Is It a Good Idea to Control Population Growth in the World?
What Overpopulation Feels Like
We moved slowly through the city in a taxi and entered a crowded slum district. The temperature was well over 100and the air was thick with dust and smoke. The streets seemed alive with people. People eating, people washing, people sleeping. People visiting each other, arguing and screaming. People pushing their hands through the taxi windows, begging. People relieving themselves. People holding on to the sides of buses. People leading animals. People, people, people, people. As we drove slowly through the crowd, sounding the taxi s horn, the dust, heat, noise and cooking fires made it like a scene from Hell. Would we ever get to our hotel? All three of us were, I admit, frightened. Since that night, Ive known what overpopulation feels like.
Statistics show that rapid population growth creates problems for developing countries. So why dont people have fewer children? Statistics from the developed countries suggest that it is only when people s living standards begin to rise that birth rates begin to fa11. There are good reasons for this. Poor countries cannot afford social services and old age pensions, and peoples incomes are so low they have nothing tospare for savings.
As a result, people look to their children to provide them with security in their old age. Having a large family can be a form of insurance. And even while they are still quite young, children can do a lot of useful jobs on a small farm . So poor people in a developing country will need to see clear signs of much better conditions ahead before they will think of having smaller families. But their conditions cannot be improved unless there is a reduction in the rate at which population is increasing. This will depend on a very much wider acceptance of family planning and this, in turn,will mean basic changes in attitudes.
国际英语资讯:Syria demands U.S. withdrawal from Tanf base ahead of deal in southern Syria
体坛英语资讯:Yao Ming: I take all the responsibility for Chinas performance in FIBA World Cup
国内英语资讯:China Development Bank issues 20 bln USD of poverty relief loans
星巴克进行反歧视培训!8千家门店集体关门
国际英语资讯:Iranian FM urges intl condemnation of U.S. withdrawal from nuclear deal
体坛英语资讯:Iran tops Philippines 95-75 to win Tokyo Olympic berth
研究发现:维生素片大多没啥用 吃错还会致病
国际英语资讯:Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. hold phone talks over DPRK-U.S. summit
世界无烟日:全球每年300万人因吸烟过早死亡
体坛英语资讯:Italy stuns China 3-1 in FIVB volleyball Nations League
国际英语资讯:Madagascar president nominates Ntsay as new PM
国内英语资讯:Media leaders of SCO member countries share insights on exchanges, cooperation
Sports Meeting 运动会
国内英语资讯:China, Germany should jointly help stabilize world amid unilateralism, protectionism: FM
国内英语资讯:Xi, Kim exchange congratulations on 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties
体坛英语资讯:Portugal beat Serbia 4-2 in EURO 2020 qualifier
国内英语资讯:Xinhua Headlines: China achieves best world championships results in 20 years over National
娱乐英语资讯:Harvey Weinstein indicted on charges of rape, criminal sex act in U.S.
体坛英语资讯:Nadal leads 2-0 before rain spoils, Wawrinka crashes out from Roland Garros
肯德基要提供素食菜单?!这是认真的吗?
让皮肤科医生告诉你,防晒霜究竟能防晒多长时间
为女犯请愿减刑,卡戴珊会见了总统川普
壮丽70年:就业保持稳定 新职业不断涌现
体坛英语资讯:Iran and Nigeria earn direct entry into Olympics, China and Tunisia out
外交部批美国的这句狠话怎么翻:“每次变脸都是对国家信誉的损耗”
Paper Cutting 剪纸
国际英语资讯:Russian foreign minister visits Rwanda to strengthen bilateral ties
普京邀请金正恩访俄
国内英语资讯:Track laying begins on Datong-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway line
五部门联合发布《公民生态环境行为规范(试行)》
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |