VOA常速英语2020--美国国际开发署援助亚洲国家

Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. “What is good for Asia, is good for the United States,” noted¹ Gloria Steele, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator² for the Asia Bureau at the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. “Our goal in Asia,” she explained in a recent interview, “is to help them become prosperous, free and open, and help them to achieve self-reliance.”USAID was particularly successful in helping³ Vietnam improve their competitiveness by increasing transparency and streamlining business practices in the country, said Ms. Steele: “Vietnam is now one of the highest growing countries from an economic perspective in the region. They have demonstrated the highest increase in terms of the WEF’s – the World Economic Forum’s competitiveness ranking in the region. And that has had significant impacts for both the people of Vietnam in terms of quality of life, as well as markets for the U.S.”

接下来是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。美国国际开发署（USAID）亚洲局代理副局长格洛丽亚·斯蒂尔指出：“对亚洲有利的事情，对美国也有利，”她在最近的一次采访中解释说：“我们在亚洲的目标就是帮助他们变得繁荣、自由和和开放，帮助他们实现自主。”通过提升越南的透明度和简化商业惯例，美国国际开发署在帮助越南提高竞争力上尤其成功，斯蒂尔表示：“从经济角度来说，越南现在是该地区增长最快的国家之一。世界经济论坛发布的亚洲地区竞争力排名中，越南表现出了最高的增长。这对越南人民的生活质量和美国市场都产生了重大影响。”

In Indonesia, USAID has been instrumental in advancing the energy sector⁴, said Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Steele: “We have been working with Indonesia, particularly the energy sector, and they have been able to work to make their policies such that there has been a lot of changes and improvements in modernizing⁵ the energy sector. . . .Again, this has served as a good source of investment, not just for local investors⁶ in Indonesia, but for the US investors as well.”In the Philippines, USAID has supported the growth of e-commerce with an investment in mobile banking⁷, which has enabled people who do not have access to banking services to use their mobile phones to manage their finances. It eventually developed into a system of e-payments, which are used not just for commerce, but for distributing social welfare services for the disadvantaged and marginalized in the country. USAID will continue to help countries in Asia become economically self-sustaining by creating conditions that encourage private sector investment. Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Steele, said, USAID plans to “work with governments to make their policies so that they’re conducive⁸ to private sector involvement and there is a level playing field for legitimate⁹ private sector entities¹⁰.”That was an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.

在印度尼西亚，美国国际开发署在推动能源领域方面发挥了重要作用，代理副局长斯蒂尔表示：“我们一直在与印度尼西亚合作，特别是在能源领域，而且他们能够努力制定政策，他们的能源现代化上有了很多变化和改进……。再次说明，这是一个很好的投资来源，不仅是对于印尼的本地投资者，对于美国投资者也是如此。”在菲律宾，美国国际开发署通过投资手机银行来支持电子商务的发展，这使无法获得银行服务的人能够使用手机管理自己的财务。它最终发展成为一个电子支付系统，不仅用于商业，而且可用于为国家弱势和边缘化群体提供社会福利服务。美国国际开发署将会继续通过创造鼓励私营企业投资的条件来帮助亚洲国家实现经济自立。代理副局长斯蒂尔表示，美国国际开发署计划“与各国政府合作，制定政策，使其有利于私营企业的参与，并为合法的私营企业实体提供公平的竞争环境。”这是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。

1 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

2 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

5 modernizing   

使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的现在分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法

参考例句：

• Modernizing a business to increase its profitability and competitiveness is a complicated affair. 使企业现代化，从而达到增加利润，增强竞争力的目的，是一件复杂的事情。
• The young engineer had a large share in modernizing the factory. 这位年轻工程师在工厂现代化的过程中尽了很大的“力”。

6 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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

7 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

8 conducive   

adj.有益的，有助的

参考例句：

• This is a more conducive atmosphere for studying.这样的氛围更有利于学习。
• Exercise is conducive to good health.体育锻炼有助于增强体质。

9 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

10 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。