BBC新闻100篇 News Item 66-英语听力

[00:00.00]It has been an ambitious project.
铺设17000千米的光缆线 [00:01.84]Laying a 17,000 kilometre fibre optic cable
是一项很宏伟的工程 [00:05.41]under the sea linking Europe and Asia
这项工程将欧洲 亚洲 [00:08.10]with East and Southern Africa.
和东非南非囊括了进去 [00:09.73]Seacom, a Mauritius-based company,
sea.com是由毛里求斯一家公司 [00:12.22]is today officially launching the arrival
官方创立的项目【网站】 [00:14.11]of a fast broadband internet service in Kenya,
这是为了肯尼亚 坦桑尼亚 莫桑比克以及南非的 [00:17.21]Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa.
超速宽带服务而创建 [00:19.55]It should be commercially available in a few weeks' time.
这个项目的商务版本马上就会上线了 [00:23.06]Three other fibre optic cables are due to become operational soon
其他三种光缆 包括被肯尼亚政府收购【提供资金支持】的那一种 [00:27.09]including one which is backed by the Kenyan government.
即将进行内测 [00:29.63]In theory the region could be on the brink of an internet revolution.
据推测 以上地区应该将迎来一场信息技术革命 [00:33.46]But it all depends how well the service is rolled out across the region.
但这也取决于此网络服务在这些地区的推广效果好坏