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1、Module2DevelopingandDevelopedCountriesPeriod1IntroductionReadingandVocabulary课堂10分钟达标 TheUnitedNationsHumanDevelopmentProgramhasannounceditsyearlystudyonthequalityoflifeforpeoplearoundtheworld.TheUNreportwasstartedinnineteenninetytomeasuretheprogressofnati
2、onsbasedonthelivesoftheircitizens.Thisyear’sreportlistsonehundredandseventy-threecountries.Itisbasedonthelengthoftimecitizensareexpectedtolive,theireducationlevelandtheamountofmoneytheyearn.Norwaywaslistedasthecountryprovidingthebestqualityoflifeforthesecon
3、dyear.ItwasfollowedbySweden,Canada,Belgium,AustraliaandtheUnitedStates.Thetwenty-fourcountriesatthebottomofthelistareallinAfrica.ThereportsaysmanycountriesinEastAsiahavemadeprogresssincenineteenninety.TheyincludeChina,Singapore,SouthKorea,ThailandandMalaysi
4、a.InLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean,asmanyasninecountrieshaveimprovedsincenineteenninety.TheyincludeChile,CostaRicaandPanama.Atthesametime,manycountriesinEasternandCentralEuropeandtheformerSovietUnionlostprogressinthequalityoflifefortheircitizens.Thiswasbecause
5、ofproblemswitheconomicreforms.TheyincludeRussia,Ukraine,MoldovaandTajikistan.Thisyear’shumandevelopmentreportcentredontheissueofdemocracy(民主).Researchersfoundthatamajorityofpeopleliveincountriesclaimingtobedemocratic.However,civilrightsandpoliticalfreedomsw
6、erelimitedinonehundredandsixnations.Also,thenumberofvoterstakingpartinelectionsisdecreasing.Inaddition,cheating,wrongdoingandunfairpoliticshaveweakenedthedemocraticprocess.Insomecountries,electedgovernmentshavenotcarriedoutdemocraticreforms.Thishasledtopubl
7、icoppositiontothegovernmentandareturntomilitaryrule.UNofficialssaythatdemocraticchangesareslowinsomecountries.However,2thereportshowsthatinternationaldevelopmentgoalssetatthestartofthetwenty-firstcenturycanbemet.Forthistohappen,theysaydevelopingcountriesnee
8、dtomovequickertowardeconomic,socialandpoliticalreforms.Andtheysayrichcountriesmustbecomemoreopentotradewhileincreasingaidandotherresources.【语篇概述】本文主要讲述了年度人类发展报告的内容,目的主要是让人们了解年度人类发展报告。Ⅰ.Skimthepassagean
