非洲科技论坛促进本土创新一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料非洲科技论坛促进本土创新一托福阅读机经背景 Experts and officials gathered at the first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Nairobi, Kenya are seeking African solutions to African problems. Participants are calling for African governments to fund and promote research and development at home. 非洲首次科学、技术和创新论坛在肯尼亚首都内罗毕开幕，与会专家和官员在寻求非洲问题的本土解决方案。与会者呼吁非洲各国政府资助和促进本土研发。 U.N. Economic Commission for Africa Technology Division Director Aida Opolu-Mensah says for too long Africas science and technology agenda has been set by the continents development partners. 联合国非洲经济委员会科技组主任艾达·奥波鲁-曼萨说，非洲的科技议事日程太长时间以来一直是由非洲的发展合作伙伴设定。 Need to be in the “driving seat” “Therefore, if Africa is the new pole of growth, then Africa has to be in the driving seat. And Africa has to invest its own resources in the science and technology that they want to use in order to achieve this new growth.” 奥波鲁-曼萨说：“因此，如果非洲是新的增长支柱，那么非洲就必须处于主导地位。非洲必须将自己的资源投资于他们想利用的科技，以实现新的增长。” Speaking at the start of the forum Sunday, Opoku-Mensah called for African countries to fund science and technology programs from their national budgets, rather than to rely on “gifts” from international partners. 奥波鲁-曼萨星期天在非洲科学、技术和创新论坛开幕式上发表讲话，他呼吁非洲各国从国家预算中拨款用于科技项目，而不是依赖国际伙伴的馈赠。 In 2006, the African Union set a target for all member countries to spend at least one percent of their gross domestic product on science research and development. According to research from an A.U. development program, known as NEPAD, only Uganda, Malawi and South Africa have reached that target. 2006年，非洲联盟为所有成员国设定了一项目标，即把国内生产总值(GDP)的至少1%用于科学研究和发展。据非盟的开发项目非洲发展新伙伴计划(NEPAD)的研究发现，只有乌干达、马拉威和南非达到了这个目标。 African economies have grown explosively during the past decade, and are predicted to continue expanding by most estimates. The International Monetary Fund expects African economies to grow by nearly six percent this year. 过去十年来非洲经济呈爆炸性增长，大多数人士预计非洲经济将继续扩张。国际货币基金组织(IMF)预计，今年非洲经济将增长近6%。 Growth versus development But as Afri