Trends for 21st Century21世紀(jì)的趨勢(shì)
1.What problems will our world encounter in the next 1,000 years? Social scientists and economists, farming experts and environmentalists pose this question and examine data and information from surveys.
1、在今后的1000年里,我們的世界會(huì)面臨哪些問(wèn)題呢？社會(huì)科學(xué)家、經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家、農(nóng)業(yè)專家和環(huán)境保護(hù)主義者提出了這個(gè)問(wèn)題，并對(duì)調(diào)查所得的數(shù)據(jù)和信息進(jìn)行了研究。
2.In every field, experts examine changes to understand the state of the field. To understand a country’s economy, economists check growth in an industry such as steel. To understand the state of business, they may look at the number of building permits for new houses. The information learned shows increases or decreases. Important trends emerge in each field.
2、各個(gè)領(lǐng)域的專家都通過(guò)對(duì)變化的研究來(lái)了解該領(lǐng)域的狀況。為了了解一個(gè)國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況，經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家對(duì)某個(gè)行業(yè)——如鋼鐵業(yè)——的增長(zhǎng)情況進(jìn)行調(diào)查。為了了解行業(yè)的狀況，他們可能會(huì)調(diào)查新房建造許可證的發(fā)放數(shù)量。得到的資料能顯示出增長(zhǎng)或減少的情況，各個(gè)領(lǐng)域的重要趨勢(shì)就能體現(xiàn)出來(lái)。
3.Population
3、人口
4.Population is important to every person on Earth. People tend to live longer in most places. In Central Europe, however, life span is dropping because health care is not what it was a few years ago. Factors affecting general health include excessive smoking，drinking of alcohol and polluted water supplies.
4、人口多少對(duì)地球上的每個(gè)人都很重要。在大多數(shù)地區(qū)人們的壽命越來(lái)越長(zhǎng)。但在中歐，由于衛(wèi)生保健不如前幾年，人的壽命正在縮短。影響大眾健康的因素包括吸煙過(guò)度、酗酒以及飲水污染。
5.The population explosion on our planet has been increasing at an alarming rate but the percentage of increase is decreasing. One out of every five people on Earth is Chinese, yet China’s growth rate has slowed. As the number of women going to school increases, the growth rate declines.
5、我們星球上的人口爆炸正在以驚人的速度加劇著，不過(guò)增長(zhǎng)的百分比在減小。地球上每五個(gè)人中就有一個(gè)是中國(guó)人，但中國(guó)的人口增長(zhǎng)速度己經(jīng)減慢了。隨著受教育的婦女越來(lái)越多，人口增長(zhǎng)率正在下降。
6.Food Production
6、糧食生產(chǎn)