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。