VOA慢速英语2015 30名30岁以下的越南精英能帮助越南吗?

AS IT IS 2015-05-19 Will Vietnamese 30 Under 30 Help Their Country? 30名30岁以下的越南精英能帮助越南吗?

Each year, the U.S. business magazine Forbes reports on young people seen as the best and most creative of their generation.

Recently, Forbes hosted the first “Forbes Under 30” conference in Vietnam. The meeting honored Vietnamese business leaders under age 30 who are making a difference in technology and other areas.

Some speakers at the event said Vietnam’s future depends on the efforts of young people there and how they apply technology. For instance, U.S. pop music singer Katy Perry, a Goodwill² Ambassador for the United Nations, said she is hopeful for Vietnam's future.

“I’m told you are also the lead generation in innovation, which means you can find solutions that never existed before,” she said.

But some older speakers wondered if young Vietnamese care more about luxury cars and Facebook than about helping³ the country succeed.

“When you live in a peaceful time, you have everything, you have all the opportunity,” former ambassador Ton Nu Thi Ninh said. “But the challenge is, can you identify your dream? If you live in that comfort zone, you don’t know what you can do for your country.”

Ms. Ninh also praised young people in the country for accepting technology and exploring what it can do. Electronic products are Vietnam’s top exports. Large companies Samsung and Intel are increasingly producing more goods in Vietnam. More than one-third of the population is online, and at least one-fifth has a smartphone.

Technology stars in Vietnam

Many of Forbes’ young Vietnamese business leaders include those in the technology world. Nguyen Ha Dong created the popular mobile phone application Flappy Bird. Pham Le Nguyen co-founded the technology business 5Desire, which helps build the next generation of successful companies.

More than half of Vietnam’s 90 million people are under 30 years old. One of those young people is Nguyen Trung Tin. He is the chief executive officer of Trung Thuy Group, a real estate and tourism company. Mr. Tin says one problem he faces is that many of the people who work for him are older than he is.

“The challenge is, of course, how to learn from those people, but at the same time how to manage them effectively,” Mr. Tin said.

Some of the women on the Forbes list of top business leaders deal with a different kind of problem.

Le Hoang Uyen Vy says it is common in Vietnam to ask, “Are you married yet?” rather than, “Are you married?” She started the online company Chon before being hired as vice⁴ president of VinEcom, an e-commerce website owned by Vietnam’s only billionaire.

She says, “Before, when friends met me, they’d say, ‘When will you get married?’ But after I joined VinEcom, they asked, ‘How is VinEcom?’ They don’t ask about my marriage life anymore.”

Conference shows strength of US-Vietnam relationship

U.S. Ambassador Ted¹ Osius also spoke⁵ at the conference. He reminded the audience that this year the U.S. is celebrating 20 years of normalized relations with Vietnam. Many of the Forbes honorees studied in the United States. They do business with U.S. partners, or work with Americans on social, environmental and other issues.

Mr. Osius said the professionals on the “30 Under 30” list show how the U.S. and Vietnam are developing a strong relationship and creating positive effects.

Words in This Story

audience – n. the people who watch, read, or listen to something

luxury – n.  a condition or situation of great comfort, ease, and wealth; often used before another noun

real estate – n. property consisting of buildings and land

1 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

2 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。