英语翻译—张奕荣.pptx

专业英语;图书信息;图书目录;The environmental crisis and sustainable Development;隆伯格 Lomborg;According to Lomborg’s ssessment, conditions on earth are generally improving for human welfare: furthermore, future prospects are not nearly as gloomy as environmental scientists predict. 依据隆伯格的评估，在人类福利方面，全球范围内的条件普遍有所提高，此外，未来的前景也并不象许多环境科学家预测的那么黑暗。;Unfortunately, his thesis has given credence to the views of those advocating an environmental ‘free for all’, particularly those to the right of American politics (see ‘Bush bending science to his political needs’; Guardian, 19th February, 2004). 不幸的是，他的理论恰恰给那些主张环境“对所有人免费”者的观点以信任，尤其是那些美国右翼政治分子（详见2004年2月19日《卫报》：“布什为满足其政治需要而歪曲科学”）。;An important contributory factor affecting the deterioration of the environment is population growth. According to Bongaarts (2002), Lomborg’s assertion that the number of people on this planet is not ‘the problem’, is simply wrong. 加快环境恶化的一个重要因素就是人口增长。根据邦戈茨[世界著名人口学家]的理论模型，隆伯格“这颗星球上的人口数量根本不是问题”这一断言是完全错误的。;The population of the planet was approximately 0.5 billion in the mid-seventeenth century. It was then growing at approximately 0.3 per cent per annum, which represented a doubling of population every 250 years. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the population was 1.6 billion but growing at 0.5 per cent per annum, which corresponds to a doubling time of 140 years. In 1970, the global population was 3.6 billion, with a growth rate of 2.1 per cent per annum. Not only was the population growing exponentially but the rate of growth was increasing. 17世纪中叶，全球总人口约为5亿。之后便保持着每年0.3%的增长率，即每250年，人口就翻一倍。到20世纪初，人口有16亿，并以每年0.5%的增长率增长，相当于140年人口就增长一倍。1970年时，全球人口36亿，并伴随着2.1%的年增长率。不仅是人口以指数增长，增长率也是越来越大。;From 1971 to 2000 the population grew to about 6 billion, but the growth rate fell to 1.5 per cent per annum. This change in population growth rate is a significant improvement and means a reduction in the rate at which total world population grows. The population growth rate is expected to fall further to about 0.8 per cent