|
英语四级作文1200字：World Population(世界人口) world populationaccording to a recent report from the united nations, the world population continues to grow. it is over 5 billion now. it could reach8.4 billion in the year 2025. but during the past 10 years or so, a large and rapid drop in the worlds birth rate has taken place.families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. it is happening in both developing and developed countries. china is such a country that has already cut its rate of population growth by about one half since ! 970. each chinese family has no more than one child. and the hope is to reach a zero population growth rate by . several countries in europe already have a negative growth rate. eperts say that these countries could face a serious shortage of workers in the future. and the persons who are working could face much higher taes to help support the growing number of retirees. 世界人口 |