‘Right now on Earth, water tablesare falling, soil is eroding, glaciersare melting, and fish stocks are vanishing. Close to a billion people go hungry each day.’
“在我们今天的地球上,地下水位不断下降,土壤受到侵蚀,冰川正在融化,鱼群种类不断减少,还有近10亿人口每天都在挨饿。”
Researchers say the world’s population will level offat about 9billion in the middle of the century.
研究人员称,到本世纪中期,全球人口将会稳定在90亿左右。
‘How we’re going to feed 9 billion people by 2050 is a dauntingquestion,’ Mr Kunzig said.
昆齐希说:“到2050年,我们怎么养活90亿人口,这是一个令人头疼的问题。”
There are currently 1.8 billion young people, aged between ten and 24. Demographers say the average couple needs to have 2.1 children to keep the population steady. In Western Europe, that number had dropped to 1.4 by the late 1990s.
现在地球上有18亿10到24岁的年轻人。人口学家称,要保持人口稳定,平均每对夫妇要生养2.1个孩子。而在西欧,上世纪90年代末,平均每对夫妇只生育1.4个孩子。
In parts of Europe and East Asia, there is growing concern that there will not be enough young people to support the growing number of retirees.
在欧洲部分地区和东亚,人们也越来越担心,年轻人将不足以填补退休人员增多造成的劳动力短缺。
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