SSS 2009-07-07
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(七)月
This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science, I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?
Ever-increasing numbers of people are consuming news via the Internet and cell phones. In London last week at the World Conference of Science Journalists, Philip Hilts, the director of the Knight 1 Science Journalism 2 Program at M.I.T., reviewed the worldwide state of internet and cell phone use.
“Internet use, it’s about 1.5 to 2 billion internet users, subscribers. And so there is this discussion about, well, we have it in North America but Africa is not got it, so we are on two different planets and so on. That's true, 5.6 percent in Africa now, 17 percent in Asia, but this is moving very rapidly. In Africa, it's growing 12 times right now. In Asia it's growing almost 6 times right now. So the greatest growth is where we're short in penetration 3. Cell phone use where news will be also as the smart phones get around the world and as Africa gets wired up, the cables are now going in that will be useful in Africa. They haven't been there. 1980, we had 11,200,000 cell phone subscribers which was zero penetration. And we are looking at 60 percent penetration now, 4.1 billion subscribers. China and India is the core of cell phone usage on earth, and then it goes on down from there, US, Brazil, Japan, UK.”
- He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
- A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
- He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
- He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。
- He is a man of penetration.他是一个富有洞察力的人。
- Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.我们的目标是进一步打入市场。