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第五十课:世界人口
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课文翻译

  2. Read阅读………………………………

STANDING ROOM ONLY

只有立足之地

  Look at your watch for just one minute. During that time, the population

  看你的表,只看一分钟。在那段时间里,世界上的人口

  of the world increased by 259. Perhaps you think that isn't much. However,

  增加了259。或许你认为这个数字并不大,然而,

  during the next hour, over 15,540 more babies will be born on the earth.

  在随后的一个小时里,15,540多个新生儿将在地球上出生。

  So it goes on, hour after hour. In one day, people have to produce food

  全球人口就这样一小时一小时地不断继续增加。每一天,人们便不

  for over 370,000 more mouths. Multiply this by 365. Just think how many

  得不为增加的37万多张嘴生产食物。这个数字乘以365,想想看吧,在

  more there will be in one year! What will happen in a hundred years?

  一年时间里将又会增加多少人!100年以后情况又将如何呢?

  The increasing population may be the greatest challenge of the world to-

  持续增长的人口问题可能是对当今世界最大的挑战。

  day. The world's population is growing faster and faster. Two thousand years

  世界人口增长越来越快。2,000年以前,

  ago, there were only 250 million people on the earth. Four hundred years ago,

  地球上只有25亿人。400年以前

  the number was over 500 million. At the beginning of the twentieth century,

  人口数量为5亿人。在20世纪初,

  the world's population was about 1.7 billion. In 1970, this number was over 3.6

  世界人口大约17亿。1970年这个数字达到

  billion. In 1990, it reached more than five billion. Now at the beginning of

  36亿多。1990年超过50亿。现在到了21世纪初,

  the 21st century the world's population has passed six billion.People say that

  世界人口已超过60亿。人们预计

  by the year 2010, it may be seven billion. That means that in about 600 years,

  到2010年,全球人口将达到70亿。这意味着大约600年后,

  there will be standing room only on the earth. Each person will have one half

  地球上只有站立的空间。每个人仅有

  to one square metre of space to live in. There will be hardly enough space for

  0-5至1平方米的居住空间。几乎没有其他的空间能

  anybody else.

  容纳任何其他的人了。

第五十课:世界人口

重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

  短语纵横

  1on the earth在地球上

  How many people are there on the earth?地球上有多少人?

  注意:此短语中earth前有定冠词the。如不加the意思是“究竟”。

  What on earth are you doing?你究竟在干什么?

  2hour after hour一小时接一小时地

  after前后连接相同的单数名词,表示“一个接一个”,强调时间上的连续。这样的短语常在句中作状语。

  He stayed in the lonely island day after day, year after year.

  他在那个荒岛上日复一日、年复一年地呆着。

  3in a hundred years百年之后

  “in+一段时间”表示“多长时间以后”,常用于将来时。

  My father will be back in two days.我爸爸两天以后回来。

  What will happen in a hundred years?一百年以后将会出现什么情况呢?

  4faster and faster越来越快

  He is running faster and faster.他跑得越来越快了。

  5at the beginning of...在……之初

  There will be no exam at the end of this term.这个学期末不考试。

  6the twentieth century二十世纪

  “某个世纪”常用序数词表示。

  The war broke out in the fifth century.

  那场战争于五世纪爆发。

  7by the year 2010到2010年为止

  “by+时间”表示“到……时间为止”,可用于完成时。

  They will have learnt five English songs by the end of this term.

  到这个学期末为止,他们将学会五首英语歌。

  The students had learned two thousand English words by the end of last month.

  到上个月底为止学生们已经学了2000个英语单词了。

  8standing room only只有立足之地

  room既可以作可数名词又可以作不可数名词,如为可数名词,意为“房间”,不可数名词则表示“空间”。

  There is no standing room for me here.这儿没有我的立足之地。

  注意:表时间的by短语常用于过去完成时,将来完成时。

  点击句型

  1数词+more+名词还有/又有……

  more在此意思是“还;又;再”,如果表达上述意思,也可用“another+数词+名词”。

  I want two more apples.

  I want another two apples.我想再要两个苹果。

  2multiply...by...用……乘以……

  Multiply 30 by 5 is 150. 30乘以5得数为150。

  3population +动词的第三人称单数……的人口是……

  The world's population is over six billion now.现在世界人口已超过60亿。

  语法天地

  否定副词:hardly

  hardly意为“几乎不”,是否定副词。

  He could hardly say a word when he heard the news, could he?

  当他听到这个消息时,几乎说不出话来,是吗?

  I could hardly walk after I climbed up the mountain.

  爬上山后,我几乎走不动了。




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