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When we think about giving help to developing countries, we often think about giving money so that these countries can build sch

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问题     When we think about giving help to developing countries, we often think about giving money so that these countries can build schools and hospitals, or find clean water supply. However, it’s far from enough. Ladies and gentlemen, now we have to come up with some better ideas to help them.
    I was very surprised when I read about a plan to make cheap laptop computers for children in developing countries. A man called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer, which can run without electricity. He decided to invent this computer after he visited a school in Cambodia.
    The laptop which Mr. Negroponte has designed is a little different from the normal laptop computers you can buy in shops. One difference is that it is covered with rubber so that it is very strong and won’t be damaged easily. As electricity supply can be a problem in developing countries, the computer also has a special handle so that children can wind the computer to give it extra power when needed.
    These special laptop computers will cost less than $100 and Mr. Negroponte wants to build as many as 15 million machines in the first year of production. The idea is that these computers will help the children’s education as they will be able to access the Internet. These computers might not help the people in developing countries immediately, but by improving children’s education, they should help people to find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.
    Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycle old mobile phones so that they can be used again. In the UK, and probably in many other countries too, millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year. The waste created by throwing away these old phones is very bad for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to recycle them. In this way we shall be able to achieve two important goals at the same time. We will reduce the waste we produce and help others. In other words, we will be able to "kill two birds with one stone", and that is always a good thing.
The author gives the example of Mr. Negroponte’s cheap computers________.
选项 A、to show what high technology can bring us
B、to illustrate the kindness of people in developed countries
C、to show how to find business opportunities in developing countries
D、to illustrate how to help developing countries
答案D
解析 根据第一段内容可知，作者认为，为帮助发展中国家，向发展中国家捐款远远不够，必须想出一些更好的主意来帮助那里的人们；第二、三、四段讲述了一个主意——Negroponte先生发明的不用电就能运行的廉价笔记本电脑；最后一段陈述了另一个主意——回收利用1日手机。由此可推知，作者讲述Negroponte先生的廉价电脑是为了举例说明如何帮助发展中国家。故选D。
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