广播电视英语短句 第 169 课：极度贫困-1

The World Bank says most developing countries have made important progress toward the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. 世界银行表示，大多数发展中国家在联合国千年发展目标的框架下取得了重要的进步。

Last week the international lender released its yearly World Development Indicators. 上周， the international lender 发布了年度全球发展指数。

Hundreds of indicators are used to measure progress in areas such as education, health, poverty, the environment and trade. 数百项指标用以评估在教育、卫生、贫困、环境以及贸易方面的发展状况。

One of the Millennium Development Goals is to reduce by half the number of people living in extreme poverty by twenty fifteen. 千年发展目标中的一项，就旨在，到 2015 年，使生活在极度贫困条件下的人数减少一半。

Out of eighty-seven countries with data available, forty-nine seem likely to reach that goal. 87 个数据有效的国家当中，有 49 个国家达到了这一目标。