Part II (Para. 3 ): _
Sample solutions: Six countries and Part III (Paras. 4 ~10): regions are working hard to realize _ _ telecommunications transformation. Part IV (Para. 11): Conclusion: Developing countries can catch up with Americans and Western Europeans if they persist.
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Vietnam ______________ Person income is just $220 ______________________________ Make the boldest leaps; ______________________________ All mobile phones must be digital ______________________________ model; ______________________________ Add 300,000 lines annually; ______________________________ Use expensive optical fiber with ______________________________ digital switching, instead of ______________________________ cheaper copper wires; ______________________________ Go for next-generation technology ______________________________
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Thailand ______________ People waste time in traffic jams; ______________________________ Difficult to call or fax from the office ______________________________ because of long waiting list for ______________________________ phone lines (2 million names) ______________________________ Turn to wireless; ______________________________ Business people stuck in traffic ______________________________ jams use mobile phone to keep ______________________________ contact ______________________________
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Russia China Hungary Latin America Thailand Vietnam
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Country: Situation:
Russia _______ Rusting national phone system; ______________________________ Strong in mathematics & science; ______________________________ Economy in recession ______________________________ Installing optional fiber; ______________________________ Strategic plan; ______________________________ Pump $40 billion in the project ______________________________
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China ______________
Backwardness; _________________________________ Situation: New technologies becoming cheaper _________________________________ Solutions: Digital switches and high-capacity _________________________________ optical fiber links in capital cities; _________________________________ Major parts of the information _________________________________ superhighway; _________________________________ Turning Shanghai into a top _________________________________ financial center with powerful _________________________________ networks _________
Country: Situation: Solution: ______________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________
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Hungary ______________
__________________________________ Situation: 700,000 people are waiting for phones; __________________________________ Problem of funds; __________________________________ Businesses accept high-price wireless ______ service Solutions: ___________________________________ Sold a 30% stake to two Western companies; ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Leased rights to build and operate ___________________________________ advanced digital mobile systems; ___________________________________ Speed up phone system by ______________________ means of wireless
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II. Understanding
A. Find out the advantages of telecommunications revolution for developing countries:
internal and 1. Boosting _____________ and promoting __________ living standards foreign ______ investment. leaping 2. Stepping directly into the Information Age and ______ over whole stages of old economic ____________________________ development. labor-intensive 3. Changing ____________ assembly work into industries involving engineering, marketing and design ____________________________.
I. Structure Analysis
Introduction + Question + Sample Solutions + Conclusion
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2 Part I (Paras.1~_ ):
Introduction: the advantages of telecommunications technologies. Question: How fast to develop telecommunications technologies in developing countries?