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简介：The head of the World Bank says slowing economic growth around the world is hurting the institution’s goal of ending extreme poverty by the year 2030. While the challenges may be great, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the goal remains within reach - but only if world leaders and emerging financial and development institutions do their part.

听力原文：

What is extreme poverty? According to the United Nations it’s a condition characterized by a lack of basic human needs, like clean drinking water, food, sanitation（公共卫生）and education.

The good news, says World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, is that the world has made some progress.

“Over 25 years, we’ve gone from nearly two billion people living in extreme poverty to fewer than one billion," said Kim.

Despite inroads, nearly a billion people still live on less than a $1.25 per day.

Further complicating the goal of eradicating（eradicate 根除）poverty is the economic slowdown in developed and emerging（新兴的）economies.

One solution is to partner with new financial institutions such as the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank - led by China - and the New Development Bank founded by the so-called BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

“We at the World Bank Group see these development banks as potentially very strong allies in tackling（tackle 处理，解决）the enormous challenge of bringing much needed infrastructure （基础设施）to the developing world," said Kim.

Such banking coalition s（联盟，联合政府）could help address the infrastructure spending gap that the World Bank alone can't fill. Amy Studdart is deputy director in Political Economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

“There’s a huge infrastructure gap in Asia. The World Bank itself estimates that it was $2.5 trillion（万亿）worth of investment that needs to happen in South Asia and South East Asia alone," said Studdart.

Despite the perceived need for such lending groups, some - including the United States - fear such institutions could further diminish（使减少，使变小）Western influence in Asia.

But Jim Yong Kim says influence is not the issue.

“The fundamental issue for us is, your enemy cannot be other institutions. Your enemy has to be poverty," he said.

The World Bank is expected to address those issues when world leaders come together at the United Nations later this year to establish global priorities. Among them - ending poverty.

四六级词汇注释：

sanitation/ˌsænɪˌteɪʃən/ CET6+

∙ 1.N-UNCOUNT Sanitation is the process of keeping places clean and healthy, especially by providing a sewage system and a clean water supply. (尤指通过提供排污系统和洁净水源的) 公共

卫生

例：

...the hazards of contaminated water and poor sanitation.

…污水和不良公共卫生的危害。

eradicate/ɪˌrædɪˌkeɪt/ CET6 TEM4 (eradicating,eradicated,eradicates)

∙ 1.V-T To eradicate something means to get rid of it completely. 根除

例：

They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.

他们已经在为根除疟疾、破伤风等疾病而斗争。

∙ 2.N-UNCOUNT 根除eradication

例：

...a significant contribution toward the eradication of corruption.

…一个为根除腐败而做出的重要贡献。

tackle/ˌtækəl/ CET4 TEM4 (tackling,tackled,tackles)

∙ 1.V-T If you tackle a difficult problem or task, you deal with it in a very determined or efficient way.

处理

例：

The first reason to tackle these problems is to save children's lives.

解决这些问题的首要原因是为了挽救孩子们的生命。