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More and more often ,the term global village is used to describe the world and its people . 越来越多的时候,长期的全球村是用来描述这个世界和它的人民。
In a typical village, however, everyone knows everyone else and the people face the same kinds of problems. 在一个典型的村庄,但是,每个人都知道每个人都和人民所面临的同样的问题。 How can the world be a village, when it is home to almost 6 billion people? 这个世界怎么可以是一个村的,当它是家庭对近6十亿人?
Political and technological changes in the past century have made the global village possible. 在过去的一个世纪的政治和技术变革所取得的地球村成为可能。
Political changes The years following World WarⅡseemed to promise peace and more equality among people. For example, the United Nations was founded in 1945 to help countries resolve disputes peacefully. 政治变革以下世界WarⅡseemed答应人民之间的和平和更加平等的岁月。例如,联合国于1945年成立,以帮助各国和平解决争端。
This promise was soon shattered, however, by the Cold War-tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. 这一承诺很快就破灭然而,由美国和苏联之间的冷战紧张。
These two superpowers engaged in an arm race, spending huge sums of money on weapons.
这两个超级大国一家从事军备竞赛,在武器上花费巨资。Most nations of the world aligned themselves with either one of these two countries, and the world appeared to be in a state of hostility, seemingly on the brink of war. 世界上大多数国家的赞同任何一个这两个国家,与世界似乎处于敌对状态,看似对战争的边缘。It was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991 that the Cold War ended. 但直到苏联1989年和1991年的冷战结束了的崩溃。The end of Cold War tension made the global village more politically possible by opening new channels of communications between nations.冷战紧张局势的结束,打开国家之间的沟通的新渠道使地球村更可能的政治。Technological changes Technologically, the greatest contributor to the global village is microchip-an electronic circuit on a tiny chip.
技术变革技术上,最大的贡献者,地球村是微芯片的一个微小的芯片上的电子电路。
The microchip has made satellites and computers possible. 该芯片已经制造的卫星和计算机成为可能。These forms of high-tech communications allow news and ideas to travel quickly from country to country, making people aware of their neighbors around the globe in dramatic new ways. 这些形式的高科技通信允许新闻和想法,从一个国家迅速前往全国各地,让人们意识到自己身边的戏剧性的新途径地球的邻居。Through the Internet, we can get information from anywhere and carry on electronic conversations with people everywhere.
通过互联网,我们可以从任何地方获取信息并进行到处跟人交谈的电子。
Through television programs transmitted by satellite, we are exposed to many cultures. 通过由卫星传送的电视节目,我们接触到许多文化。
What will happen as we move into the twenty-first century and beyond? 会发生什么,因为我们进入二十一世纪及以后?
Almost certainly the development of the global village will continue. 几乎可以肯定的地球村的发展将继续下去
Not only is this possible, but the challenges that world faces-for example, pollution, population growth, and conflicts among peoples-will make it necessary.
这不仅是可能的,但面临的挑战是全球面临,例如,环境污染,人口增长,以及之间的冲突的人民,将有必要。
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