人口增长带来的问题英语作文合集20篇

The proposal is from Wang Yuqing, a deputy director of the Committee of Population, Resources and Environment.

He is being quoted as saying he favors a gradual opening of a two-child per family policy, and says he believes the current limitations will be lifted by the end of the five-year plan in 2015.

The current family planning policy was initiated in 1979 to control Chinas rapidly growing population.

But some negative side effects have emerged, including a rapidly aging population.

Peng Xizhe is the Director of the Institute of Population Research at Fudan University.

"The one-child policy has fulfilled the goal initially set. Negative effects will pile up if it continues."

The President of Renmin University, Ji Baocheng, claims the labor force population between the ages of 28 and 40 will be halved in 10 years.

As an example, in Shanghai, which has the highest urban population in China, the number of Shanghai natives -- as in those with a Hukou -- has actually been dropping for the last 17 years in a row, even though the citys population has been increasing.

A possible reason for Shanghai parents not choosing to have a second child could be the rising cost of everyday expenses, particularly the cost of education.

"I dont think Ill have a second child if the limit is removed. Im simply a wage-earner, and I find it difficult enough to raise one child, so I wont consider the second."

But at the same time, there are still people who think it would be nice to have two children.

"I will think about it. A lot of parents now are the only child in families, to have two kids means they can look after each other in the future, and of course, therell be financial burden."

One-Child Policy has been relaxed in certain ways over the years.

In cities such as Shanghai and Beijing, if a couple is both the product of the one-child policy, theyre allowed to have two kids.

Certian ethnic minority groups have been exempt from the rules entirely.

And families in rural areas whose first child is a girl are also allowed to have a second child without punishment.

It remains unclear as to how the proposed two-child policy will work, though its being suggested that several big cities will be selected to try it before its brought in around the country.

For CRI, Im Wang Jing.

题目要求：

1. 我国人口老龄化现象日趋明显

2. 人口老龄化带来的问题

3. 如何妥善解决人口老龄化问题

参考范文：

Aging of the Population

Population officials and demographers have much to worry about China’s increasingly aging population. It is estimated that the proportion of people aged 60 or older in China will rise to 11.8 percent in 2020. By the middle of this century, people aged beyond 60 will take up 27.4 percent of the total population — that means one out of every four people will be senior!

The aging population poses a serious challenge to families and the society. On the one hand, with families becoming smaller and living pace escalating, it is even graver for families to care for aged members adequately. On the other hand, aging causes a relative decline in working force. Consequently, the productivity of the whole society will be affected to some extent.

The rapidity of the population’s aging has made it more urgent for the adoption of countermeasures. There is no doubt that the key is to build a solid economic foundation. Meanwhile, importance should be attached to overall social progress by changing the backward situation in social security, welfare and service. What’s more, family care and community-based services should also be encouraged.

Nowadays,population as well as environment has become a very important problem.

With the development of China ,the population is growing faster and faster,though,Chinese government has put forward strageties, such as ,one child policy.But at the same time ,the increase has slown down,which is to our relief.

As for the environment,the biggest problem is that people do damage to it and seldome do they protect.So,we would like to say,if they still don·t stop those silly mistakes made to destroy the environment,one day ,human beings will be the last creature in the world. Protect the environment!Our earth is our mother for all of us.

翻译：

如今,人口以及环境已成为一个非常重要的问题。

随着中国的发展,人口增长越来越快,然而,中国政府提出了策略,例如,一个孩子的政策。但与此同时,人口的增长已经慢下来,这是我们的救援。

至于环境,最大的问题是人们破坏它,seldome做保护。所以,我们想说的,如果他们仍然·t停止那些愚蠢的错误破坏了环境,总有一天,人类会是最后一个生物在世界上。保护环境!我们的地球是我们的母亲,我们所有的人。

Nowadays we have to face the problem that there is a sharp increasing in population of China,and people tend to get more and more old,but many of us didnt realize it,and still ignore the Family planning,especially rural areas,4 people or even more in a family isnt a strange phenomenon.There is another important problem that more male than female needs to be paied more attention.If we all want to solve these questions,all we have to do is not only government appeal to all of us ,but als o everyone of this country get down to this.

翻译：

如今我们必须面对一个问题,那就是中国人口不断暴涨,人口老龄化趋势日益严重,可是很多人并没有意识到这一点,依然弃计划生育于不顾,特别是农村人口,常常一家4口甚至更多.男多于女是人口的另一个重要问题,需要引起我们的重视.要解决这一切不仅需要政府的呼吁还需要我们大家着手去做.

It is reported that the world’s population was 6 billion in the year 2,000, and it is growing faster and faster. The world’s population problem is the greatest one because it brings lots of problems, such as water resources problem, more and more people losing their jobs and so on. These problems are mainly in the developing countries because the population of the developing countries is over 4/ 5 of the world’s popuation. So China, the largest developing country, has kept the policy “one couple, one child.”

翻译：

据报道,60亿年世界人口在2000年,它增长得越来越快。世界人口问题是最大的一个,因为它带来了很多问题,比如水资源问题,越来越多的人失去工作,等等。这些问题主要是发展中国家,因为发展中国家的人口超过世界popuation的4/5。最大的发展中国家,因此中国的政策“一对夫妻,一个孩子。”

As we all known,food safety problems are more and more popular in our country,because

more cases about food safety problem have appeared.

Firstly,As the old saying goes,the food is what matters to the people.Food plays an important role in peoples life.So food safety influences peoples health and life.Secondly,some producers only think about earning money without thinking about ensuring food safty.they produce unqualified food.Thirdly,some food supervisory departpents dont perform their duty completely.This behavior make some producer ignore the safety of production.

If we want to solve problems that is illustrated former,we must call on the supervisory department to manage the food market.And the producers must paly their roles.Lastly,we hope that there is law that punish illegal acts.

假定你叫张华，最近从报纸上得知美国某公司将在你的家乡建一座工厂，请给该公司写封电子邮件。要点如下：

1.表示欢迎：有利于家乡发展等;

2.感到担忧：造成环境污染等;

3.希望了解有关环保措施及更多信息。

注意：1.词数80-100;

2.请不要逐句翻译，可适当发挥，以使行文连贯;

3.邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

dear sir or madam:

Im a middle school student.

_______________________________________________________________________.

Im looking forward to hearing form you.

Yours faithfully

Zhang Hua

范文：

Dear sir or madam:

Im a middle school student. I have recently leamed from the newspaper that you are going to build a factory here in my hometown. There is no doubt that it is good for development of my hometown and it will provide us with more jobs. most of us stand by the program. however,some of us are worried that the factory will make much noise and pollute the environment of the area. I would like to know whether you have any plans for the environment protection. Would you please offer us more information about it?

Im looking forward to hearing form you.

Yours faithfully

Zhang Hua

Presently, the world is faced with serious water problems. But these problems witt become more intense and more complex in the future. Our increasing population witt tremendously increase urban waters, primarily sewage. On the other hand, increasing demands for water witt decrease substantially the amount of water available for diluting wastes. Rapidly expanding industries which involve more and more complex chemical processes will produce large volumes of liquid wastes. Many of thesewitt contain chemicals that are poisonous. To feed our rapidly expanding population, agriculture will have to be intensified. This will involve ever increasing quantities of agriculture chemicals. From this, it is apparent that drastic steps must be taken immediately to develop corrective measures for the pollution problems.

There are two ways by which these pollution problems can be lessened. The first relates to the treatment of wastes to decrease their pollution hazard. This involves the processing of solid wastes "prior to" disposal and the treatment of liquid wastes to permit the reuse to the water or best reduce pollution upon final disposal. The second approach is to develop an economic use for all or part of the wastes. Farm manure is spread in fields as a nutrient. Wastes from sewage disposal plants are used in some areas both for irrigation and for the nutrients contained. Liquid wastes from other processing plants may also be used as a supplemental source of water. Only by doing these promptly now can we expect to solve the serious water problems in the future.

医疗卫生事业的发展使得人口出生率和成活率迅速提高，死亡率大幅度下降，引起全球人口急剧增长。

世界人口递增的时间越来越短。工业革命时期1800年到1839年，世界人口由10亿增加到20亿，到1960年为30亿，1975年为40亿，1987年7月为50亿。发展中国家占世界人口比重由50年代的66.8%上升到80年代的74.9%。至2000年全球人口增加到61亿，其中85%的增加大多集中在亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲。

而在未来的30年中，人口增加率将会减缓，到2030年时，世界人口，的总数将为80亿。人口增长率将达到历史性的低点。

从文化教育程度看目前，全球有9.6亿文盲，其中1.3亿儿童。发达许多成绩优秀的高中龄毕业生不愿选择理工等相对艰苦的专业，使得在培养艰苦岗位上所需合格人才陷于困境。发展中国家无力培养更多的人才，而人才从发展中国家向发达国家的流失更加剧了发展中国家的人才危机。以印度为例，到1990年为止，在外谋生的科学家和熟练技术人员达41万，到2000年达54万。

从健康的角度看人口素质，许多疑难病、奇特病的增加表明人口素质的下降。如艾滋病、变异链球菌、奥罗凯病毒、登革热病毒、非典病毒等。正以惊人的速度吞噬人类的生命。

发达国家的人口问题

人口总规模萎缩，人口老龄化。1991年，瑞典老人比重18%，英国16%，日本12%。造成的问题：①社会经济负担加重②劳动力老龄化③生产率低④社会问题多。

发展中国家的人口问题

农业人口多，出生率高，“越穷越生，越生越穷”恶性循环。引发的社会问题是，①贫穷与饥饿②失业③奇型城市化，其后果是失业加剧，人口分布奇型，出现大量工棚区。

中国是一个人口大国。为了解决人口问题，我国政府决定实施独生子女政策。执行一段时间后，许多人不仅看到了这个政策的优点还有缺点。因此，人们开始推崇二胎政策。在我看来，二胎政策是应该实施的。作文

First of all, two-child policy is the gift for some only child. For some families, maybe the parents are only child and they also can have only child. Put aside the loneliness of their child, when their child grows up and they grow older, their child marry with an only child girl accidentally, the burden on their child and his wife is unimaginable heavy. Their child and his wife have to take care of two old couples. Usually, a young couple looking after an old couple is a little difficult; if the pressure increasing twice, how can they stand it. But if their parents have two children, they can share the burden of taking care of their parents. It would be much better.

首先，二胎政策对于一些独生子女来说是天赐的礼物。对于一些家庭来说，也许父母都是独生子女，而他们也只生一个孩子。抛开孩子的孤独不说，当他们的孩子长大了，而他们也变老了，他们的孩子又和一个独生子女结婚，这样的话,压在他们孩子和孩子妻子肩上的压力是不可想象的。他们的孩子和他的妻子不得不照顾两对老人。通常，一对年轻的夫妇照顾一对老人就有点难了;如果压力增加了一倍，他们怎么能忍受呢。但是如果他们的父母有两个孩子，他们就能分享照顾父母的压力。这样会比较好。

Secondly, two-child policy can guarantee the number of Chinese population. As the widely spread of one-child policy, some people have changed their conception about giving birth. If they firmly believe one-child policy, there will be more and more the dink. After several decades, our country will famous for lack of population.

其次，二胎政策可以确保中国的人口数量。由于广泛宣传独生子女政策，有些人已经改变了他们的生育观念。如果他们认同独生子女政策，就会有越老越多的丁克族。几十年后，我国就会以人口短缺而著名了。

In conclusion, one-child policy has out of date. And tow-child policy is needed and necessary. It can solve the problem of nowadays and the future.

总之，独生子女政策已经过时了。二胎政策是必要和必须的。这可以解决当前和未来的问题。

As we all know,Chinas mainland population grew to 1.339 billion by 2010,according to census figures released on Thursday,so the government take many action to reduce population.In the most families only have one children,for example me,in my home,my parents only have one children.In fact,I really want to have a brother or sister,because if I have a brother or sister,I will not feel lonely.And if I have some problems,he or she can help me.We can play together and grow up together,when I saw other children play with his brother pr sister in my childhood,I’m admired him very much.Until now,I also want to have a brother,if I have something can’t tell others,I can tell him,and he will protect me.

So in the future,when I have my own family,I will be a parent,I hope I will have two children,one is a boy,the other is a girl.They can accompany with each other,and the brother can protect sister if she have some problems in the outside,and they can study how to cooperate.When they grow up,we will be old,he and she also have many babies,and we will live together very happy.

信息时代的高速发展，带来了许多新科技，也带来了许多新的生活理念。

“共享”成了2017年的热门话题，许许多多的共享产品出现在了人们的视野中。譬如共享单车，满大街的摩拜、小黄车、小鸣单车，甚至是共享电瓶车，成堆地排列在人行道两旁，路上骑自行车的人中，大部分都骑着共享单车。

的确，共享的东西是很方便。可是，仍有很多问题存在于其中。前段时间，有一位未满12岁的男孩骑着小黄车上路，不幸被车撞伤，他的母亲就非常生气地去小黄车公司索要赔偿。这件事成了新闻上的头条和人们口中的热门话题。有些人觉得OFO公司是要赔偿一些，但另外一大部分纷纷指责那位母亲，认为是她教育不当，还去向公司索赔。我也觉得那位母亲的行为有些过激，既然公司已经定下规矩，再不遵守发生了事故，当然也应该由自己承担。

在共享时代，人们的素质就被体现得淋漓尽致，共享单车刚刚普及时，常常有新闻报道说：有人用共享单车来泄私愤；有人恶意破坏锁；有人把车漆上别的颜色；有人用锁把车锁住，私自占用等等。

但是这么多的共享产品发生问题，归根结底不还是人们的素养不够吗？我有一次来到百联附近的一个地铁口旁，两个初中生模样的男孩奔跑着从我身边擦过，到前面时，“哗啦啦”带倒了许多共享单车，两人却一点都不在意，继续跑他们的，就仿佛这事与他们毫无瓜葛。一旁的保安叹了口气，慢慢地弯下腰去，一辆辆扶起来。我赶忙跑过去也帮忙一起扶起来。保安说：“小姑娘心挺善啊！这个年代年轻人都自己管自己的，很少有人这么帮忙哪！”我微笑了一下：“没什么，共享的东西本来就应该是大家一起来爱护。”保安摇摇头道：“唉！现在好多人用完了车，就随手一放，也不锁，也不停，还得我把它门排好弄好。要是都能有你这种想法那该多好呀！”我心里一紧，五味杂陈。

也许，像保安说的那些事已十分常见，可这种现象却是十分糟糕的。如果人们只对于自己一时的利益，不负责任地放手不管，那么共享的，又何谓共享？

所以，我觉得人们应该把共享的产品好好爱护，毕竟这是所有人公共的，是社会共有的。我们应该为下一代使用考虑，为以后负责。

It never be explained why so many students on campus cheat in their examinations nowadays, regardless of the danger that teachers find their secret, as it did in the case of the boy student in the cartoon/photo above. What is conveyed in the drawing is most thought-provoking and should arouse our social concern.

The implied meaning of the picture is worth discussing. Firstly, the youngs always become quite illogical when they try to descide what can be done and what can not be done. In the light of this statement, some students are often willing to sacrifice their credibility for the privillage of getting more points and being regarded as outstanding students. Furthermore, some one is afired that he can‘t pass the final exams leading to his degree, in the fruit of being absorbed into computer games or disappointment in love.

Consequently, only by cheating can they graduate and get the degree on time. Although many reasons share the problem of this drawing, one of them can be singled out for recognition: the conditions of our sociaty. Such is human nature, that we can‘t avoid being influenced by environment. In short, the root of cheating in examinations and credibilililess on campus is combinition of many factors.

There is no blinding at the fact that, in dealing with a challenge on such scale, some strong, effective and necessary counter-measures should be put on our agenda. To the begin with, a widespread education campaign should be launched to make students realize the importance of credibility. What‘s more, the government departments at different levels and related orgnizations should make joint efforts and coordination of programs to creat a more credit environment for us. Only by this package deal, can build up a harmonious and healthy sociaty.

[关于考试作弊问题的英语作文

Do You Prefer High Salary or A Promising Job?

When it comes to the choice of career, some people prefer the job with high salary. Why?

Their reasons run as following: to begin with, high salary can bring them happy life; in addition, with high salary, they can do whatever they want.

But some others prefer to choose a job with promising future. They base their choice on the following reasons: on one hand, a promising job itself means a raise and promotion in the future; on another hand, job with a bright future will bring them honor and sense of pride.

As for me, if Im left to make the choice, Ill not hesitate to choose a promising job. First of all, I appreciate the honor and challenge it brings to me. At the same time, if I work hard, it will offer me a lot of opportunities including high salary, good position, etc.

中国的人口问题和环境问题几乎是同时被人们重视起来的。人们将中国人口数量过多作为环境恶化的根本原因，将人口与环境对立起来，使很多人认为，要想从根本上解决中国的环境问题，就应该努力地削减中国的人口。但是，我们可以举个简单的例子：中国的森林面积在逐年减少，沙漠面积在逐年扩大，空气和水体质量越来越差，如果我们单纯地与俄罗斯、加拿大、美国、澳大利亚等国家相比，是很容易得出“人口少则环境好”这样的结论的。然而如果我们与日本、新加坡这些国家相比，就只能承认我们在环保意识和环保工作方面的差距。所以，我们可以说人口数量不是根本问题!

要创造和谐的人口与环境，我认为提高人口素质是减缓环境恶化的关键。它一方面受遗传因素的影响。比如“母强儿壮”反映了先天因素对人口身体素质有重要影响。再如白化病等很多疾病都属于遗传病，两个携带致病基因的人结合很有可能给下一代造成不幸。所以社会提倡优生优育，禁止近亲结婚。另一方面受社会和自然因素的影响。比如我国封建社会妇女裹足对人身健康的摧残;古巴比伦王国由于社会伦理道德的败坏导致文明的衰落等等。人类社会发展到今天，人口身体素质的高低，越来越取决于社会环境因素。人们对身体素质的要求越来越高，到处可见人们晨练的身影，并且平时的问候语也经常听到：“身体好吗?”这样的话，人们不再追求吃饱，而是讲究吃得健康，“有健康才有将来”已经逐渐成为人们生活的信条;比如电信业的发展具有的微波辐射污染，现在家庭电脑普及，手机泛滥，电器设备应有尽有;交通业建筑业等噪音污染，特别是日益发达的交通事业，汽车成为代步工具，虽然加快了生活节奏，但也加速了尾气的排放，加大了环境污染;日益发展的工业企业排放的有毒物质，严重影响了土壤、森林、气候，破坏了生态平衡。导致很多地方出现泥石流，山体滑坡现象。以上这些引起的环境问题都会通过空气、呼吸携带传染物，传染到人体，给人造成致命的伤害。这些自然环境对人口身体素质的影响也都是决定性的。

所以，人口与环境的问题不是决定与被决定的关系，而是相互统一的关系。提高全民的人口素质，会使我们的环境更加的美化;同样创造更加美好的社会和自然环境会让人口素质迅速提升，只有这样，我们的社会才更加和谐，更加美丽!

Nowadays,with the rapid increase of population,the problems of overloading in cities is becoming more and more serious around the world.

For instance,the resources such as education,jobs,health care that a city can supply is limited.So more populations mean that everyone living in the city have less welfare.In addition,the phenomenon of pollution can also be aggravating.And the traffic jams will disturb drives frequently.

In order to deal with the problems caused by overloading,in my opinion,Lowering the birth rate is the essential methods.On the other hand,another way which is executable to reduce the pressure of population in cities is to move people from cities to suburban areas.Of course,this need the help of governments.

In a nutshell,it is time for us to make efforts to control the population timely.

导语：雾霾问题是人们追求利润而造成的，人们曾经对环境所做的现在已经得到了报复。现在人们已经意识到了大自然的报复是多么的大，保护环境是主要的任务。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Since the development of the technology, the society gets modernized, people make use of the high technology to pursue more profit. Though the government has noticed the problem that people do to the environment, they still can’t prevent negative result that the polluted environment brings.

Many years ago, the most prominent problem of the polluted environment is that the river and the water were changed their color, some fish even died for the polluted river. Now the situation becomes ever worse, lately, in the big city, like Beijing and Shanghai, people are annoyed by the bad weather. It is not the rainy day, but the haze around the sky, there is no way for people to run away for it. The haze contains toxic elements, people breathe it and hurt their bodies.

The haze problem is the result of people’s pursuit for the profit, what people did to the environment now has been paid back by the environment. Now people have realized the revenge from the nature is so huge, protecting the environment is the main task. No matter how bad the environment is, people still need to do something to fix their mistake.

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打从科技的发展，社会已经变得现代化，人们充分利用高科技来追求更多的利润。虽然政府已经注意到了人们对环境所做的事情这个问题，但是他们仍然不能阻止被污染环境的所带来的后果。

很多年前，环境污染所带来的最突出问题时河流和水的颜色被改变，一些鱼甚至死于被污染的河流。现在这样的情形变得更加的糟糕，最近，在大城市，比如北京和上海，人们受困于糟糕的天气。并不是因为雨天，而是因为雾霾包围天空，人们无处可逃。雾霾中含有有毒的元素，人们呼吸着雾霾，损害着他们的身体。

雾霾问题是人们追求利润而造成的，人们曾经对环境所做的现在已经得到了报复。现在人们已经意识到了大自然的报复是多么的大，保护环境是主要的任务。无论环境变得多坏，人们仍然要去做一些事情来弥补自己的错误。

中国是一个地震多发国，由于汶川地震的发生，成千上万的学生和老师失去了生命，假如你们学校要进行一场地震逃生知识讲座，假如你是讲座演讲人,名叫LinTao ，请据以下几方面写一个简单的发言稿，可以自由发挥,但至少要补充两条注意事项。

1.地震来临前要镇定，为了您自己和家人的人身安全请躲在桌子等坚固家具的下面;

2.摇晃时立即关火，失火时立即灭火;

3.不要慌张地向户外跑 ;

4.将门打开，确保出口;

5.在户外的空旷的场合，要保护好头部，避开危险之处;

6.在学校，购物中心、剧场时依工作人员的指示行动。(划线部分是要求填写补充的)

Dear classmates,teachers,headteacher headmaaster :

Im LinTao in Class 6,Im very proud Ive been chosen to speak to you . I make a speech : How to protect and save our lives? When the earthquake happens,how to protect and save our lives is important? In Wenchuan earthquake on 5.12 in Sichuan, thousands of students and teachers died of it.

You must be/keep calm when the earthquake happens.You go into under the table or hard furnitures fast.You must turn off or put out the fire so that you and your families are safe when the buildings are shocking.Dont run out nervously; Open the door and keep EXIT open.When you are in the open air,you must sit on the wide place/ground,such as :playground etc, you must look after your head and keep away from the dangerous things.

[安全问题英语作文

导语：越来越多汽车进入我们的家庭生活，改善了我们的生活，但同时也带来了很多问题，如塞车和车祸，给家庭和社会带来极大的危害。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

请写一篇有关交通安全的短文(80字左右)

内容包含：

(1)遵守交通规则，如走人行道/过斑马线。

(2)别在街道上或马路上玩耍和踢球。

(3)劝父母不能酒后驾车。

你可以适当增加内容，让短文通顺，过渡自然。

参考词汇：sidewalk 人行道、zebra-crossing 斑马线

注：第一段已给出，不计入总数

关于交通问题的中考英语作文

With more and more cars coming into our families, we are happy that it has greatly improved our life. But unluckily, it has also brought many problems, such as heavy traffic and traffic accidents.

Traffic safety is everybodys business. We must obey the rules. For example, we must walk on walk side, when we cross zebra – crossing, stop and look right and left, then go across fast. Dont play football on the road .we can tell our parents not to drink before they drive, not to run through red lights, not to talk and laugh while driving etc.

We can say cars are coming into our life, but only when everybody thinks traffic safety is everybodys business can we be safe driving on roads and walking on sidewalks.

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随着越来越多的汽车走进我们的家庭，我们很高兴它大大改善了我们的生活。但不幸的是，它也带来了许多问题，如交通拥挤和交通事故。

交通安全人人有责。我们必须遵守规定!例如，我们必须走在一边，当我们过斑马线，停下来，看左，右，然后跨越快速。不要在马路上踢足球，我们可以告诉父母开车前不要喝酒，不要闯红灯，开车时不要说话和笑。

我们可以说汽车正在进入我们的生活，但只有当每个人都认为交通安全是每个人的业务，我们可以安全驾驶道路和人行道上行走。

王维嘉和丈夫几乎可以说是听着“控制人口数量，关爱地球母亲”的宣传长大的。

Wang Weijia and her husband grew up surrounded by posters proclaiming "Mother Earth is too tired to sustain more children."

他们将这个口号铭记在心，以至于今夏上海政府改变政策、鼓励年轻人生二胎时，他们迅速且坚定地表示：绝不!据悉，上海政府推出此举是受到了城市低出生率和人口老龄化问题双方面影响。

They learned the lesson so well that when Shanghai government officials, alarmed by their citys low birthrate and aging population, changed course this summer and began encouraging young couples to have more than one child, their reaction was instant and firm: No way.

“我们已经将全部时间和精力放在了独生子上，没精力再要第二个孩子了，”31岁的某公司人力资源主管王维嘉说。他们的儿子现在8个月大。

We have already given all our time and energy for just one child. We have none left for a second, said the 31-year-old Wang, a human resources administrator with an 8-month-old son.

一直以来，人们都认为计划生育政策会缓解就业市场的压力，同时保护自然资源。但是，它也导致了危险的低出生率和极大的老龄化人口数量。有专家表示，政府不大可能改变计划生育这一国策，因此，官员们正试图寻找其他方法来解决这一政策所产生的问题。

The family planning policy has been credited with easing job market pressures and preserving natural resources. Yet it has also led to a dangerously low birth-rate and an unusually large aging population. While experts say the government is unlikely to change the national policy, officials are looking into ways that they can address the policys downside.

中国的计划生育政策制定于20世纪70年代。该政策鼓励晚婚晚育，限制城市夫妇只要一个孩子，农村夫妇可以要两个孩子。新华社援引官方数据称，国家的出生率从1978年的1.8%降至2007年的1.2%，累计减少人口数量4亿人。

Chinas family planning policy was formulated in the early 1970s. It encourages late marriages and late childbearing, and it limits most urban couples to one child and most rural couples to two children. Official figures show that the countrys birth rate dropped from 1.8 percent in 1978 to around 1.2 percent in 2007, resulting in 400 million fewer births cumulatively, according to the Xinhua news agency.

与此同时，联合国人口署预计，截至2020年，60岁以上(包括60岁)的中国居民数量将占人口总量的16.%，到2050年这个比例将达到31.1%。

At the same time, the number of Chinese residents 60 and older is predicted to explode from 16.7 percent of the population in 2020 to 31.1 percent by 2050, according to the UN Population Division. That is far above the global average of about 20 percent.

在发达的沿海城市，例如上海，受教育人口数量相对较高，这种不平衡现象则更为显著。《中国日报》去年报道说，60岁以上(包括60岁)人口数量占上海注册居民总量的22%，而上海的出生率还不到每对夫妻一个孩子。

The imbalance is worse in wealthy coastal cities with highly educated populations, such as Shanghai. Last year, according to China Daily, people 60 and older accounted for almost 22 percent of Shanghais registered residents, while the birthrate was less than one child per couple.

人口学专家、国家人口计生委专家委员田雪原最近在《人民日报》发表署名文章，建议允许夫妇双方为独生子女者生育两个孩子。

Tian Xueyuan, a population specialist and member of the National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC), addressed these concerns in the Peoples Daily recently. Tian proposed that couples who are the only children in their families should be allowed to have two children.

同时，一些地方政府已经开始采取措施改善所管辖地区的现状，国家人口计生委委员史春静表示，以上海为例，允许夫妻双方都是独生子女的家庭生二胎。

Meanwhile, some local governments are already taking steps to improve the situation in their regions, according to Shi Chunjing, an official of NPFPC. Shanghai, for instance, is giving certain urban residents (if both husband and wife are the only children) permission to have two children.

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人口问题(The Problems of Large Population)

It is reported that the world’s population was 6 billion in the year 2,000, and it is growing faster and faster. The world’s population problem is the greatest one because it brings lots of problems, such as water resources problem, more and more people losing their jobs and so on. These problems are mainly in the developing countries because the population of the developing countries is over 4/ 5 of the world’s popuation. So China, the largest developing country, has kept the policy one couple, one child.

[英语作文：人口问题