中阶经济|第66集：巴西是一个什么样的存在

音频一：

By 2050, Brazil will be one of the world’s wealthiest and most successful countries. You know this isn’t the first time that people are saying Brazil will be a great economic power. The same thing was said over a hundred years ago, but it didn’t happen. There’s an enormous gap between the rich and the poor in this country.

音频二：

Successful countries, like South Korea and Singapore, have excellent education systems. Brazil needs to learn from these countries. We need to make sure that these important opportunities for Brazil aren’t wasted as they were in the past.

重点词汇：

1.economic power经济强国 power在这里指强大的国家

2.enormous gap   巨大的鸿沟，也可以说，big gap 或者huge gap

3.Brazilians/brəˈzɪliən/  n/a. 巴西人，巴西的

4.South Korea   韩国   

5.Singapore /ˌsɪŋgə'pɔ:/  n. 新加坡

6.opportunities/ˌɒpəˈtju:nətɪ/ n.机会 

7.be wasted    被浪费

跟读训练：

一、

By 2050, Brazil will be one of the world’s wealthiest and most successful countries.

在2050年之前，巴西将成为全世界最富有和最成功的国家之一。

You know this isn’t the first time that people are saying Brazil will be a great economic power.

你知道的，这不是人们第一次说巴西会成为一个巨大的经济强国。

The same thing was said over a hundred years ago, but it didn’t happen.

相同的事情一百年前就被说过，但一直没有发生。

There’s an enormous gap between the rich and the poor in this country.

在这个国家，有一条巨大的贫富鸿沟。

二、

Successful countries, like South Korea and Singapore, have excellent education systems. Brazil needs to learn from these countries.

成功的国家，像韩国和新加坡，拥有优质的教育体系。巴西需要向这些国家学习。

We need to make sure that these important opportunities for Brazil aren’t wasted as they were in the past.

我们需要明确，这些对巴西而言重要的机会，不会像在过去一样被浪费掉。

背景拓展：

今天我们对巴西有了更多了解。有人认为，巴西未来会富有而且成功：Brazil willbe one of the world’s wealthiest and most successful countries. 但是有两个问题要解决，其一是贫富差距There’s an enormous gap between the rich and the poor，其二是，向亚洲学习先进的教育Brazil needs to learn from these countries 以保证机会不被浪费these important opportunities for Brazil aren’t wasted.

金砖国家（BRICS），因其引用了巴西（Brazil）、俄罗斯(Russia)、印度(India)、中国（China）、和南非（South Africa）的英文首字母。由于该词与英语单词的砖（Brick）很像，所以被称为“金砖国家”。对于巴西，首先需要科普一个知识，巴西的首都是巴西利亚（Brasilia），圣保罗（Sao Paulo）是巴西最大的城市，而里约热内卢（Riode Janeiro）则是巴西曾经的首都。巴西国土面积约为855万平方公里（8,550,000km²），居全球第五位，人口约2.2亿（220,000,000 people），需要说明的是，巴西经济总量为南美第一位，除了农业之外，飞机制造业也在全球领先。

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