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38 信息和通讯技术的发展使人们广泛运用互联网成为可能

DATE=4-23-01
TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Community Broadcast Radio
BYLINE=Gary Garriott

(Start at 59")This is the VOA Special English Development Report.
Computers and connecting to the Internet computer system have become important in recent yeas. Information and （1）communication technologies make this happen. Through some of these Special English reports, we have been exploring ways in which （2）information and communication technologies can permit¹ more people to use the Internet.
Many organizations believe that everyone, even poor people, should be able to use information and communication technologies. However, people must know how to read and write in order to use (3) computers. In many countries, more than half the adult population cannot read or write.
Now a United² Nations agency³ has an idea about how to bring information from the Internet to people who cannot read or write. The agency is UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO has projects that combine two information and communication (4) technologies.
One technology is community (5) broadcast radio. The radio station you are listening to now, the Voice of America, has big powerful⁴ （6）transmitters set up around the world. But it is also possible to use small transmitters operating at low power. Broadcasts from these stations reach only a few (7) square kilometers. But many people can listen to the radio within this area.
Community broadcast radio is combined with computers and the Internet at a multi-media community center. For example, farmers can go to the center and ask a question about a farming⁵ problem. Then workers at the center search the Internet for an answer. They broadcast the answer to the whole community over the radio station.
Many groups are experimenting with this idea. One is Radio Kothmale in Sri Lanka. People from （8）community radio stations all over the world met in Kothmale at a meeting supported by UNESCO. They learned⁶ what has made Radio Kothmale a success. And they learned how to use the Internet in their own programs to help people who cannot read or write.
You can get more information about Radio Kothmale and UNESCO at the Internet address, www.unesco.org. Or you can write to Special English, Voice of America, Washington⁷, D-C Two-Zero-Two-Three-Seven, U-S-A.
This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Gary Garriott.

 注释：
（1） communication[ kE7mju:ni5keiFn ]n.传达, 信息, 交通, 通讯
（2） information[ 7infE5meiFEn ]n.通知, 报告
（3） computer[ kEm5pju:tE ]n.计算机, 电脑
（4） technology[ tek5nClEdVi ]n.工艺, 科技, 技术
（5） broadcast[ 5brC:dkB:st ]n.广播, 播音v.播撒(种子)
（6） transmitter[ trAnz5mitE ]n.转送者, 传达人, 传导物
（7） square[ skwZE ]n.正方形, 广场adj.正方形的, 四方的adv.成直角地, 正直地
（8） community[ kE5mju:niti ]n.公社, 团体

1 permit   

n.许可证，许可，执照；vt.允许，容许；vi.容许

参考例句：

• The doctor will not permit mother up until her leg is better.在母亲的腿好些之前,医生不允许她起床。
• The soldiers had orders to permit no stranger through.士兵们接到命令不许任何陌生人通过。

2 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

3 agency   

n.经办；代理；代理处

参考例句：

• This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
• He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。

4 powerful   

adj.有力的，有权力的，强大的

参考例句：

• The UN began to get more and more powerful.联合国开始变得越来越强大了。
• Such are the most powerful voices of our times!这些就是我们时代的最有力的声音！

5 farming   

n.农事；耕作

参考例句：

• He lives by farming.他靠务农过活。
• He is farming in Africa.他在非洲经营农场。

6 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

7 Washington   

n.华盛顿特区(是美国首都)

参考例句：

• His birthplace is Washington,but he lives in San Francisco.他出生于华盛顿，但住在旧金山。
• They, together with my father,have gone to Washington.他们和我父亲一起去华盛顿了。