With a few clicks on a keyboard and a swipe of the mouse, we have access to an unprecedented amount of information the likes of which humanity has never seen before.
敲幾下鍵盤，滑動幾下鼠標(biāo)，我們就可以獲取前所未見的海量信息。

But if you have a slow internet connection speed, then waiting for that page to load, that video to buffer, or that file to download can feel like an eternity.
但若遇網(wǎng)速慢，就會感覺等待頁面加載、視頻緩沖、文件下載的時間貌似好長啊！

Akamai Technologies, a cloud services provider, made a list of the fastest internet connection speeds in the world that shows where the luckiest netizens reside.
云服務(wù)提供商Akamai技術(shù)公司對全球互聯(lián)網(wǎng)網(wǎng)速最快的國家和地區(qū)列了榜單，這些地區(qū)的網(wǎng)民可謂是最幸運(yùn)的網(wǎng)民。

Each of these countries or regions?is ranked by the average speed of their broadband internet connection in megabits per second (Mbps). And they are all faster than the United States, which ranks 17th in the world in internet connection speed, according the list.
本榜單按每個地區(qū)寬帶每秒的平均網(wǎng)速排名（單位是兆比特每秒，Mbps），上榜地區(qū)的網(wǎng)速都比美國的網(wǎng)速快，美國排在第17位。

#10 Finland
第10名 芬蘭

Average Mbps: 12.1. Internet speeds have increased 33% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：12.1M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了33%。

# 9 Czech Republic
第9名 捷克

Average Mbps: 12.3. Internet speeds have increased 8.4% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：12.3M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了8.4%。

#8 Ireland
第8名愛爾蘭

Average Mbps: 12.7. Internet speeds have increased 24% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：12.7M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了24%。

#7 Latvia
第7名拉脫維亞

Average Mbps: 13. Internet speeds have increased 25% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：13M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了25%。

#6 The Netherlands
第6名荷蘭

Average Mbps: 14.2. Internet speeds have increased 15% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：14.2M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了15%。

#5 Switzerland
第5名瑞士

Average Mbps: 14.5. Internet speeds have increased 21% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：14.5M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了21%。

#4 Sweden
第4名瑞典

Average Mbps: 14.6. Internet speeds have increased 34% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：14.6M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了14.6%。

#3 Japan
第3名日本

Average Mbps: 15.2. Internet speeds have increased 16% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：15.2M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了16%。

#2 Hong Kong
第2名香港

Average Mbps: 16.8. Internet speeds have increased 37% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：16.8M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了37%。

#1 South Korea
第1名韓國　　

Average Mbps: 22.2. Internet speeds have increased 1.6% over the last year.
平均網(wǎng)速：22.2M。網(wǎng)速比去年快了1.6%。

（來源：滬江英語，編輯 Helen）