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考研英语阅读理解试题及名师解析

Agreatdealofattentionisbeingpaidtodaytothe

so-calleddigitaldividethedivisionoftheworldintotheinfo

richandtheinfopoor.Andthatdividedoesexisttoday.My

wifeandIlecturedaboutthisloomingdangertwentyyearsago.

Whatwaslessvisiblethen,however,werethenew,positive

forcesthatworkagainstthedigitaldivide.Therearereasons

tobeoptimistic。

Therearetechnologicalreasonstohopethedigitaldivide

willnarrow.AstheInternetbecomesmoreandmore

commercialized,itisintheinterestofbusinessto

universalizeaccessafterall,themorepeopleonline,themore

potentialcustomersthereare.Moreandmoregovernments,afraid

theircountrieswillbeleftbehind,wanttospreadInternet

access.Withinthenextdecadeortwo,onetotwobillion

peopleontheplanetwillbenettedtogether.Asaresult,Inow

believethedigitaldividewillnarrowratherthanwideninthe

yearsahead.AndthatisverygoodnewsbecausetheInternetmay

wellbethemostpowerfultoolforcombatingworldpovertythat

weveeverhad。

Ofcourse,theuseoftheInternetisnttheonlywayto

defeatpoverty.AndtheInternetisnottheonlytoolwehave.

Butithasenormouspotential。

Totakeadvantageofthistool,someimpoverishedcountries

willhavetogetovertheiroutdatedanti-colonialprejudices

withrespecttoforeigninvestment.Countriesthatstillthink

foreigninvestmentisaninvasionoftheirsovereigntymight

wellstudythehistoryofinfrastructureintheUnitedStates.

WhentheUnitedStatesbuiltitsindustrialsinfrastructure,it

didn