分析【A poor result: poverty】

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【大致断句如下所示，‘/’ 分隔，段落之间也需要断句朗读】

A poor result: /poverty

① In 1992 /the United Nations designated October 17th /the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
② As a day, /this lacks the obvious appeal of International Jazz Day /(April 30th), /World Television Day /(November 21st) /or International Mountain Day /(December 11th).
③ And you will probably be able to walk down the street today /without tripping over somebody hunched over the latest World Bank poverty numbers.
③ But that is a pity, /because the numbers are worth celebrating.
④ In 1993/ just over a third of people worldwide were extremely poor.
⑤ At the last count, /in 2015, /one in ten were.
⑥ There are various reasons for the drop, /including better agricultural technology /and less awful government in Africa.
⑦ But the big reason is China.
⑧ Since the first international poverty day, /the proportion of people in the world's largest country /who are afflicted by extreme want /has fallen from 57% /to below 1%.
⑩ Three cheers for that.

【注解】

1. trip over 绊倒；被…绊倒；旅行
2. hunch（动）弓身；弓背；耸肩
3. afflict （动）使苦恼
4. eradication （名）消灭；连根拔除；扑灭
5. penury （名）贫穷

贫穷

【学习】

1. 里面有一些介词，可能我们平时写作并没有去用。比如walk down, hunch over.
2. 熟词僻义。比如want并不是我们常用的“想要”，这里是名词，用含义指“贫困”。count这里表示“总数”。