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282. The days when one could safely walk city streets at night are gone . 一个人可以在夜里安全地走在城市街道上的日子已经过去了。 283. Chinas population almost doubled to 1.2 billion people during the 1955-1995 , according to the National Census Bureau . 根据全国人口普查局的数据，中国人口在1955年至1995年期间几乎翻了一番，增加到12亿。 284. A report by the Department of Education estimates that the student-teacher ratio in China is four times higher than in the United States . 教育部的一份报告估计中国的学生和老师的比例比美国高四倍。 285. Official figures released by the Ministry of Transportation show that motor vehicle fatalities have more than tripled since 1995 . 交通部公布的官方数据表明机动车死亡事故从1995年起已经翻了两番多。 286. Women accounted for less than two percent of the total number of deputies to the National Peoples Congress in 1990 , compared with almost 12 percent in 1998 . 1990年，全国人民代表大会的妇女代表所占比例不到总人数的2%，1998年大约是12%。 287. Some 140 major state-owned companies have either declared bankruptcy or entered into mergers during 1998 , up a whopping 75 percent on the total number for the 10-year period between 1985-1995 . | 
