首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Restricting the problem of Third World countries to hunger alone—although not all people who live in poverty are permanently sta
Restricting the problem of Third World countries to hunger alone—although not all people who live in poverty are permanently sta
admin
2010-01-18
63
问题
Restricting the problem of Third World countries to hunger alone—although not all people who live in poverty are permanently starving—is a manipulation. This way the unjust division of the world is disregarded. And so we hear that out of six billion people in the world, only 800 million are starving. The reality is that two-thirds of the earth’ s population, or four billion people, lives in poverty.
The gravest manipulation limits the problem to providing food for the starving alone. This reduces a man to his digestive system. To feel better, international organizations initiate projects aimed at providing food for starving people. From time to time they send some rice or corn here and there.
The real problem is that hunger is connected with terrible living conditions, disease, lack of basic education, aggression, lack of family ties or social structures, no prospects and unproductiveness. What we see on TV—masses of people receiving help in a remote place on earth—does not show the real problem. The problem is that those who live in refugee camps were deprived of their work-place and tools. I have seen that many times, mainly in the tropics, where, once the soil is not cultivated for a short while, it dies. And people in the camps, mainly peasants, have no cattle or tools, not even a plow. All they have are mats on which they sleep. They will surely live such lives as long as they receive international help.
With a little bit of good will and I with today’s technology, hunger can be limited. But how can we reduce poverty?
Education in Third World countries is dying because children cannot afford inexpensive pens. In Africa I have often met such children, who begged me for neither bread, water, chocolate nor toys, but for a pen because.they go to school and have nothing to write with.
Such societies accept innovations very reluctantly: if I have $100 and invest $10, I can risk it because even I lose it, I will still have $90 left. But if I only have $10, invest it and lose it, I risk my life.
This proves that it is not only the problem of capital, but of a lack of good will and interest. The developed world surrounds itself with a sanitary cordon of indifference. It is putting up a global Berlin Wall since it sees the Third World as a world of barbarians. Any news from behind that wall is about wars, crane, murders, drugs, robberies, disease, refugees and famine—about things that constitute a danger for the developed nations.
If we accept the fact that all people around the world, despite geography, history, climate ,and culture, deserve lives of dignity, then we have a moral obligation to change the mentality of the people brought into the culture Of poverty. New ideas about how to gain more independence and new visions of development have to be born within this culture. For this the people need a new generation of intellectuals and politicians, similar to those who granted them political independence. This does not mean, though, that the developed world can forget about the world of poverty and give up trying to help.
When the author says that this reduces a man to his digestive system (see paragraph 2), he means______.
选项
A、this makes a man suffer from digestive problems
B、other organs of a man are of the same importance as his digestive system
C、this makes no difference between a man and an animal
D、this decreases the quantity of food supply for the starving animal
答案
C
解析
reduce可指地位、层次的降低,人被降低到消化系统这一层面,意思就是和动物没有什么区别了,选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/j8vO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
HowdidtheOlympicGamesstart?InancientGreeceathleticfestivalswereveryimportantandhadstrong【C1】______.Originallyt
HowdidtheOlympicGamesstart?InancientGreeceathleticfestivalswereveryimportantandhadstrong【C1】______.Originallyt
HowdidtheOlympicGamesstart?InancientGreeceathleticfestivalswereveryimportantandhadstrong【C1】______.Originallyt
ManypeoplewillhaveheardoftheAlexandertechniquebuthaveonlyavagueideawhatitisabout.Untilearlierthisyear,Id
ManypeoplewillhaveheardoftheAlexandertechniquebuthaveonlyavagueideawhatitisabout.Untilearlierthisyear,Id
WhyMenExplodeAlthoughwomengetangryjustasoftenasmen,rageremainstheprototypicalmaleemotion."Mykidsstillta
A、Toraisefundsforthedisadvantaged.B、Tofurtherindividuals’owncreativity.C、Tobroadenparticipants’interestinculture
A、Theplumbersaidonthephonehewouldgettheleakingfaucetassoonaspossible.B、Thefaucetdidn’tstopleakinguntilthe
A、Themanmaybepaidforsomethingwhilehestaysonatschool.B、Furthereducationcollegeisanewstartfortheman.C、TheY
A、ShecametotheUSinthe1960s.B、Shehadonegreatgrandfatherkilledinarailroadaccident.C、Shewasathird-generationM
随机试题
该患者应高度怀疑对该病的治疗哪种方案较好
下列不属于增强胃黏膜屏障功能的药物是
妊娠胆汁淤积症的产生是由于胆汁从胆囊流动受阻,导致胆盐在体内堆积,初级胆汁酸与次级胆汁酸以钠盐或钾盐存在即为胆盐。下列属于次级结合胆汁酸的是
郑某将自己的轿车投保于保险公司。一日,其车被房东之子(未成年)损坏,花去修理费3000元。郑遂与房东达成协议:房东免收郑某2个月房租2000元,陈不再要求房东赔偿修车费。后郑某将该次事故报保险公司要求索赔。在此情形下,以下判断正确的是()。
有的业主设置了计划财务部,但不负责()。
所有合格投资者持有同一上市公司挂牌交易A股数额,合计达到该公司总股本的15%及其后每增加1%时,证券交易所于该交易日结束后通过交易所网站,公布合格投资者已持有该公司挂牌交易A股的总数及其占公司总股本的比例。( )
针对舞弊导致的认定层次重大错报风险,下列各项程序中,能够有效应对的有()。
注:此表速度均为未扣除价格因素的名义增速。2014年5月限额以上单位餐饮收入占社会消费品零售总额的比重与上年同期相比:
“虚心涵泳”是朱熹的读书法。此处的“涵泳”是指读书时应()。
(2010上监理)信息安全风险评估贯穿于信息系统的全生命周期,根据《国家电子政务工程建设项目管理暂行办法》,项目建设单位组织开展信息安全风险评估工作一般是在______。
最新回复
(
0
)