Is It a Good Idea to Control Population Growth in the World?

Lesson 9 Is It a Good Idea to Control Population Growth in the World? Text What Overpopulation Feels Like We moved slowly through the city in a taxi and entered a crowded slum district. The temperatur

VOA双语新闻 US Copes With Growing Population

The U.S. population is increasing at nearly one percent a year, making the United States the world's fastest growing industrial nation. 美国人口正以每年将近1%的速度增长，这使美国成为世界人口增长最快的工业化国家。

VOA慢速英语2012 Health Report - UN Says Family Planning Pays Big for Developing Countries

Health Report - UN Says Family Planning Pays Big for Developing Countries 健康报道 - 联合国表示计划生育对发展中国家具有积极作用 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速

VOA标准英语2013--Women Bear Brunt of Population Growth

Women Bear Brunt of Population Growth The global population is expected to rise to nine billion by 2050. Most of that growth will be in developing countries. However, many are asking whether such growth is sustainable, considering the amount of resou

英语专业四级听力50篇 048：Population Growth

Population Growth It is well-known that there has been a drastic increase in world population. But it is probably less well-known that the extinction rate of wildlife species is experiencing a parallel trend. Take the United States for instance. In 1

China to Improve Population Policy Based on Actual Conditions

Experts in China are suggesting a looser population policy is unlikely to create a surge of new births. The suggestion is being made amid potential plans by the government to loosen up this country's family-planning rules this year. CRI's Lucy Du has

School Population Growth

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: September 11, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. About one-in-four people age three and older in the United States is a student. The g

2006年VOA标准英语-World Population Growth to be Concentrated

By Michael Bowman Washington 07 March 2006 view Global Population report By 2050, world population is projected to reach nine billion people. That would constitute a 38 percent jump from today's popul

英语四级作文 My idea of Family Planning

My idea of Family Planning Family planning is the most effective way to solve the population problem, the seriousness of which we often underestimate. Quite obviously family planning has so far macle little progress. At a time when half of the world

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - In Developing Wor

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Sending and receiving money by text message. Sharing crop prices. Just talking to a loved one far from home. These are some of the ways that mobile phones have changed lives in developing countries.

VOA标准英语2012--World Population Day Focuses on Family Planning

World Population Day Focuses on Family Planning There are already seven billion people living in this world. Half of the population is under the age of 25. We add a quarter of a million people a day to the world population, and, of course, the planet

专家预测:2050年地球将面目全非

专家预测:2050年地球将面目全非 The earth's population could top nine billion by 2050, leading to an 'unrecognisable' world as people compete for scarcer resources a U.S. science conference heard yesterday. 有美国科学家警告，到205

China encourages family planning reforms

NANJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China is encouraging trial reform efforts for the country's population and family planning policy, according to an official meeting held Wednesday. Greater courage is needed to deepen and advance comprehensive reforms in

当局否认二胎政策五月实施

Song Shuli is a National Health and Family Planning Commission spokesperson: This speculation is without foundation. The family planning strategy should be maintained, as the size of the population puts pressure on resources, the environment, as well

Cities called key to growth

BEIJING, Mar. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Urbanization will be a major feature of China's economic growth and continue to gain momentum, Liu He, Party chief of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said on Saturday. At the China Development For

Time to loosen family planning policy: think tank

Time to loosen family planning policy: think tank BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China should consider adjusting its family planning policy, as structural problems have overtaken excessive growth as the most significant population-related problem, a go

全面'二孩政策'计划于明年元旦落地

All couples in China are encouraged to have two children, according to a draft amendment to China's national law on population and family planning proposed to China's top legislature for review on Monday. 周一，人口与计划生育法修正案草案

China to maintain family planning policy: official

BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government will keep its family planning policy unchanged as the populous nation still faces mounting resource and population pressures, an official said Monday. China will not change its basic state policy o

China maintains family planning policy: official

BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese official has said the country's family planning policy should be unswervingly adhered to. The policy should be a long-term one and its primary goal is to keep a low birthrate, said Wang Xia, minister in charge o

2015年CRI New Family Planning Policy to Benefit China's Overall Growth: Official

On Thursday, the Communist Party of China announced a plan to abolish the decades-long One-Child Policy, allowing all couples to have two children. The announcement came amid increasing concerns over China's rapidly aging population and shrinking wor