参考答案：The software industry is the core of the information industry and its forceful development bears great significance. First, the software industry has become the focus of international competition and cooperation. The software industry underpins the sustainable and speedy economic development of various countries in the world and has turned out to be a new growth point of their national economy. The development of the software industry will impose far-reaching impact on the development of global economy and society.
A backward software industry is bound to lead to backward economy, science and technology and military strength across the board. Therefore, all the developed nations and many developing countries have identified the software industry as a prioritized strategic industry. In the new century, China has to energetically advance its software industry to obtain greater competitiveness in its comprehensive national strength.

解析：[听力原文]
软件产业是信息产业的核心，大力发展软件产业具有十分重要的意义。首先，软件产业已成为国际竞争与合作的重点。软件产业对世界各国经济的持续高速发展起到了重要的支撑作用，已经成为国民经济新的增长点，软件产业的发展将深刻地影响全球经济与社会的发展。
软件产业的落后必将导致经济、科技、军事的全面落后。因此，世界各发达国家与许多发展中国家都把软件产业作为其优先发展的战略性产业。新的世纪，中国要在综合国力方面具有更大的竞争力，必须大力发展软件产业。