【正文】 year. That means the increase is about 80 million per year. By 2024, the population is expected to be around 8 billion people. 世界的人口在正在增長(zhǎng)。世界上有70億人，在2000年時(shí)。%每年的速率增長(zhǎng)。這意味著8000萬(wàn)人每年的增長(zhǎng)。到2024年時(shí)，人口有望達(dá)到80億左右。The growth rate used to be higher. In the last 1960, the rate of growth was about 2%. Since then, the growth rate has declined. It’s estimated that the growth rate will be less than 1% by 2020. By the year 2050, the growth rate should be even less. 以前的增長(zhǎng)速度更高。在19世紀(jì)60年代末，人口增長(zhǎng)率為2%。在那之后，增長(zhǎng)率開始下降。據(jù)估計(jì)，增長(zhǎng)率會(huì)在2020年少于1%，2050年時(shí)，增長(zhǎng)率會(huì)更低。Even with the declining growth rate, the population would continue to grow. But it will grow at a slower rate. In the past 15 years, the world’s population has more than doubled. It is doubled from around 3 billion in 1960 to more than 7 billion in 2011.即便是一個(gè)不斷下降的出生率，人口仍然持續(xù)增長(zhǎng)。但增長(zhǎng)的比率在變小。在過(guò)去15年中，世界的人口已經(jīng)達(dá)到了兩倍，從1960年的30億到2011年的70億。The rate of growth varies by country. The growth rate in India is more than twice than that of china. And the growth rate in Nigeria, which is Africa, is more than twice than India’s growth rate. Russia, one the other hand, has had negative growth rate in some years. 增長(zhǎng)率因國(guó)家的不同而不同。印度的增長(zhǎng)率是中國(guó)的2倍。非洲的尼日利亞的增長(zhǎng)率是印度的兩倍有多。俄羅斯，正相反，在某些年份有負(fù)的增長(zhǎng)率。When the country has a negative growth rate, its population is decreasing. L4 Unit 14 vocabulary 名人和性格Cofounder of apple, this entrepreneur was a major figure in the puter industry. He was selfcenter and difficult to work for, but he led the development of many great products. He died of cancer when he was just 56 years old.蘋果的創(chuàng)始人，這個(gè)企業(yè)家是電腦行業(yè)的主要任務(wù)。他是自我中心的、難以相處的，但是他引領(lǐng)了偉大產(chǎn)品發(fā)展。他因?yàn)榘┌Y而死，死的時(shí)候才56歲。Jack Ma is one of the richest and most famous men in china. He es from a poor family and failed his college entrance exam twice. Despite of many failures, he has built one of the world’s largest internet panies. David Beckham is one of world’s richest and famous athletes. he started playing professional football when he was just 17. Much of his successful at an athlete, is because he practices hard than many other players.馬云是中國(guó)最富有、最著名的人之一。他來(lái)自于一個(gè)貧窮家庭，并且在高考失利兩次。盡管有很多失敗，他已經(jīng)創(chuàng)立了世界最大的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司之一。大衛(wèi)貝克漢姆是世界上最富裕最出名的運(yùn)動(dòng)員，他在他17歲的時(shí)候開始踢職業(yè)足球。他作為運(yùn)動(dòng)員的成功，是因?yàn)樗绕渌\(yùn)動(dòng)員練習(xí)的更努力。As a young girl in Pakistan, Malala became famous for her writing some women education. In 2012, she was shot in the head and nearly killed. She survived the injury and became the world’s most famous teenager. 作為巴基斯坦的年輕女孩，馬拉拉因?yàn)樗秊榕越逃龏^筆疾書而出名。在2012年，她被射中腦子，幾近死亡。她從傷病中活了下來(lái)，成為了世界上最著名的未成年人。Born in 1942, Stephen Hocking is one of the world’s most famous scientists. When he was 23, he was diagnosed with AIS, a rare disease of the nerves. Because of his disease, he is unable to walk and talk. 出生于1942年，史蒂芬霍金是世界上最出名的科學(xué)家之一。當(dāng)他23歲時(shí)，他被診斷為AIS，一種稀少的神經(jīng)疾病。因?yàn)樗募膊?，他不能走路和說(shuō)話。Shy people are quiet and usually unfortable around other people. They generally dislike going to social events such as party. It’s often difficult to make friend with shy person because they won’t open up. 害羞的人非常安靜，在人群中經(jīng)常感到不自在。他們總體上不喜歡去社交場(chǎng)合比如說(shuō)派對(duì)。很難與害羞的人交朋友因?yàn)樗麄儾粫?huì)敞開心扉。Outgoing people are enjoying being with other people and are fortable in social situations. They are friendly and pleasant to be with。 though sometime they cannot be trusted. Selfcenter people like to be the center of attention. They like people to look at them and pay attention to them. Selfcenter people often talk too much and don’t listen enough. 開朗的人享受于其他人相處，在社交場(chǎng)合很自在。他們很友善，和他們相處很愉快。盡管有時(shí)他們不能被相信。自我為中心的人喜歡在大家的注視中。他們喜歡人們看他們，并且注意他們。自我為中心的人經(jīng)常說(shuō)太多話，而聽的不夠。Selfish and greedy people don’t share things with others. They take things for themselves and always want more. People who are responsible and trustworthy, are important in almost any situation. They can be depended on to get things done. These people can be trusted. 自私和貪婪的人不與他人分享東西。他們喜歡為自己拿東西，并想要更多。負(fù)責(zé)人的和值得信任的人，在任何場(chǎng)合都很重要。他們可以被依賴并完成任務(wù)。這些人可以被信任。L4 Unit 14 dialogue 女朋友Hey, Steven, you know I’m your friend, right. Sure, I know that. What are you trying to say?I’m sorry to say this. But I think you’re making a fool of yourselves.How am i make a fool of myselfYour girlfriend is taking advantage of you.Taking advantaging of me?Yes, I think so. She just using you.So, maybe she is. But I don’t mind. Even if she is using me, it’s ok. I’m using her too.What do you mean. Aren’t you in love with her?Yes, I’m in love with her. But that doesn’t mean that I’m not using her too.I don’t understand. What do you mean.Maybe I’m using her because I enjoy being in love. I can’t imagine life without her. Even if she hurts me sometimes, I love her. Do you trust her. Yes, I trust. She tells me what’s important to her. She’s honest with me. She has never lied to me about anything important. Are you honest with her?Yes, we are honest with each other, even when it hurts. And because we’re honest with each other, we trust each other. Ok, so you don’t think you’re being taken advantage of. No, I don’t, as long as she is honest with me. The day she isn’t honest with me, will be the end of our relationship. And when that happens, my heart will break. But until then, I’m her man. Ok, I think I understand. I didn’t think you knew what was going on.I’m as stupid as my look, my friend. Being in love with her, makes my life exiting.Well, I hope you’re right. 1. 若不給自己設(shè)限，則人生中就沒(méi)有限制你發(fā)揮的藩籬。2. 若不是心寬似海，哪有人生風(fēng)平浪靜。在紛雜的塵世里，為自己留下一片純靜的心靈空間，不管是潮起潮落，也不管是陰晴圓缺，你都可以免去浮躁，義無(wú)反顧，勇往直前，輕松自如地走好人生路上的每一步3. 花一些時(shí)間，總會(huì)看清一些事。用一些事情，總會(huì)看清一些人。有時(shí)候覺(jué)得自己像個(gè)神經(jīng)病。既糾結(jié)了自己，又打擾了別人。努力過(guò)后，才知道許多事情，堅(jiān)持堅(jiān)持，就過(guò)來(lái)了。4. 歲月是無(wú)情的，假如你丟給它的是一片空白，它還給你的也是一片空白。歲月是有情的，假如你奉獻(xiàn)給她的是一些色彩，它奉獻(xiàn)給你的也是一些色彩。你必須努力，當(dāng)有一天驀然回首時(shí)，你的回憶里才會(huì)多一些色彩斑斕，少一些蒼白無(wú)力。只有你自己才能把歲月描畫成一幅難以忘懷的人生畫卷。