跟读练习: How Mobile Phones Are Changing Life in Africa - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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From VOA Learning English, we bring you news about technology in Special English.
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The World Bank estimates there are about 650 million mobile phone users in African countries south of the Sahara Desert.
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That is greater than the number of users in the United States and the European Union.
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Samia Melham works for the World Bank to increase information technologies in Africa.
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She says mobile phones are Africa's fastest-growing technology.
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She says more Africans have access to the Internet than to clean water or sanitation.
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She says mobile technology has brought about huge changes in how people live.
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CNN television recently named seven ways life has been revolutionized by mobile phones.
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They include political activism, education,
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entertainment, disaster management, agriculture, and health.
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Banking is another industry that has been transformed by mobile phones.
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Reports say at least half of the adults in Gabon,
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Kenya and Sudan use mobile money.
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Rene Mendy sells goods in the streets of Dakar, Senegal.
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But he never had enough money to open a bank account.
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Now, he uses a mobile phone banking service called Orange Money.
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With his telephone, he can add or take out as little as $1 from his account.
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He can make payments and send money to family members who live far away.
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Money says it serves 4 million customers in 10 countries.
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The World Bank's Samia Melham notes that the French company is facing competition from other mobile banking services.
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That is not a surprise.
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The cost of sending a payment by phone is far lower than with traditional transfer agents.
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like Western Union.
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For VOA Learning English, I'm Laurel Bowman.
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