MODULE 2 Developing and Developed Countries模块 2 发展中国家和发达国家The Human Development Report人类发展报告In the year 2000, 147 world leaders agreed to work together to reduce poverty by 在 2000 年，世界各国 147 位领导人同意共同协作在2015 or earlier. From this agreement came the Human Development Report. One of 2015 或更早时间之前减少贫困，人类发展报告就来自该协议。the most important sections of this report is the Human Development Index. This 报告最重要的部分之一是人类发展指标，examines the achievements of 175 countries. The Index measures a country’s 它调查了 175 个国家所取得的成就，该指标从achievement in three ways: life expectancy (how long people usually live), 三个方面衡量一个国家的成就：寿命（人们通常活多久）、education and income. The index has some surprises.Norway is at the top of the list, 教育和收入。该指标显示了一些令人感到意外的情况，挪威排在名单的首位，while the US is at number 7. The other top five countries are: Iceland (2), Sweden 而美国排在第七，其他排在前面的五个国家是冰岛（2）、瑞典 (3), Australia (4),the Netherlands (5). The UK is in the thirteenth position, （3）、澳大利亚（4）、荷兰（5）。英国排在第十三位，while China is in the middle of the list. The bottom ten countries are all African 而中国在名单的中间。处于末端的十个国家都是非洲国家，countries, with Sierra Leone (in West Africa) at the bottom of the list. 非洲西部的塞拉利昂排在最后。The report describes eight Development Goals. 报告描述八个发展目标。 The most important goals are to:最重要的目标是为了:reduce poverty and hunger;减少贫穷和饥饿make sure that all children have education up to the age of 11;确保所有的孩子能接受教育直到 11 岁fight AIDS and other diseases;战胜艾滋病和其他疾病improve the environment of poor people, e.g. make sure they have safe drinking water;改善贫穷人民的环...
