《中英對照讀新聞》Chinese buyer for Australia’s largest dairy farm business 中國買家收購澳洲最大乳品企業

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A Chinese investor was Tuesday given the green light to buy Australia’s largest dairy farm company, with the finance minister saying he welcomed foreign investment "not contrary to our national interests".

一名中國投資人週二獲准買下澳洲最大的乳品公司，澳洲財政部長表示其歡迎「不違背國家利益」的外國投資。

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The sale of farmland to foreigners including to Australia’s biggest trading partner China has been a sensitive issue, with Canberra in November blocking the sale of one of the world’s largest cattle estates to Chinese companies.

將農場賣給外國人，包括給澳洲最大的貿易夥伴中國，一直是敏感議題，而坎培拉11月才封殺了將世界最大牛隻畜牧公司之一出售給中國企業的交易。

Chinese businessman Lu Xianfeng, who owns an Australian window blind maker and founded a Shenzhen-listed engineering company, made a Aus$280 million bid for the Tasmanian-based and New Zealand-owned dairy business in November.

擁有一家澳洲窗簾製造公司的中國商人盧先鋒，創立一家在深圳上市的工程公司，11月出價澳幣2億8000萬想買下位於塔斯馬尼亞州、紐西蘭所有的乳品企業。

Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison said the Tasmanian Land Company （TLC） Group － which owns the 190-year-old dairy business Van Diemen’s Land Company － had always been held by foreigners.

澳洲財政部長史考特．莫里森表示，塔斯馬尼亞土地公司（TLC）集團—其擁有190年歷史的乳品企業范迪門土地公司—向來掌握在外資手中。

Lu said in a statement he was committing to expanding the business, which owns and operates 25 dairy farms including some 30,000 livestock, and increasing its workforce.

盧先鋒在聲明中表示，他承諾拓展范迪門土地公司，該公司擁有並經營25個乳品農場，包括約3萬頭牲畜，還要增加員工人數。

Some independent politicians had opposed the sale to Lu, saying prime dairy land should be in Australian hands.

有些獨立政治人士已反對此樁交易，表示主要的乳品農場應該掌握在澳洲人手中。

新聞辭典

green light：名詞，綠燈、放行、准許。例句：We were given the green light to use the activity center for fund-raising.（我們獲准使用活動中心舉行募款活動。）

bid：名詞，出價、投標、企圖、努力；動詞指命令、喊價、出價、企圖、向……表示。例句：He was bidding to win the election. （他企圖贏得選舉。）

window blind：窗簾，複數為window blinds 。window curtain/shade 也都是指窗簾。