环境科学交叉关系学科Chapter8,9重点句子翻译.docVIP

第八章人口问题 The world can be divided into two segments based on the state of economic development of the countries. 根据国家的经济发展状况，世界可以分成两个部分。 Collectively, the more-developed countries of the world have relatively stable populations and are expected to grow by about 4 percent by 2050? The less-developed regions of the world? however, have high population growth rates and are expected to grow by about 55 percent by 2050. 总体而言，世界上发达国家的人口数量比较稳定，预计到2050年增长4%。但是，世界上欠发达国 家的人口增长率非常高，预计到2050年增氏55%。 Human population growth is tied to economic development and is a contributing factor to nearly all environmental problems. 人口增长与经济发展紧密相连，在几乎所有的坏境问题中，人口增长都是一个影响因子。 It is clear that as the population continues to increase, it will become more difficult to limit the environmental degradation that accompanies it. 人们非常清楚，随着人口继续增长，限制随之而来的环境恶化将变得更加困难。 Countries with abundant resources can sustain higher population densities than resource-poor countries ? 与资源贫乏的国家相比，资源丰富的国家可以维持更高的人口密度。 However, the people in highly developed countries consume huge amounts of resources. 但是，高度发达国家的人要消耗大量资源。 Developed countries purchase goods and services from other parts of the world, often degrading environmental conditions in less-developed countries? 发达国家从世界上其他国家购买货物和服务，这常常使欠发达国家的环境条件退化。 While controlling world population growth would not eliminate all environmental problems, it could reduce the rate at which environmental degradation is occurring? It is also generally believed that the quality of life for many people in the world would improve if their populations grew less rapidly. 控制世界人口增长，尽管不能消除所有的坏境问题，但是，可以降低环境退化发生的速度。人们通 常也相信，对于世界上许多人来说，如果人口增长不那么快，他们的生活质量就会改善。 There is an ultimate carrying capacity for the human population. Eventuallyjimiting factors will cause human populations to stabilize. However, unlike other kinds of organisms, humans are also influenced by social, political,economic，and ethical factors? 人口存在最大的容纳量，限制因素最终将使人口稳定。但是，与其他生物种类不同，人口还受 到社会、政治、经济和种族等因素的影响。 Once people understand that lowe