英语听力 学英语,练听力,上听力课堂! 注册 登录
> 在线听力 > 英语高级听力 > 美国英语听力80篇 >  第23篇

美国英语听力80篇2 Lesson23

所属教程:美国英语听力80篇

浏览:

手机版
扫描二维码方便学习和分享
https://online2.tingclass.net/lesson/shi0529/0008/8075/23.mp3
https://image.tingclass.net/statics/js/2012

23) World Bank Report


The World Bank recently held a two-day competition as part of its Development Marketplace event.
The event was held at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Competitors presented ideas for new businesses designed to reduce poor conditions in developing countries.
The World Bank received more than 2,000 proposals.
The bank chose three hundred projects to be presented at the Development Marketplace later this month.
World Bank President James Wolfensohn said the competition is about the future of development.
He said it also is about making things happen now.
Mister Wolfensohn said people must act now to prevent an increase in poverty
along with the world's increasing population.
More than 700 international organizations from more than sixty countries took part in the competition.
They included governments, development banks, private groups and educational organizations.
Experts judged theproposals on their effect on poverty,their creativity,
and their costs compared to possible profits.
Judges also looked for businesses that could be owned by communities
that would most gain from the product or service.
Forty-four projects won prizes at the Development Marketplace competition.
They won between 27,000 dollars and 380,000 dollars.
The World Bank gave a total of 5,000,000 dollars in prizes.
One of the winners was a plan to end the cutting of female sexual organs in African countries.
This traditional operation often leads to serious health problems.
However, the people who perform these operations are considered very important and have much influence in their communities.
The proposal called for giving these people business training.
This way they could establish other small businesses instead of performing female circumcisions.
Another winning project was a low-cost way for people to purify water.
A project to put libraries on the Internet also won an award.
And a project to help communities learn to protect their environment also won an award

用户搜索

疯狂英语 英语语法 新概念英语 走遍美国 四级听力 英语音标 英语入门 发音 美语 四级 新东方 七年级 赖世雄 zero是什么意思安阳市鼎盛帕提欧(中州路)英语学习交流群

网站推荐

英语翻译英语应急口语8000句听歌学英语英语学习方法

  • 频道推荐
  • |
  • 全站推荐
  • 推荐下载
  • 网站推荐