LOS ANGELES, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Air pollution poses a threat to the health of about 154 million Americans -- or more than half of the U.S. population, the American Lung Association (ALA) said on Wednesday. The air is so polluted in some areas that...
[00:03.25]Unit 24 Society Language Awareness 9 [00:09.27]Are Societies Ageing Too Fast? [00:13.10]An ageing society is one [00:15.03]in which the population of people [00:16.83]over the age of 60 is increasing. [00:19.73]The global population at pres...
Alice: Hello, I'm AliceFinn: And I'm Finn.Alice: And this is 6 Minute English! This week were talking about populationgrowth and the effects it might have on the world. At the moment itsestimated that there are about 7 billion people on the planet. F...
New census figures for the Midwest U.S. state of Michigan show dramatic population declines. Michigan was the only state in the 2010 census to lose people. Its biggest city, Detroit, once the fourth largest in the nation, is now the 18th largest. Tha...
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 worlds population reaching five billion two years earlier. The United Nations Development...
The worlds population is getting bigger and bigger. Theres a population explosion in some countries. Im not sure if this is good or bad. The Earth can only support a limited number of people. One day, the worlds population will be too big to feed eve...
Alice: Hello! Im Alice and this is 6 Minute English. Im joined today by Abdu. Hi Abdu. Abdu: Hi Alice. Alice: Today were talking about ageing populations, pensions and retirement. Im going to start by asking you Abdu what age do you expect to retire?...
据新华社报道,十二五(2011-2015)计划期末,我国人口总量将达到 13.9亿左右,城镇人口将首次超过农村人口。60岁及以上老年人口在十二五期间将年均净增800万,并在2015年突破2亿。上世纪8...
China's one-child policy combined with the preference for sons has skewed the population toward males. New research showing a strong correlation between that sex imbalance and savings rates offers some unexpected insights for financial services firms...
According to the 2010 World Population Data Sheet, there will be fewer workers to support an aging population in the coming decades. The booming population growth of the past century has slowed, but improving health conditions and stubbornly high bir...