1. Main Idea: Telecommunications is widely conceived as a key to developing countries' dream of jumping into the modern world. Although there is some dispute as to how fast they can push ahead with their plans, different developing countries still are seeking their own ways of leaping over their backwardness with one jump in this direction. Surely, they will catch up with developed countries on the information superhighway as long as they persist in their efforts. Today's information age began with the telegraph. It was the first instrument to transform information into electrical form and transmit it reliably over long distances. New techniques of encoding and distributing digital information are pacing the spread of the information age throughout societ 2. Structure: The passage is made up of four parts Part 1(Paras. 1-2): A general introduction: Advanced telecommunications will boost living standards in the developing world, speed its step into Information Age, and accelerate the rate of its economic development, etc Part 2(Paras. 3)This part puts forward a question for consideration: How fast to develop telecommunications technologies in developing countries? Part 3(Paras. 4-10) This part deals with how 6 different countries or reg ions carry out their telecommunications transformation. Each of them tries to seek different ways out of its own problems Part 4(Paras. 11)The author concludes the article with favorable remarks on the revolution of telecommunications Detailed Reading (language study patterns) I: Typical expressions 1. to boost living standards(L.1)提高生活水准 e.g.没有什么比在比赛中获胜更能提高运动员的士气。 to leap over whole stages of economic development(L.11)跨越经济发展诸阶 段 eg.爱的力量可以使两个民族跨越时空,和睦相处。 The power of love enables two peoples to leap over time and space and live harmony with each other. 3. to promise to do sth (L.13)有望做某事 eg.瑞雪兆丰年。 A seasonable snow promises to bless the crops in the coming year 4 to give... a huge advantage over.(①L.16)使·与…相比拥有巨大 的优势 eg在就业市场上,一些固有的性别观念使男性与女性相比拥有巨大的优势。 In the job market, some fixed notions about gender give men a huge advantage over women 5. to be stuck/overcome with..(L.16)无法摆脱/战胜 eg光明的真正含义不在于你生活中有没有黑暗,而在于你是否被黑暗所战 The true meaning of light lies not in whether there is any dark in your life but in whether or not you are overcome with dark 6 to push ahead/forward(with)(L.18)坚决进行(下去) eg一旦心中确定了目标,不管有任何艰难困苦,都要勇往直前。 Once you have a goal set in mind, just push forward with it, regardless of any hardships involved1. Main Idea: Telecommunications is widely conceived as a key to developing countries’ dream of jumping into the modern world. Although there is some dispute as to how fast they can push ahead with their plans, different developing countries still are seeking their own ways of leaping over their backwardness with one jump in this direction. Surely, they will catch up with developed countries on the information superhighway as long as they persist in their efforts. Today’s information age began with the telegraph. It was the first instrument to transform information into electrical form and transmit it reliably over long distances. New techniques of encoding and distributing digital information are pacing the spread of the information age throughout society. 2. Structure: The passage is made up of four parts. Part 1 (Paras. 1-2 ): A general introduction: Advanced telecommunications will boost living standards in the developing world, speed its step into Information Age, and accelerate the rate of its economic development, etc. Part 2 (Paras. 3) This part puts forward a question for consideration: How fast to develop telecommunications technologies in developing countries? Part 3 (Paras. 4-10) This part deals with how 6 different countries or regions carry out their telecommunications transformation. Each of them tries to seek different ways out of its own problems. Part 4 (Paras.11) The author concludes the article with favorable remarks on the revolution of telecommunications. Detailed Reading (language study & patterns) I: Typical expressions: 1. to boost living standards (L. 1) 提高生活水准 e.g. 没有什么比在比赛中获胜更能提高运动员的士气。 2. to leap over whole stages of economic development (L. 11) 跨越经济发展诸阶 段 e.g. 爱的力量可以使两个民族跨越时空,和睦相处。 The power of love enables two peoples to leap over time and space and live in harmony with each other. 3. to promise to do sth. (L. 13) 有望做某事 e.g. 瑞雪兆丰年。 A seasonable snow promises to bless the crops in the coming year. 4. to give… a huge advantage over… (L. 16) 使······与······相比拥有巨大 的优势 e.g. 在就业市场上，一些固有的性别观念使男性与女性相比拥有巨大的优势。 In the job market, some fixed notions about gender give men a huge advantage over women. 5. to be stuck/overcome with… (L. 16) 无法摆脱/战胜 e.g. 光明的真正含义不在于你生活中有没有黑暗，而在于你是否被黑暗所战 胜。 The true meaning of light lies not in whether there is any dark in your life but in whether or not you are overcome with dark. 6. to push ahead/forward (with) (L. 18) 坚决进行（下去） e.g. 一旦心中确定了目标，不管有任何艰难困苦，都要勇往直前。 Once you have a goal set in mind, just push forward with it, regardless of any hardships involved