1.历史上，人口过剩的问题从来没有比现在更加突出。

　　Never before in history has the issue of over population been more evident than now.
 

　　2.事实上，我们达到最终的目标还有很长的路要走，但是，取得一些成绩还是可能做到的。

　　We do, in fact,have a long way to go to reach our final goal, but achieving some remains well within the realm of possibility.
 

　　3.一位著名的思想家曾经写道：“对人类最大的威胁是人类自身!”如果事实确实如此，那么，现状应该促使我们对我们未来的生存进行思索了。

　　A famous thinker once wrote that "the greatest threat to mankind is mankind itself!" If this is indeed the case, then the current situation should make us ponder our future existence.
 

　　4.最近，我们经常听到贫富差距扩大了的说法。一些人认为发达世界完全忽略了这个问题。

　　These days we often hear about the widening gap between the rich and poor. Some argue that developed world has totally ignored the problem.
 

　　5.也许当今困扰国家的最危险的现象是遍布各级政府的官员……。

　　Perhaps the most dangerous phenomenon gripping the nation today is official corruption, which is pervasive in all levels of government.
 

　　6.现在，中国面临的两大挑战是保持持续的经济增长和靠世界上仅仅百分之七的可耕地养活仍在增长的12亿人口。尽管遇到的困难很大，中国人无疑会表现出不知疲倦的活力，在两方面都取得巨大成功。

　　The two major challenges facing China today center on maintaining sustained economic growth and feeding its growing population of over 12 billion people with only seven percent of the world's cultivable land. Despite the monumental difficulties involved, Chinese people will undoubtedly exhibit their indefatigable resilience and achieve great success in both regards.

 

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