| 歌曲 | 第十五期 7-1 (7/7) |
| 歌手 | 英语听力 |
| 专辑 | 四级听力天天练 |
| 50 years ago, most people lived in rural areas. But the world has changed. By some point next year, more than half of all people will live in cities, for the first time in history. So says the most recent estimate from the United Nations. City life is not always a bad thing, but many experts worry about this process of urbanization. A new report says it is having a huge effect on human health and the quality of the environment. Of the 3 billion people who live in cities now, the report says, about 1 billion live in unplanned settlements. | |
| 50年前，大部分人都生活在农村。但是世界已经发生了变化。到明年的某些时候，超过一大半的人都会居住在城市中，这将是历史上的第一次。这是美国最近的一项评估结果。城市生活不一定总是不好，但是很多专家这样的城市化进程表示了担忧。一项新的报告显示城市化已经对人类的健康和环境质量产生了巨大的影响。这份报告显示：在所有居住在城市里的30亿人来说，大约有10亿是处于居无定所的情况。 |
| 50 years ago, most people lived in rural areas. But the world has changed. By some point next year, more than half of all people will live in cities, for the first time in history. So says the most recent estimate from the United Nations. City life is not always a bad thing, but many experts worry about this process of urbanization. A new report says it is having a huge effect on human health and the quality of the environment. Of the 3 billion people who live in cities now, the report says, about 1 billion live in unplanned settlements. | |
| 50 nián qián, dà bù fèn rén dōu shēng huó zài nóng cūn. dàn shì shì jiè yǐ jīng fā shēng le biàn huà. dào míng nián de mǒu xiē shí hòu, chāo guò yī dà bàn de rén dōu huì jū zhù zài chéng shì zhōng, zhè jiāng shì lì shǐ shàng de dì yī cì. zhè shì měi guó zuì jìn de yī xiàng píng gū jié guǒ. chéng shì shēng huó bù yí dìng zǒng shì bù hǎo, dàn shì hěn duō zhuān jiā zhè yàng de chéng shì huà jìn chéng biǎo shì le dān yōu. yī xiàng xīn de bào gào xiǎn shì chéng shì huà yǐ jīng duì rén lèi de jiàn kāng hé huán jìng zhì liàng chǎn shēng le jù dà de yǐng xiǎng. zhè fèn bào gào xiǎn shì: zài suǒ yǒu jū zhù zài chéng shì lǐ de 30 yì rén lái shuō, dà yuē yǒu 10 yì shì chǔ yú jū wú dìng suǒ de qíng kuàng. |