VOA常速英语2007-Technology Summit Opens in Rwanda
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Kigali
29 October 2007
The Connect Africa Leaders' summit kicked off in the Rwandan capital Kigali Monday. The conference focuses on investment and development in Africa's burgeoning 1 telecommunications industry. For VOA, Noel King has more in this report from Kigali.
Ten African heads of state and representatives of technology giants including Microsoft, Intel and Ericsson attended Monday's opening ceremony.
The summit intends to promote foreign investment in Africa, in order to bridge the so-called "digital divide," and place the continent on par 3 with developed nations.
African leaders pledged to slash 4 dependence 5 on foreign aid and charity, and focus on ending poverty through investment in telecommunications.
Calling for an "economic revolution," Rwandan president and summit host Paul Kagame said Africa's future depends upon technological 6 advancement 7.
"We in Africa are more than ever before challenged to foster growth and development using our national and continental 8 resources," he said. "Investment and trade must drive the transformation 9 of our economies. Africa remains 10 the world's least connected continent, which means that we are forgoing 11 enormous social and economic benefits that accrue 12 from ICT, a proven and powerful engine for growth and development."
Investors 13 encouraged African leaders to commit to transparent 14 government policies on trade and investment in order to attract foreign investors.
The summit allowed Rwanda to display recent strides that the small Central African nation has taken in infrastructure 15 and telecommunications.
Conference participants lodged 16 at Rwanda's first five-star hotel, where many marveled over the high-speed wireless 17 Internet.
Delegates told VOA that Rwanda had been chosen to host the summit because its progressive economic policies, which encourage foreign investment and entrepreneurial endeavors, make the developing nation attractive to investors.
The two-day summit was organized by the United Nations International Telecommunication 2 Union, the African Union and the World Bank.
- Our company's business is burgeoning now. 我们公司的业务现在发展很迅速。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- These efforts were insufficient to contain the burgeoning crisis. 这些努力不足以抑制迅速扩散的危机。 来自辞典例句
- Telecommunication is an industry of service.电信业是一个服务型的行业。
- I only care about the telecommunication quality and the charge.我只关心通信质量和资费两个方面。
- Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
- I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
- The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
- Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
- Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
- He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。
- A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
- Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。
- His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
- The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。
- A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
- The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
- Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
- He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- Everything, in short, is produced at the expense of forgoing something else. 总之，每一种东西的生产，都得以牺牲放弃某些其他东西为代价。 来自互联网
- These aren't the only ones forgoing the morning repast, of course. 当然，他们并不是放弃早餐的唯一几个。 来自互联网
- Ability to think will accrue to you from good habits of study.思考能力将因良好的学习习惯而自然增强。
- Money deposited in banks will accrue to us with interest.钱存在银行，利息自生。
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》