时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:美国英语听力80篇


英语课

[00:07.08]The World Bank recently held a two-day competition as part of its Development Marketplace event.

[00:15.73]The event was held at the World Bank headquarters 1 in Washington, D.C.

[00:22.62]Competitors presented ideas for new businesses designed to reduce poor conditions in developing countries.

[00:32.84]The World Bank received more than 2,000 proposals 3.

[00:38.92]The bank chose three hundred projects to be presented at the Development Marketplace later this month.

[00:48.20]World Bank President James Wolfensohn said the competition is about the future of development.

[00:56.71]He said it also is about making things happen now.

[01:02.54]Mister Wolfensohn said people must act now to prevent an increase in poverty

[01:10.35]along with the world's increasing population.

[01:14.63]More than 700 international organizations from more than sixty countries took part in the competition.

[01:25.24]They included governments, development banks, private groups and educational organizations.

[01:34.04]Experts judged theproposals on their effect on poverty,their creativity,

[01:42.27]and their costs compared to possible profits.

[01:46.14]Judges also looked for businesses that could be owned by communities

[01:52.69]that would most gain from the product or service.

[01:56.53]Forty-four projects won prizes at the Development Marketplace competition.

[02:03.27]They won between 27,000 dollars and 380,000 dollars.

[02:10.82]The World Bank gave a total of 5,000,000 dollars in prizes.

[02:17.35]One of the winners was a plan to end the cutting of female 4 sexual 5 organs in African countries.

[02:25.89]This traditional operation often leads to serious health problems.

[02:33.94]However, the people who perform these operations are considered very important and have much influence in their communities.

[02:45.25]The proposal 2 called for giving these people business training.

[02:51.68]This way they could establish other small businesses instead of performing female circumcisions.

[02:59.59]Another winning project was a low-cost way for people to purify 6 water.

[03:06.17]A project to put libraries on the Internet also won an award.

[03:12.31]And a project to help communities learn to protect their environment also won an award



1 headquarters
n.司令部,指挥部;总部,总店
  • Several great guns from the headquarters are coming to see us today.总部的几个大人物今天要来看我们。
  • The bank has its headquarters in Pairs.这家银行的总行在巴黎。
2 proposal
n.提议,建议;求婚
  • I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。
  • They could not gain over anyone to support their proposal.他们无法争取到支持他们建议的人。
3 proposals
n.提议( proposal的名词复数 );推荐;求婚;赞成提案
  • The director has given her assent to the proposals. 负责人已表示同意提案。
  • The police gave the proposals their full backing. 警方对这些提案给予全力支持。
4 female
adj.雌的,女(性)的;n.雌性的动物,女子
  • We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
  • The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。
5 sexual
adj.性的,两性的,性别的
  • He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
  • It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。
6 purify
vt.使纯净,提纯,使纯洁
  • They open the windows to purify the air of the room.他们打开窗户清涤室内空气。
  • You should purify the water before drinking it.喝水前,你应使之净化。
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