2005年NEWS BROADCAST(3/4)-英语听力

[00:00.00]The China Internet Network Information Center said this week that the nation's online community is expanding at a rapid pace, [00:09.02]with 8.9 million users added in the first half of the year, from January to June. [00:14.97]China's Internet population hit 68 million by the end of June, [00:20.67]the world's second largest figure after the United States. [00:24.82]The figure was 10 million at the end of 2000 and 1.5 million in 1997. [00:30.52]"Cyberspace is a force to be reckoned with in China", [00:35.11]said Qin HUalin, a senior Internet analyst at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. [00:40.58]Netizens between the ages of 18 and 30 are the driving force. [00:45.82]They spend 13 hours every week surfing the Internet, on average. [00:50.44]Their major purpose is obtaining information or having fun. [00:54.41]At the same time, [00:56.25]only 0.2 percent listed online shopping, e-business, and online learning as their main activity. [01:03.61]As the number of China's Internet users grows, [01:07.52]so does the junk mail. 8.3 e-mails out of 16 are junk mail, on average.