when who 答案:【1】FWhen we think about giving help to
developing countries, we often think about giving money so that these countries
can build schools and hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water
supplies. These seem to be the most important basic needs of the people we are
trying to help. However, it’s far from enough. Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve got
to come up with some better ideas to help them.
I was very surprised, then, when I read
about a plan to make cheap laptop computers(便携式电脑)for children in developing countries. A man
called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer, which can run
without electricity. He decided to invent this computer after he visited a
school in Cambodia.
The laptop which Mr. Negroponte has
designed is a little different from the normal laptop computers you can buy in
the shops. One difference is that it will be covered in rubber so that it is
very strong and won’t be damaged easily. As an electricity supply can be a
problem in developing countries, the computer also has a special handle(把手)so that children can wind(摇)the computer up to give it
extra power when needed.
These special laptop computers will cost
less than 100 US dollars and Mr. Negroponte wants to build as many as 15
million machines in the first year of production. The idea is that these
computers will help the children’s education as they will be able to access the
Internet. These computers might not help the people in developing countries
immediately, but by improving children’s education they should help people to
find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.
Another idea to help children in developing
countries is to recycle old mobile phones so that they can be used again. In
the UK, and, probably in many other countries too, millions of mobile phones
are thrown away every year. The waste created by throwing away these old phones
is very bad for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to recycle
them. In this way we will be able to achieve two important goals(目标)at the same time. We will
reduce the waste we produce and help others. In other words, we will be able to
“kill two birds with one stone”, and that is always a good thing.
1 : Some new and better ways to help developing countries
Traditional way
Giving money to help them meet the most
important basic 2 such as food and
medicine.
New ideas
Making cheap
laptop computers
for children there
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Nicholas Negroponte
Reason
His 4 to
a school in Cambodia
Features
1. Being covered in rubber
2. Running 5 electricity
3. Being able to access the Internet
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Less than $100
Purposes
1. To help 7 children
2. To help people solve problems
8 old mobile phones for reuse
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Throwing away old mobile phones easily
creates waste, which does ___10 to
the environment.
Goals to achieve
We’ll reduce the waste; meantime, we will help others.