(精选)商务英语阅读（下册）（第二版） unit 16 可持续发展课件.ppt

I. Answer the following questions based on the text. 5. Please name a few indicators through which the remaining poverty has to be looked at. Levels of income and consumption, social indicators, and indicators of vulnerability to risks and of socio-political access. Reference II. Determine whether the following statements are True or False according to the text. Write “T” for true and “F” for false in the brackets.  1. ( ) China and India helped change the condition of the reduced circumstances in the world by the reduction of poverty. 2. ( ) China and India are two countries with large population. 3. ( ) Since 1990, there has been 80-million fall in the number of people living in extreme poverty. 4. ( ) The World Bank’s report was pessimistic about the UN Millennium Development Goal. 5. ( ) Poverty is the same around the world. 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.F I. Answer the following questions based on the text. 2. Could human consumption occur beyond Earth’s capacity? No. Human consumption should be occurring at a rate within Earths capacity to support it. People should care the habitats and development of the future generations besides the interests and rights of theirs today. Reference I. Answer the following questions based on the text. 3. What threatens the long-term health of humans and other species on the earth? Population growth and the developmental pressures spawned by an unequal distribution of wealth are two major driving forces that are altering the earth in ways that threaten the long-term health of humans and other species on the planet Reference I. Answer the following questions based on the text. 4. What happened in the Asia and Pacific region? Over the past 40 years economic growth in this region has been impressive and has resulted in dramatic poverty reduction. However, rapid economic expansion has also had environmental and social costs. Growth has generated high levels of resource consumption, pollution and waste, with the c