支持者说，大坝将产生清洁电力，开通供大型船只航行的长江新航道，并能防范危害极大的洪灾。
Proponents said it would generate clean electricity and open up new swaths of the Yangtze for navigation by bigger boats while preventing lethal flooding.
三峡大坝兴建的初衷是为了显示中国有能力驯服长江洪水和提供清洁电源。
The Three Gorges Dam was built to showcase China's ability to tame the devastating floods of the Yangtze River and provide clean electricity.
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