人类人口问题的英语作文通用20篇

Environmental Protection No one，regardless of race, religion or nationality, can deny that the world we live in is becoming increasingly intolerable because of the effects of global warming. According to many experts, even greater impacts are still on the way. There are numerous causes for this problem. On one hand, human-related emissions of carbon into the atmosphere is causing, and will in the future cause, significant global warming according to the theory. On the other hand, the lack of knowledge about the importance of protecting environment hinders the solving of the problem. It is urgent that immediate and effective actions should be taken right away. First, more trees need to be planted to help improve and beautify the environment. Besides, stricter laws concerning global warming and irresponsible use of fuel resources have to be put into effect and achieved good results. In a word, there is a long way to go before we can take a comfortable world for granted again .

点评：环境问题也是四级作文命题重点话题之一。大学英语四级考试曾经考过Make our Cities Greener.近年来，全球气候异常，造成许多自然灾害的频繁，保护环境刻不容缓，已成为全社会乃至全人类共同关注的热点。

China has already begun to face an aging population. It is reported that by 2003 in China, the population over 65 years of age the proportion of the total population will reach 7%, which will allow China into the United Nations in 1956 set the population aging countries in the world. By 2020, this proportion will be increased to 10.85%, while in 2050, it will reach 20.43%.

At present, the time being will not become the worlds largest country in the elderly population. However, it is the process of aging faster than any other developing country. In fact, China will become the worlds population, one of the fastest aging process, this change brought to China unfavorable factors, it needs China to take a unique way to take care of the aging population.

Respect for the elderly project

In recent years, Chinas economy developed rapidly, with the strength becomes stronger, the state since 1990, security expenses for the elderly are more than 100 billion yuan every year, but also the state was increasing year after year, while also encouraging social and personal fund-raising, donations of non-juvenile welfare facilities set up to address a number of elderly people a sense of security, old age care issues. However, for a big country like China, but also there are other ways to those who need help to provide assistance for lonely elderly people. Care in the community, a warmth of respect for the elderly project in China, the rise of many young people took part in respecting the obligation to engineering work, they not only raised in all directions to bring the material assistance to the elderly, but also for their daily needs and get a wide range of help, thus bringing the warmth and love dedicated to the lonely and helpless old man.

This shows that the "senior citizen project," is Chinas aging population on the eve of a large number of old age to solve the problem of looking into a way to have multiple meanings, which not only brought the Gospel to the lonely elderly, but also carry forward the socialist spiritual civilization.

带翻译：

中国已经开始面临人口老龄化。据报道，到2003年，中国65岁以上人口占总人口的比例将达到7%，这将使中国在1956年联合国世界上人口老龄化国家。到2020年，这一比例将上升到10.85%，而在2050年，它将达到20.43%。

目前，暂时不会成为世界上最大的国家的老年人口。然而，它是一个过程，老化速度比其他发展中国家。事实上，中国将成为世界上人口老龄化最快的一个过程，这一变化将对中国不利的因素，它需要中国采取一种独特的方式照顾老年人。

尊重老年人的项目

近年来，中国经济发展迅速，与实力强大了，国家自1990年以来，安全费用为老年人每年超过1000亿元，而且该州增加了年复一年，同时也鼓励社会和个人募捐，捐款福利设施的设置来解决很多老年人一种安全感，老年护理的问题。然而，对于像中国这样一个大国，但也有其他方面需要帮助的人提供帮助孤独的老人。社区内照顾，温暖的尊重老年人的项目在中国的崛起，许多年轻人参加工程工作尊重的义务，他们不仅提高了四面八方，将材料帮助老人，而且对他们的日常需要和得到广泛的帮助，因此带来的温暖和爱献给孤独和无助的老人。

这表明“老年人项目，“是中国老龄化的前夕，大量的老来解决这个问题的调查方法有多个含义，这不仅给孤独的老人带来了福音，同时也弘扬社会主义精神文明。

It is a fact that college is becoming more and more expensive and college life is becoming especially hard for the students who were born in needy families. However, there are several ways in which these students can cover their tuition that their parents are not able to afford. Finding a part-time job, for example, is an ideal way. Besides, one can ask the bank for a loan and repay it when he has the ability. Finally, one can seek assistance from the society.

For me, earning tuition by doing part-time jobs is the most suitable way. First, I learn to be independent both mentally and economically in this way. Apart from this, I no longer need to wor-ry my parents with so heavy a burden. Finally, since I earn my own living, I will be more confi-dent with myself and, therefore, I can live a busy but meaningful college life.

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。”

Population expansion is one of the most serious problems in the world. With better hygienic conditions and better medical care, fewer babies die today. But the birth rate remains unchanged. Moreover, the death rate has been lowered considerably by various kinds of progress. People generally live longer than they used to. All these contribute to a series of problem: shortage of national resources and food supply crowded cities and high rate of unemployment.

To solve all these problems, we must take measures to control birth rate. The first important step is to educate people-to help them understand the advantages of small families. Another important measure is to raise peoples living standards. When people full understand the consequences of population expansion, and when their standard of living is raised, the birth rate will decline without compulsion.

Though it is a difficult task, we should try in a thousand and one ways to carry out birth control If we fail to do so, the world will be too crowded to live in, and the natural resources will be used up. Then we will no longer survive on earth.

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.

2004 marks the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt, in 1994.

Ten years ago, on the eve of World Population Day, a new campaign was launched to raise awareness of how international family planning helps save women and childrens lives, safeguard the environment, and slow population growth. 179 governments committed to it when they signed the Program of Action of ICPD, which prescribes the steps that will not only save millions of womens lives but empower（授权, 使能够）societies to achieve a better future.

Today, there are more than 6 billion people on the planet, with half of the worlds population under the age of 25-at or just reaching their childbearing（分娩）years.

Nearly 600,000 women still die each year from pregnancy-related causes. And an estimated 90 percent of infants whose mothers die at childbirth will not survive to their first birthday.

Wild species are becoming extinct 50 to 100 times faster than they naturally would, because of the impact of rapid population growth and increased population density in many countries.

Though population growth is slowing worldwide, more than 90 percent of current growth occurs in the developing world where needs are great and resources are scarce. And these nations have a huge unmet need for family planning services-over 150 million married women of reproductive age in the developing world indicate that they would prefer to postpone childbearing but are not using any method of contraception.

"Girl born today in the developing world faces better prospects than a girl who was born 10 years ago. School enrolment rates are increasing, mortality is declining and life expectancy（平均寿命） is rising, more and more women and couples are able to choose the number and spacing of their children and many countries are taking additional steps to confront HIV/AIDS. But progress is uneven, and in some cases slipping backwards. We need the strength and determination of a marathon（马拉松赛跑）runner to meet our goals during the next decade."

[世界人口日英语作文

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.

As in modern times of birth control being the basic policy of China,core families made of 3 people in which the parents were born after 1980 have a heavy burden of lives.That is to say,they have parents,father-in-law and mother-in-law,grand parents to care and a child to bring up which means two ones have to care 6 olders and bring up one child.It is such a big burden for a family two of whom are workers, when they have to pay for the housing loan , work and care for the olders.Especilly for those who get married not long ,whose olders coming from countries and having no insurance, the burden is more heavy.

In the tranditional culture of China, married conditions of men are different from women.Generally,men should collect enough money and give a wedding feast.This has accomplished an actuality ,if you have a girl baby,you just have to bring her up,and if you have a boy baby,you have to prepare rather many lots of money which you will have earned all your life to pay for your son’ house and his wedding,besides bringing him up.A jok has described the state lively , your boy baby is called a bank of economic construction you have to construct,while your girl baby is called China Merchants Bank on which you needn’t care too much ,and then someone will invest.As a result ,even if it is allowed to have a second child,families who have had a son would not be willing to have a second one.

Most ones born in 1980s(80s) are singletons which generation had received so much hope and love from their parents.Many coming from rich family are poor in living themselves,and not ready to bear hardships,so that pregnant women in them prefer caesarean birth when they deliver,so as to advoid the serious pain,although it had been proved better in science to bear naturally.The 80s parents even don’t want to pay their attention to the babies who will be taking care of by their grandparents.These mathers don’t want to suffer the pregnant process ,and will be still at the front of the pain,even if they woule like to have second ones.

For the young couples whose ideas are traditional,being like to own a big family,they do like have a second baby,but they can only hang back under the pressure of the cruel reality .For the nation,if it demand contradictions between ageing and low fertility relieved,it should entirely relieve the control of having a second single baby,which will rise the ratio of population steadily.The more important is to have most people share the gain of Reform and Openness,to solve the problem of housing loan of people,turning the commercial residential building into welfare building,to improve and perfect the service system of the society,to improve the medical security ,to narrow the gap between the wealthy and poor,to raise the pay of people.Then, the government needn’t to encourage people to do anything,and they would to have more babies all themselves.

For individual ,if you want a second baby and you are rich ,while your parents have old-age pension and could help bring up baby for you,you may as well have another one.

But if you are in pressure of living,while you parents have no retired pension and are in poor health,you’d better concentrate all your energies on your only baby ,and pay no attention to matter of the second baby ,in which it is the best choice for either you or your baby.

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Create a Green Campus

It is of great importance to make and maintain a green campus in our university or college. Obviously， a growing number of people are beginning to realize that it is our duty to do that in the present days， since the concept of “a green world” has become the focus of the society. The idea of “a green campus” is beyond a green environment. To begin with， the development on the campus is to be sustainable and recyclable. Some of the authorities’ budget should be on how to reduce of the waste. What’s more， we’d better be aware of the seriousness of pollution around us. Thus the idea of environmental protection may become a common occurrence in our daily life. It is necessary that effective actions should be taken to protect our campus from waste and pollution， and hence these activities are to play an increasingly important role in our day-to-day life. Certainly， there is little doubt that further consideration must be paid to our green campuses.

With the development of our society and economy,people are confronting with serious environmental problem,including environment pollution and resource scarity.So for modern college students,it is of great importance to create and maintain a green campus in our university.

As we all known,the idea of green campus has become the focus of the most colleagues.What measures should we take to creat green campus?As far as were concerned we can take action from the following two aspects.Firstly,wed better be aware of the seriousness of pollution around us and the importance of protection of environment.Only in this way ,the idea of environmental protection may become a common action in our daily life.Secondly,it is necessary for us to take effectie measure to protect our campus from pollution and waste,for example,we may call on student to save water and electricity and refuse sorting equipment treatment by the way of the slogan or other effective form of our purpose of make green campus.

Certainly there is no doubt that the further consideration must be paid to our green campus.And there is an increasing number of college students will participate in the action which is meaningful for our development.Under everyones joint effort,I believe that our environment

will become more and more beautiful.

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.

导语：人口控制是指减少人口增长，一般是通过减少出生率来实现，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

It has been estimated that a thousand years ago there were less than 400 million people on earth. Today, however, the worlds population has amounted to 5,000 million. What is worse, it keeps growing at a surprising speed. If this trend continues, the worlds population will shoot up to 7,000 million by the year 2000. This is what we call population explosion.

The rapid development of science and technology is the main cause of population explosion. We can see that the population has been growing at a tremendous speed since the Industrial and Agriculture Revolution in 1650, which raised the peoples standard of living, and the emergence of modern medicine in 1550, which lowered the peoples death rate.

Population explosion will result in a lot of such problems as food shortage, housing shortage and unemployment. It is time that we acted quickly to carry out the policy of birth control otherwise, mans survival on the earth will be threatened.

【参考译文】

据估计，一千年前地球上只有不到4亿人。然而，今天，世界人口已达50亿。更糟糕的是，它以惊人的速度持续增长。如果这种趋势继续下去，到2000年，世界人口将增长到70亿。这就是我们所说的人口爆炸。

科学技术的迅速发展是人口爆炸的主要原因。我们看到，自1650工农业革命以来，人口数量以惊人的速度增长，人民的生活水平提高了，现代医学的出现在1550，人民的死亡率下降了。

人口激增会导致食物短缺、住房短缺和失业等许多问题。该是我们迅速采取实行计划生育政策的时候了，否则人类的生存将受到威胁。

中国的人口问题、社会问题一直是四六级考试考察的比较多的内容，下面是一篇关于人口老龄化的四级作文押题预测，大家趁机来给自己的作文充电吧。

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitle Population Burden . You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese.

1.人口老龄化问题正困扰着中国。

2.人口老龄化带来的问题。

3.应采取怎样的措施，谈谈自己的观点。

题目分析：

在世界人口走向老龄化和发达国家人口老龄化发展的同时，中国人口老龄化也在加剧。人口老龄化的产生，正是社会进步、经济发展的结果。

参考范文：

Population Burden

Many countries will experience aging populations in the next century because of declining birth and mortality rates. China will soon join their ranks.

As for the issue of aging, its situation has been growing increasingly severe in spite of the fact most people are still ignorant of the problems it brings about. Firstly, with families becoming smaller and living pace escalating, it is even graver for families to care for aged members adequately. Secondly, aging causes a relative decline in working force in that fewer people have to support the increasing aged people. Consequently, the productivity of the whole society is affected to some extent. Thirdly and most importantly, the aging of population in China resulted from the successful implementation of family planning has not been synchronized with national economic progress.

The rapidity of the populations aging has made it more urgent for the adoption of countermeasures. No doubt they key is to build a solid economic foundation. Meanwhile, importance shall be attached to overall social progress by changing the backward situation in social security, welfare and service. Whats more, family care and community services shall also be encouraged.

重要词汇：

aging population 老年人口

birth rate 出生率

mortality rate 死亡率

ignorant of 不知道 不懂

graver 更严重的

adequately 充分地

productivity 生产力

implementation 执行

family planning 计划生育

rapidity 速度 在这用rapidity比speed 好~

countermeasure 对策

solid economic foundation 稳固的经济基础

Population old age人口老龄化

Population burden人口负担

Old age social security老年社会保障

Sustainable development可持续发展

练完这篇四级作文押题预测以后，考生要注意归纳总结，以后在考试中遇到这类社会问题的作文就不用怕了。

“你如果要体会什么是沮丧，你就在春节前后到北京或广州的火车站去看看。一张张怆惶的脸在人群中涌动。你这时才知道了一个民族的伤口在哪里。”刚分到国家计生委的研究生小m对几位作家这样描述。他工作的国家计生委在二十年中使中国少生了5个亿，这个数字推迟了灾难降临中国大陆。但他们要忍受很多来自国际上的谴责以及国内的不理解、甚至基层工作人员被暴力侵害。而且这个单位一直被忽视……

人口灾难是否会降临，我们不得而知。我们只知道未来一个世纪中国大陆最大的问题(比环境、腐败、经济、教育更严峻)是人口问题。

大陆老农穷贫到极点却不忘生孩子

“你猜我们家的保姆家里有几个小孩，你保准猜不着，她兄弟姐妹9个。”女作家项小米对我叹道：“太可怕了!他们陕西那什么县，普遍如此，都是七八个孩子。没活干，没田种，树全砍秃了，地慢慢变成沙漠，这些人要吃饭，就都跑到城里。把城里弄的脏乱差，犯罪率激升。就冲这我也要把我女儿送到美国……”

记者在近一两年中发现，这种一家生五六个、七八个的现象在大陆许多地方相当普遍。计划生育的国策，各地执行是很弹性的，有的地方甚至变成干部敛钱的工具，你不是要生吗?拿钱来。

实际上，独生子女政策已经成为汪洋大海中的城市孤岛的一块招牌。

记者几年前到国家贫困县山西大宁采访扶贫款被贪污案时，曾到一个家徒四壁的山民家里走访，这家主人，一个四五十岁的低矮老农，连遭不幸，不仅被干部用他的名字领扶贫款，却分文没给他，最小的男孩子还被山草中的蛇咬伤，性命垂危。当我们走进他山坳中的窑洞时，他哭了起来，我们力所能及地给了他一点资助，他扑通跪在地上以表感激。当知道他有多少孩子时，我们几个人都大吃一惊，八个。

这完全出乎我们的意料，多年来计划生育大好形势的宣传，使我们觉得农村最多能生两个，即使那些一味抗法、被扒屋毁灶的人，也只能有三到四个孩子。

而八个是什么数字?那是比1949年前还多的一个数字。也可能这些家庭比起1949年前，住房改善不大、食物够吃了但质量没好多少，但抗生素等类药品的普及确实使死婴现象少多了。1949年以前，一个农民家庭也能生很多孩子，但最终成活的只有一半强。所以虽然现在有计划生育的约束，农村人口还是猛增。

记者到陕西靖边采访时，发现那里的农民虽然被各种杂税弄得苦不堪言，而且土地日益干旱和荒漠化，生活很艰难，同样也生很多孩子。一个家庭有四五个孩子是很普通的，甚至是数量最少的。

一位女记者在山西大宁县一个很穷的山村金疙瘩村采访时，发现那里农民平均六个孩子。一个五六岁的小女孩告诉她，她有四个哥哥和一个妹妹。有人指着另一个红衣女孩说：“这孩子的父亲弟兄三个，每个都有六个孩子。”女记者了解到，金疙瘩村几乎没有三胎的，大多是五、六胎，最多的一家七胎，且大部分家中有二、三个男孩。

在连吃水都困难的地方，却要生那么多的孩子，他们一起向大地索要，于是大地更加贫困和病态。

贫穷、愚昧、受欺压，生孩子，这四者是紧密相联的。

What Can We Do for the Environment

our environment is becoming worse and worse，what can we do for the environment?I think each of us can do a little bit to help with this problem。

The first thing we can do is to use cloth bags instead of plastic bags when we go shopping. It helps to protect the environment. The second thing we can do is to reuse the old textbooks as possible as we can. We should also never forget to turn off the lights when we leave the classrooms in order to save energy. Whats more，it would be better if we walk or ride a bike to school. We should try our best to reduce pollution and waste。

In fact，even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. I believe we can make the world a better place to live in.

View of two children

now, our country the number of straight line rise, because the two population increasing, a series of problem, here, Ill give you something about with that!

The current family planning policy is unfair, urban residents having only one child, rural residents the first child is female of, can have two children. To have two children, however, leads to the housing problem, population increase, also takes more house, now scientists show that Chinas housing life for 30 years, while western countries housing service life is 2 times of our country, therefore, our countrys house of fast, down too fast, the house is always not enough, so a few people who are facing problems dont have a house to live.

Today, our countrys arable land has also been a lot of problems, such as: 1, due to the large area reclamation woodland lawn, cultivated land is widening. 2, due to the large-scale afforestation, reduce cultivated land quickly. 3, due to water loss and soil erosion, land desertification, human development blindly, arable land decrease quickly. 4, due to the impact of foreign agricultural products, a large number of cultivated land desolate. Because of population increase, to a large number of land reclamation, to a large number of occupation of land, only in this way can we have a new technology, will have a house to live in. So, our countrys land area is greatly reduced. But, our country a lot of land is occupied, can continuously reduce the cultivated land area, arable land decrease, many kinds of food less, even some people starve to death. Two population increase, the employment problem also more and more competition, such as: 1, the our country population base is big, need more employment, employment peak last a long time. 2, needs to improve employment mechanism, talent market, labor market development has yet to be perfected, labor elements configuration has not yet reached full optimization. 3, employment concept updating, lack of initiative entrepreneurial enthusiasm, "such as" "by" the ideas of the "to" still exist, not from their own and realistic environment, employment expectations are too high. So, young people in employment in our country may not work, cant bring home the bacon. In order to themselves and others in the future, please have fewer, eugenics. Boy or girl, is the backbone of the motherland in the future.

对二胎的看法

现在，我国的人数直线上升，因为生二胎人口增多，造成的一系列问题，下面，我给大家加讲一讲吧!

现行的计生政策不公平，城市居民只能生一胎，农村居民第一孩字是女的，能生二胎。可是，生二胎会导致住房问题，人口增多，需要的房子也多，如今科学家证明我国的住房寿命达30年，而西方国家的住房寿命是我国的2倍以上，所以，我国的房子修的快，拆的也快，房子始终不够，因此少数人正面临没有房子住的问题。

如今，我国的耕地也受到了很大的问题，如：1、由于大面积垦林地草地，耕地不断扩大。2、由于大规模造林，使耕地迅速减少。3、由于水土流失，土地沙漠化，人类盲目开发，耕地面积迅速减少。4、由于外国农产品冲击，大批耕地荒芜。就是因为人口增多，才大量的开垦，才大量占用土地，就只这样我们才能有新科技，才会有房子住。所以，我国的耕地面积大大减少。可是，我国大量的土地都被占用，耕地面积就只能不断的减少，耕地减少，种的菜就少了许多，甚至有些人被饿死。生二胎人口增多，就业问题竞争的人也越来越多，如：1、我国人口基数大，需要就业人员多，就业高峰持续时间长。2、就业机制有待完善，人才市场、劳动力市场发育还有待完善，劳动力要素的配置还未达到完全优化。3、就业观念有待更新，缺乏主动择业创业的积极性，“等”“靠”“要”的思想仍然存在，不从自身和现实环境出发，就业期望值过高。所以，我国年青人在就业方面有可能没有工作，就不可以养家糊口。为了自己和他人的未来，请少生、优生。生男生女都一样，都是祖国未来的栋梁。

Almost every country in the world faced the population

problem.China has the largest population, so the one-child policy was necessay. In America, there were 2 billion people 20 years ago, now there were 3 billion. Some day they will have the same amount people as we had in china, will they apply our population control policyAnyway we could be sure they will not critize our population policy at that time.

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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北京大学社会人口学教授李建新表示,现在的年轻人,尤其是城市长大的年轻人,不大可能不考虑这一决定所要面临的经济挑战而冒然决定要二胎.

Li Jianxin, a professor of social demography at Peking University, says that the younger generation, especially those living in cities, are unlikely to have more children without first considering the economic challenges that decision might bring.

“80后一代人的生活方式和观点与50后、60后有着明显的不同,”李教授说,“多数人不想要那么多孩子,孩子的健康更重要.”

The lifestyle and viewpoints of the post-80s generation are totally different from the 50s and 60s generations, Li said. "Many Chinese want to give birth to fewer but healthier children."

25岁的上海摄影师原田只有1个1岁大的女儿.考虑到抚养1个孩子的成本以及生孩子对自己事业发展所造成的挑战,她觉得1个孩子就足够了.

Yuan Tian, a 25-year-old photographer in Shanghai, has a 1-year-old daughter. And one, she says, is enough – due both to the cost of raising a child and to the challenges a child poses to developing a career.

“生孩子对我的事业影响很大,”她说,“重新回到岗位后,我要花几个月的时间才能赶上同事的步伐.而且也不能把全部精力都集中在工作上,我不得不早点离开办公室去照顾女儿.”

Giving birth really affected my career, she said. "When I returned to work, it took me several months to catch up with my colleagues again. And I cant focus on my work, since I need to leave the office early to take care of my daughter."

presently, the world is faced with serious water problems. but these problems witt become more intense and more comple 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 epanding industries which involve more and more comple chemical processes will produce large volumes of liquid wastes. many of thesewitt contain chemicals that are poisonous. to feed our rapidly epanding 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 epect to solve the serious water problems in the future.

Dining safty has long been a major concern of human race,so,how can we assure that we are dinning safely?

As the basic element of dining safty,source of the food is perhaps the most essential issue that we should focus upon,if the raw metrial itself can cause negative effects to the human body,nothing can be done to put it right.

Kitchen hygiene will pehaps be another element that should be taken into consideration,including water source,type of cooking oil,quality of spicery used and blending of cooking material.

To sum up,we have a lot to do to ensure dining safty

餐饮安全一直是人类关注的焦点,所以,我们怎样才能确保我们餐厅安全地?

为基本元素的用餐安全,食物的来源也许是最基本的问题,我们应该聚焦于,如果生metrial本身会导致负面的影响到人类的身体,却没有什么措施可以把它修好.

厨房卫生会也许是另一个元素应该被考虑,包括水源、类型的食用油、调味品使用质量和混合烹饪材料.

总之,我们有很多事要做,确保餐饮安全