时间:2018-12-10 作者:英语课 分类:初中英语人教版初三


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[00:45.79]STANDING 1 ROOM ONLY

[00:50.34]Look at your watch for just one minute.

[00:54.80]During that time,the population of the world increased by 259.

[01:05.54]Perhaps you think that isn't much.

[01:10.87]However,during the next hour,over 15,540 more babies will be born on the earth.

[02:30.44]So it goes on,hour after hour.

[02:37.52]In one day,people have to produce food for over 370,000 more mouths.

[02:46.27]Multiply this by 365.

[02:52.90]Just think how many more there will be in one year!

[02:58.83]What will happen in a hundred years?

[04:19.42]The increasing population may be the greatest challenge 2 of the world today.

[04:26.27]The world's population is growing faster and faster.

[04:31.44]Two thousand years ago,there were only 250 million people on the earth.

[06:05.19]Four hundred years ago,the number was over 500 million.

[06:21.44]At the beginning of the twentieth century,

[06:26.80]the world's population was about 1.7 billion.

[06:51.66]In 1970,this number was over 3.6 billion.

[07:10.92]In 1990,it reached more than five billion.

[07:18.36]Now at the beginning of the 21st century

[07:27.01]the world's population has passed six billion.

[07:31.97]People say that by the year 2010,it may be seven billion.

[08:27.14]That means 3 that in about 600 years,there will be standing room only on the earth.

[08:38.09]Each person will have one half to one square metre of space to live in



1 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
2 challenge
n.挑战;v.向...挑战
  • The job doesn't really challenge him.这项工作不能真正地考验他。
  • She looked at me with challenge.她带着挑战的目光看着我。
3 means
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
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