Module 2《Developing and Developed Countries》Cultural corner学案2（外研版必修3）.docVIP

MODULE 2 Developing and Developed Countries 模块2 发展中国家和发达国家 The Human Development Report 人类发展报告 In the year 2000, 147 world leaders agreed to work together to reduce poverty by 在2000 年，世界各国147位领导人同意共同协作在 2015 or earlier. From this agreement came the Human Development Report. One of 2015 或更早时间之前减少贫困，人类发展报告就来自该协议。 the most important sections of this report is the Human Development Index. This 报告最重要的部分之一是人类发展指标， examines the achievements of 175 countries. The Index measures a country’s 它调查了175个国家所取得的成就，该指标从 achievement in three ways: life expectancy (how long people usually live), 三个方面衡量一个国家的成就：寿命（人们通常活多久）、 education and income. The index has some surprises.Norway is at the top of the list, 教育和收入。该指标显示了一些令人感到意外的情况，挪威排在名单的首位， while the US is at number 7. The other top five countries are: Iceland (2), Sweden 而美国排在第七，其他排在前面的五个国家是冰岛（2）、瑞典 (3), Australia (4),the Netherlands (5). The UK is in the thirteenth position, （3）、澳大利亚（4）、荷兰（5）。英国排在第十三位， while China is in the middle of the list. The bottom ten countries are all African 而中国在名单的中间。处于末端的十个国家都是非洲国家， countries, with Sierra Leone (in West Africa) at the bottom of the list. 非洲西部的塞拉利昂排在最后。 The report describes eight Development Goals. 报告描述八个发展目标。 The most important goals are to: 最重要的目标是为了: reduce poverty and hunger; 减少贫穷和饥饿 make sure that all children have education up to the age of 11; 确保所有的孩子能接受教育直到11岁 fight AIDS and other diseases; 战胜艾滋病和其他疾病 improve the environment of poor people, e.g. make sure they have safe drinking water; 改善贫穷人民的环境，例如：确保他们有安全的饮用水； encourage developed countries to give more help to other countries. 鼓励发达国家给其他国家提供更多的帮助。 The 2003 Human Development Report gives examples of successful development. For 2003年人类发展报告举出成功发展的例子。 example,in nine years (1953-1962), China increased life expectancy by 13 years. In 例如,在九年(1953-1962) 的时间里，中国人的平均寿命就增加了13 岁。 the last ten years in China, 150 million people moved out of poverty. However, 在最近十年中，中国有一亿五千万人摆脱贫困。然而， the challenges are still great.