地球母亲负担大 今年全球人口将达70亿
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decade">decade</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="stood">stood</span> <span word="at">at</span> 6<span word="billion">billion</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="October">October</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> 7 <span word="billion">billion</span>.</p><p>十多年前，世界人口达到了60亿。而到今年十月底，这个数字将会变成70亿。</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="babies">babies</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="second">second</span>, 78 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p>现在地球上每一秒都有5个婴儿出生，每年全球人口增加7800万。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1<span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1800, 3 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1960 <span word="and">and</span> 6 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="as">as</span> 1999.</p><p>1800年，全球人口还不足10亿，1960年全球人口达到了30亿，而1999年达到了60亿。</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="landmark">landmark</span> <span word="statistic">statistic</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> 8 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2025.</p><p>据联合国预测，下一个里程碑式的数字将出现在2025年，届时全球人口会达到80亿。</p><p><span word="Much">Much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dramatic">dramatic</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="accounted">accounted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="poorest">poorest</span> <span word="nations">nations</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="double">double</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>.</p><p>这些急剧增加的人口中，很大一部分来自世界上最穷的国家，预计他们的人口在下一个十年将会成倍增加。</p><p>‘<span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="about">about</span> 80 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="it">it</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="alarmed">alarmed</span>,’ <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Robert">Robert</span> <span word="Kunzig">Kunzig</span>, <span word="author">author</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="article">article</span> <span word="entitled">entitled</span> ‘7 <span word="Billion">Billion</span>’ <span word="in">in</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Geographic">Geographic</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span>.</p><p>罗伯特 昆齐希写了一篇题为《70亿》的文章，发表在《国家地理》杂志上。他说，“全球每年增加约8000万人口，很难不让人感到恐慌。”</p>
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