The world's population is an important issue. For hundreds of
thousands of years, the human population grew at a low but steadily increasing
rate. Then, in less than last 200 years, the world population went from several
hundreds of millions to more than 6 billion people.
The Earth has certain limitations and in particular, there are
limits to growth of things that consume the Earth resources.
Many people believe that these resources, both the Earth and the
human intellect are endless and population growth can continue and that there
is no danger that we will ever run out of anything. "Yet, many people had
predicted catastrophic shortages of natural resources that would follow,
because of continued population growth. Countries try not to raise this subject
to the public much, because they do not want to raise panic.
Nowadays they have to do something about it before it gets out of
hand. They try to censor it and sometimes lie. Do you know that the USA itself consumes 50 per cent of all electricity produced on the Earth? The population of
the USA is just around 285 millions people. It is an interesting fact.
Overpopulation is like a big magnifying glass making little problems
into big ones.
Overpopulation is destroying our environment, lowering the standard
of living, and generally degrading the quality of life.
Overpopulation also causes more violence, environmental pollution
that reflects on land degradation, tropical forest destruction, global warming
and destruction of coral reefs. 6 billion member society has to get a huge food
infrastructure, so society start producing genetically made food, which is
cheaper than ordinary one but might reflect in the nutrient balance. For
example, in China it is prohibited to have more than one child for a couple.
There is a very dangerous situation in India. By the year 2025 its population
might reach 1.5 billion people.
The planet urgently needs population control. Birth control,
abortion and quotas need to be supported, if the planet is to remain habitable
in the long term.
Every second five people are born and two people die, so there is a
gain of three people. At this rate, the world population is doubling every 40
years and would be: 12 billions in 40 years, 24 billions in 80 years and 48
billions in 120 years. But the Earth could provide food only for 20 billions
people.
Перенаселение
Мировое
население — очень важная тема. В течение сотен тысяч лет население росло
медленно, но с постепенно увеличивающейся скоростью. Затем, менее чем за 200
последних лет, население Земли выросло от нескольких сот миллионов до более 6
миллиардов человек.
Земля
имеет определенные ограничения, в особенности есть ограничения на рост того, что
потребляет ресурсы самой Земли.
Многие
люди считают, что ресурсы как Земли, так и человеческого интеллекта —
неисчерпаемы и прирост населения продолжится, и что никакой опасности того, что
у нас что-либо закончиться — нет. Многие уже предсказывают катастрофическое
уменьшение природных ресурсов, которое будет продолжаться вследствие прироста
населения. Страны пытаются не сильно акцентировать общественное внимание на
этом, так как не хотят поднимать панику.
В
настоящее время они вынуждены что-либо предпринять, прежде чем это выйдет
из-под контроля. Они пытаются скрыть это, иногда лгут. Знаете ли вы, что США
потребляют половину всей вырабатываемой электроэнергии на Земле? Население США
— всего около 285 миллионов человек. Интересный факт.
Перенаселение,
как увеличительное стекло, делает из мелких проблеял — большие.
Перенаселение
разрушает окружающую среду, снижает уровень жизни и, в основном, ухудшает
качество самой жизни.
Перенаселенность
также становится причиной еще большего насилия, загрязнения окружающей среды, которое
отражается на деградации земли, уничтожении тропического леса, глобальном
потеплении, разрушении коралловых рифов. Шестимиллиардное общество должно иметь
огромную продовольственную инфраструктуру, поэтому общество начинает
производить генетически выращенную пищу, которая дешевле обычной, но может
отразиться на балансе питания. Например, в Китае запрещено иметь больше одного
ребенка на семью. Очень опасная ситуация и в Индии. К 2025 году население Индии
может достигнуть 1, 5 миллиарда человек.
Планета
срочно нуждается в контроле за населением. Для того чтобы планета осталась
пригодной для жизни в долгосрочной перспективе, ограничение рождаемости и
аборты должны быть поддержаны.
Каждую
секунду рождаются пять человек, два человека умирают, так что прирост
составляет три человека. С такой скоростью население земного шара удваивается
каждые 40 лет и составит 12 миллиардов через 40 лет, 24 миллиарда — через 80
лет, 48 миллиардов — через 120 лет. Но Земля может обеспечить продовольствием
только 20 миллиардов человек.
Questions:
1.
How many people live on the Earth today?
2. Why is overpopulation an important issue?
3. Does overpopulation hurt our environment?
4. Is it prohibited to have more than three children for a couple in
China?
5. How much time does it take to double the Earth's population?
6. How many people might live in India by the year 2025?
Vocabulary:
overpopulation — перенаселение
to grow (past grew, p.p. grown) — расти, увеличиваться
steadily
— неуклонно, постоянно
to
increase — возрастать, увеличивать(ся); расти
rate
— темп; скорость
to
believe — верить
natural
resources — природные ресурсы
to
raise — повышать, увеличивать
to get out of hand — выйти из-под контроля
to
consume — съедать, поглощать (о еде); потреблять
electricity
— электричество
environment
— окружение, окружающая среда
to
degrade — деградировать, ухудшаться, портиться, приходить в упадок
violence
— жестокость, насилие
pollution
— загрязнение
coral
reef — коралловый риф
huge
— большой, гигантский, громадный, огромный
infrastructure
— инфраструктура
nutrient
— питательный
to
prohibit — запрещать
urgently
— срочно
abortion
— искусственный аборт
to remain — оставаться
to double — удваивать
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