Muhammad Yunus earned the nickname “banker to the poor” by giving tiny cash loans to the poorest of the poor in Bangladesh. That simple idea, however, has grown into an international movement. __ 47__ He taught at Middle Tennessee State University before returning to Bangladesh in 1972 to teach economics at Chittagong University. __ 48__ The amount was the equivalent of $27. Two years later, Yunus founded the Grameen Bank to make such loans on a wider scale, mostly to people with no collateral who would not be served by typical banks. __49__ As it spread to other countries, it gave thousands of people the opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen were jointly given the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2006. __50__ 【題組】48.
(A)According to a now-famous story, his first loan was given to a group of very poorwomen from Jobra in 1974.
(B) Dr. M. Yunus lived in Chittagong until 1947.
(C) There were many banks in Bangladesh willing to offer loans to the poor.
(D) The notion became known as microcredit.
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