世界節(jié)假日博覽 第127期:世界人口日

World Population Day is observed annually on July 11. Its aim is to raise awareness of global population problems. The event started in 1989 in response to the world’s population reaching five billion two years earlier. The United Nations Development Programme created the day and has since set up campaigns to warn us of the dangers of overpopulation. These problems include water shortages, food shortages, increased pollution, poverty and wars over scare resources. On World Population Day, the UN and governments around the world run educational campaigns in schools and local communities. It makes people aware of what we need to do so the world can survive with billions more people.
每年的7月11日為世界人口日。目的是喚起人們對(duì)全球人口問題的關(guān)注。1987年，世界人口提前兩年達(dá)到50億，同年設(shè)立世界人口日。該節(jié)日由聯(lián)合國開發(fā)計(jì)劃署理事會(huì)發(fā)起，此后每年設(shè)立宣傳活動(dòng)，警告人們?nèi)丝谶^剩的危險(xiǎn)性。這些問題包括水資源短缺，食物供給不足，污染加重，以及因資源短缺而導(dǎo)致的貧困和戰(zhàn)爭。在這一天，聯(lián)合國以及各國政府將在學(xué)校和當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)展開教育活動(dòng)。為數(shù)十億人口的生存，我們需要行動(dòng)起來。


World Population Day focuses on sustainability and how to improve the lives of all people while protecting the Earth’s resources. Overpopulation refers to the point when the Earth does not have enough resources to feed everybody. Overpopulation can exist even in deserts where very few people live if there aren’t enough resources to sustain them. These resources include clean water, food, shelter, and clean air. There are many reasons why the Earth is becoming overpopulated today. Perhaps the biggest one is advances in medical science. Greater numbers of people have access to better health care and more cures have been found for killer diseases. We need to think more about how we use the Earth’s resources.
世界人口日側(cè)重可持續(xù)發(fā)展，以及如何在保護(hù)地球資源的同時(shí)提高生活質(zhì)量。一旦地球資源無法供給人類需求，那么就出現(xiàn)了人口過剩問題。即使在人口數(shù)量少的沙漠，若資源不足也會(huì)產(chǎn)生人口過剩。資源包括清潔水資源、食品、居所以及清潔空氣。造成今天人口過剩的原因有許多。最主要原因就是先進(jìn)的科學(xué)技術(shù)發(fā)展。享受完善醫(yī)療體系的人口越來越多，許多疾病已不再致命。對(duì)于如何使用自然資源，我們還需要考慮清楚。