2019年中石油职称英语新版选读文章系列(35)

1、2019 年中石油职称英语新版选读文章系列 (35)Trends for 21st Century21世纪的趋势1. What problems will our world encounter in the next 1,000 years? Social scientists and economists, farming experts and environmentalists pose this question and examine data and information from surveys.1、在今后的 1000 年里 , 我们的世界会面临哪些问题呢 ?社会科学 家、经

2、济学家、农业专家和环境保护主义者提出了这个问题，并对调 查所得的数据和信息实行了研究。2.In every field, experts examine changes to understand the state of the field. To understand a countrys economy,economists check growth in an industry such as steel. To understand the state of business, they may look at the number of building permits for n

3、ew houses. The information learned shows increases or decreases. Important trends emerge in each field.2、各个领域的专家都通过对变化的研究来了解该领域的状况。 为了了解一个国家的经济状况，经济学家对某个行业如钢铁业 的增长情况实行调查。为了了解行业的状况，他们可能会调查新房 建造许可证的发放数量。得到的资料能显示出增长或减少的情况，各 个领域的重要趋势就能体现出来。3. Population3、人口4. Population is important to every person on E

4、arth. People tend to live longer in most places. In Central Europe, however, life span is dropping because health care is notwhat it was a few years ago. Factors affecting general health include excessive smoking ， drinking of alcohol and polluted water supplies.4、人口多少对地球上的每个人都很重要。在绝大部分地区人们 的寿命越来越长。

5、但在中欧，因为卫生保健不如前几年，人的寿命正 在缩短。影响大众健康的因素包括吸烟过度、酗酒以及饮水污染。5. The population explosion on our planet has been increasing at an alarming rate but the percentage of increase is decreasing. One out of every five people on Earth is Chinese, yet China s growth rate has slowed. As the number of women going to sc

6、hool increases, the growth rate declines.5、我们星球上的人口爆炸正在以惊人的速度加剧着，不过增长 的百分比在减小。地球上每五个人中就有一个是中国人，但中国的人 口增长速度己经减慢了。随着受教育的妇女越来越多，人口增长率正 在下降。6. Food Production6、粮食生产7. The production of grain seems to be decreasing mainly because of climate changes. Natural disasters like storms and floods have washed aw

7、ay many crops,7、谷物产量似乎正在减少，这主要是因为气候的变化。暴风雨 和洪水这类自然灾害毁掉了很多庄稼。8. With less land for cattle and sheep, less meat like beef and lamb is being produced. Production of chicken, turkey and fish has increased, however. The amount of ocean fish has not increased, but fish farm production has.8、因为可供饲养牛羊的土地减少了

8、，牛肉、羊肉越来越少。不 过鸡肉、火鸡肉和鱼的产量提升了。但海鱼的产量没有提升，仅仅人 工养鱼场的产量提升了。9. Fish farming is very efficient： producing a kilogramof fish utilizes less than 2 kilograms of feed. In contrast it takes 2.2 kilograms of feed to produce 1 kilogram of chicken. One kilogram of beef requires 7 kilograms of grain. People, there

9、fore, may eat less red meat in the future and more fish.9、养鱼场的生产效率相当高：生产 1 公斤鱼只需要不到 2 公斤 的饲料，而生产 1 公斤鸡肉需要 2.2 公斤的饲料，生产 1 公斤牛肉需 要 7 公斤谷物。所以，人们将来可能会少吃牛肉羊肉，多吃鱼类。10. Energy10、能源11. Using fossil fuels for energy has not changed very much but wind energy use is increasing significantly. Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands ，Britain, and America have large wind power projects. China, India, Mexico, New Zealand, andUkraine are also developing wind power.11、以化石燃料为能源的情况没有发生多大变化，但是对风力的 利用正越来越受到重视。丹麦、德国、荷兰、英国和美国都有大型风 力发电项目。中国、印度、墨西哥、新西兰和乌克兰也正在开发风力 发电。12. Energy fr