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hina, is expected to grow in the year 2025 to billion residents. The projected population for all of Asia in the year 2025 is billion.In Africa, the UN Population Fund reported counted million residents, with billion anticipated in 2025.Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country with million residents. Egypt is next with million, followed by Ethiopia with million, the Democratic Republic of Congo with million, and South Africa with million. Nigeria, the DRC and Ethiopia are expected to double their population in one generation by the year 2025.The European continent counts million residents, with Russia still the most populous country at million, though its population growth is declining. Germany is next with million.Europe, according to the UN report is the sole continent whose population is expected to decline, dropping to million residents in the year 2025.North America, with the United States and its million residents counts million people, though the number is expected to rise to 369 million in 2025.3.視譯下列漢語(yǔ)短文(漢譯英): 2000年第五次全國(guó)人口普查主要數(shù)據(jù) 一、總?cè)丝? 全國(guó)總?cè)丝跒?2,9533萬(wàn)人??谧g教學(xué)要集中一段時(shí)間專(zhuān)門(mén)進(jìn)行數(shù)字口譯訓(xùn)練。s output of summer grain declined by million tons due to low temperature and rainy days during the growing period.漢語(yǔ)增/減百分?jǐn)?shù)的英譯還有一些其它表示法,但不管用什么方法,英語(yǔ)的增/減百分?jǐn)?shù)都是凈增/減數(shù)。The area of soil erosion in China has been increasing by 10,000 square km. annually to million square km. at present, accounting for nearly 38 percent of the total land area.由于低溫多雨的影響, 我國(guó)夏糧減產(chǎn)1460萬(wàn)噸。In 1998, China received million tourists from overseas, up by percent. Ine of foreign exchange from tourism reached million US dollars, up percent.4) 增/減具體數(shù)字的英譯也可用 “by” +具體數(shù)字來(lái)表示例如:我國(guó)水土流失面積每年以10,000平方公里的速度在擴(kuò)大。As a result of Asian financial crises, China’s total volume of import and export in 1998 dropped by percent over the previous year, of which the volume of import went down by percent, and the value of export went up by percent.3) 增/減率be …% increase/ rise /growth… be …% decrease/drop /decline…an increase / a rise / a growth rate of …%a decrease / drop / decline of …%be …% up /down …be up / down…%例如:1999年,中國(guó)外貿(mào)出口達(dá)1949億美元,%。University and college enrollment in 1999 increased by percent over the previous year. (2) 同1997年相比,%;%。(6) In America, the number of people engaged in farming as their principle of occupation fell to 961,560 in 1997, down percent from 1992, while the number between (the age of) 25 to 34 fell 28 percent.在美國(guó)以農(nóng)業(yè)為主要職業(yè)的人數(shù)1997下降到961,560人,%,而年齡在25到34歲的人數(shù)下降了28%。(5) In the fiscal year of 2000, ending on March 30, export slumped percent in Taiwan, 10 percent in Thailand, percent in South Korea and percent in Hong Kong. However, the Chinese mainland posted a respectable percent rate in the first quarter.在3月30日剛剛結(jié)束的2000財(cái)政年度,%,泰國(guó)10%、%、%。 Gamble just raised prices on its paper products by as much as 8%.(美國(guó)) 普羅科特—甘布爾公司剛剛把他們的紙制品價(jià)格提高了8%。而同期最接近耐克的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手銳步只上漲了9%。s sales and profits grew 71 percent and 80 percent respectively;meanwhile, Nike39。s sales dropped 18 percent and profits sank by more than 40 percent as a result of petition with Reebok.與“銳步”鞋業(yè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的結(jié)果,從1986到1987年, 耐克(鞋)的銷(xiāo)售額下降了18%,利潤(rùn)下降了40%多。In 1998,the targets of restructuring governmental institutions were met. Departments under the State Council were reduced from 40 to 29 and personnel were cut nearly by half.6. 增/減百分比的口譯“增/減了百分之幾”英語(yǔ)和漢語(yǔ)的含義一致,都表示凈增或凈減百分?jǐn)?shù)。The personnel of the pany have been reduced nearly by onethird and the expenses by onefourth.(3) 1998年,政府機(jī)構(gòu)改革目標(biāo)實(shí)現(xiàn)。例如:(1) 由于水災(zāi),去年的收成減少了三成。s total grain output increased from 110 million tons in 1949 to 510 million tons in 1998, or an increase of over times, with an average annual growth rate of percent, times that of the population growth.(5) 1997年, 全國(guó)高等學(xué)校在校生總數(shù)為608萬(wàn)人, 其中研究生18萬(wàn)人, 。The per capita living space for urban residents in China expanded from