VOA慢速英語：互聯(lián)網(wǎng)應(yīng)用在最不發(fā)達(dá)國家擴(kuò)大發(fā)展

Internet Use Expanding in Least Developed Countries

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)應(yīng)用在最不發(fā)達(dá)國家擴(kuò)大發(fā)展

It can be difficult to live in the 21st century without using the internet, a smartphone or other digital device.

在21世紀(jì)，如果不使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、智能手機(jī)或其它數(shù)字設(shè)備，可能會(huì)難以忍受。

A new report shows that electronic banking, internet marketing and other online activities are no longer just for people in rich countries.

一項(xiàng)新的報(bào)告顯示，電子銀行、網(wǎng)絡(luò)營銷以及其它網(wǎng)絡(luò)活動(dòng)不再僅限于富裕國家的人們。

The report comes from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an agency of the United Nations. It notes that hundreds of millions of people in the world's poorest countries are now using the internet and mobile technology.

這份報(bào)告來自于國際電信聯(lián)盟，這是聯(lián)合國旗下的一家機(jī)構(gòu)。報(bào)告指出，世界上最貧窮國家的數(shù)億人現(xiàn)在正在開始使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和移動(dòng)技術(shù)。

The ITU said that all 47 of the world's least developed countries are making progress in increasing Internet access to their citizens. And more than 60 percent of the people there are able to use a 3G network. The term 3G means the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunication technology.

國際電信聯(lián)盟表示，全球所有47個(gè)最不發(fā)達(dá)國家在提升公民接入互聯(lián)網(wǎng)方面取得了進(jìn)展。有超過60%的當(dāng)?shù)厝丝梢允褂?G網(wǎng)絡(luò)。3G這一術(shù)語是指第三代無線移動(dòng)通信技術(shù)。

The report said that by the end of 2017, about 700 million people in the least developed countries had signed up for a plan with a mobile phone service provider. In those areas, 80 percent of the population lives within range of a mobile cellular network.

報(bào)告指出，截至2017年年底，最不發(fā)達(dá)國家約有7億人已經(jīng)同移動(dòng)電話服務(wù)提供商簽訂了手機(jī)套餐。這些地區(qū)80%的人口生活在移動(dòng)蜂窩網(wǎng)絡(luò)的服務(wù)范圍之內(nèi)。

Given this progress, the ITU praised the growth of digital technology. It said the world's least developed countries are on their way to meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goal on universal and affordable Internet access by 2020.

鑒于這一進(jìn)展，國際電信聯(lián)盟贊揚(yáng)了數(shù)字技術(shù)的增長。它表示，全球最不發(fā)達(dá)國家正在逐步實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)目標(biāo)，那就是在2020年前實(shí)現(xiàn)聯(lián)合國可持續(xù)發(fā)展和廉價(jià)接入互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的目標(biāo)。

Jennifer Ferguson-Mitchell is with the ITU. She told VOA that digital connectivity can provide valuable knowledge and information to populations around the world.

詹妮弗·弗格森 - 米切爾(Jennifer Ferguson-Mitchell)就職于國際電信聯(lián)盟。她對(duì)美國之音表示，數(shù)字連接可以為世界各地的人們提供寶貴的知識(shí)和信息。

"It gives farmers access to information on crops, when to plant their crops, weather patterns that are happening. It provides access to online education to communities...It can make micro- and small- and medium-sized enterprises be able to compete with larger businesses."

她說：“它能讓農(nóng)民在種植作物時(shí)獲得相關(guān)信息以及實(shí)時(shí)天氣狀況;它能為社區(qū)提供線上教育;它讓微型和中小型企業(yè)得以同大型企業(yè)展開競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。”

The ITU said universal and low-cost internet access can help the poorest countries move forward in fields like education, health and trade.

國際電信聯(lián)盟表示，普遍和廉價(jià)的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)接入可以幫助最貧窮國家在教育、健康和貿(mào)易等領(lǐng)域取得進(jìn)展。

While the findings sound hopeful, the report identified the lack of digital skills as a barrier to information communication technology and Internet use in poor areas.

雖然該調(diào)查結(jié)果聽上去前途一片光明，但是該報(bào)告認(rèn)識(shí)到，數(shù)字技能缺乏是貧困地區(qū)使用信息通信技術(shù)和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的障礙。

The ITU called on policy makers, industry leaders and educators to work together to increase digital skills across the least developed countries.

國際電信聯(lián)盟呼吁政策制定者、行業(yè)領(lǐng)袖以及教育工作者共同努力，提高最不發(fā)達(dá)國家的數(shù)字技能。

I'm Jonathan Evans.

喬納森·埃文斯報(bào)道。