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The worlds 1. continues to grow. There are now over 500 million of us on earth. The number could reach 600 million in twenty or thirty years and 1100 million in another 75 years. 2. have long been concerned about such a growth. Where will we find food, water, jobs, 3. , schools and health care for all these people? A major new study shows that the situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the worlds birth 4. has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. This decrease is happening in both developing and industrial nations. 5. said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married and are using birth control 6. and methods to prevent or delay pregnancy. More women are going to school or working at jobs away from home instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family 7. programs to reduce population growth. China is one of the nations that has made great progress in 8. its population growth. China has already cut its rate of population growth by about one half since 1970. Several nations in 9. already have fewer births than deaths. Experts said that these nations could face a serious shortage (不足) of workers in the future. And the persons who are working could face much higher 10. to help support the growing number of senior people. 他经常一起床，就点燃第一支香烟He usually lights his first cigarette upon getting out of bed. 人们挨饿缺氧，把自己的孩子弄得身体虚弱，染上烟瘾，最终使自己丧了命。People starve themselves of both food and air, effectively weakening and hooking their children, eventually killing themselves. 在有些家庭里，孩子渐渐将父母的慷慨大方视为理所当然。In some families children gradually come to take their parents generosity for granted. I cannot bear to work in such a noisy environment. If only they would stop singing! 在如此嘈杂的环境中我无法工作, 但愿他们不要再唱了。Timothy is willing to spare some time to help though he has his hands full with his own work蒂莫西自己的工作忙得不可开交，但他仍乐意挤