在内蒙古西部颁济纳旗茫茫的戈壁滩上有所军营，这就是闻名中外的中国国防科工委所属酒泉卫星发射基地。一九五七年前这里是一望无际的戈壁荒滩，如今，经过部队几十年的建设，这里已成为戈壁滩上的一座新城，整齐的街道，一幢幢高楼大厦，马路两旁一排排成行的杨柳树又高又密 There is a military camp on the vast Gobi Desert in the southern part of Inner Mongolia, which is known as the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Base affiliated to China’s National Defense Commission for Science and Industry. Before 1957, there was a vast expanse of deserted Gobi Desert. Nowadays, after decades of military construction, it has become a new town on the Gobi Desert. Neat streets, high-rises and buildings are lined up on both sides of the road Willow trees tall and dense