the left mouse button.

  通过点击鼠标左键并摁住以突出显示所选区域。

  emphasize , stress
  

4. expenditure

• 英 [ɪk'spendɪtʃə; ek-]  美 [ɪk'spɛndɪtʃɚ]

• n. 支出，花费；经费，消费额

  Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure.

  减税政策必然导致公共开支减少。

  spending , payout

  revenue and expenditure 收支

  public expenditure 市政开支；公用事业费用

  energy expenditure 能量消耗

5. eligible

• 英 ['elɪdʒɪb(ə)l]  美 ['ɛlɪdʒəbl] 

• adj. 合格的，合适的；符合条件的；有资格当选的

  Almost half the population are eligible to vote in today's election.

  将近一半的居民有资格在今天的选举中投票。

  qualified , applicable , becoming , shaped , likely

  eligible bidders 合格的投标商

  eligible products 合格产品

• n. 合格者；适任者；有资格者

  The rules covering eligibility for benefits changed in the 1980s.

  关于社会救济金合格条件的规定在20世纪80年代发生了变化。

  acceptee
  

【句子精讲】

Moreover, Law said the rent-free offer would form a synergy with the Hong Kong government's innovation policies and the benefits offered by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development. 

moreover的用法

• moreover的含义

  adv. 再者；此外；而且；同时

• moreover的例句

  The composition is a not well written,and moreover,there are many spelling mistakes in it.

  这篇作文写得不好，而且，还有许多拼写错误.

  "The price is too high,and moreover,the house isn't in a suitable position."

  “房价太高，而且房屋的地点也不太合适。” 

  I don't like skating,moreover,the ice is too thin.

  我不喜欢滑冰，而且冰又太薄。

  He was,moreover,a poet of promise.

  此外，他还是一个有前途的诗人。

  The proposal was not well thought out; moreover,it would have been too expensive.

  这个建议本身就不好，而且实施起来花费也太大。

• 同义词

  besides prep. 除 ...之外...

  furthermore adv. 而且，此外 

  also adv. 也，而且，同样地

  too adv. 也，太，很 

  likewise adv.同样地，此外，...

  then adv. 那么，然后，...

  yet adv. 还，已经，仍...

  what is more 而且此外，更有甚者 

  as well 也，又

  in addition adv. 另外，此外 

  additionally adv. 另外，同时，此外

  as adv. 同样地，例如，...

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