参考答案和解析
正确答案:
B
解析:
录音中提到“This brain drain will accelerate as the global economy expands.”(随着全球经济的扩张,这种人才流失将会加快),This brain drain指的是“人才流失”,结合前文中讲的内容也即是专业人才移向富裕国家,所以选C。
【录音原文】
New information and communication technologies are driving the global economy. They have brought down the cost of global communication, and innovative tools have become easier to use. The Internet, mobile phones and electronic funds transfer are opening up the global marketplace. The Internet had more than 140 million users in the middle of 1998, but 93% of users were in the richest 20% of nations.
Improved communication can foster great advances in health care and education. It also breaks down barriers of size, time, and distance. With the Internet, consumers can purchase products from any country in the world, and any innovative producers can easily reach a much larger market place and take advantage of economies of scale.
Improvements in technology also bring up the issue of intellectual property rights. Tighter property rights are increasing the price of technology transfer, blocking many developing countries from their use, whether it is in production, communication, education or health care, this in turn increases the power and wealth of those who largely own the property fights.
What is more, new information and communication technologies have also promoted the international movement of labor. This movement has been growing since the 1960’s. Now about 2.3% of the world population lives outside their country of birth and 1.5% of the world’s workforce works in countries other than those of its citizenship. This trend is on the increase with the World Wide Web opening the door for skilled individuals to apply for positions in almost any country in the world. In developing countries, students are studying subjects that will give them a passage from their current existence to one of expected wealth in a rich nation. This brain drain will accelerate as the global economy expands.