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  • Paris (AFP) - In just over seven months, humanity hasused up a full year's allotment of natural resources such as water, food andclean air -- the quickest rate yet, according to a new report.

    巴黎(法新社)——根据一份最新的报道,在仅仅七个多月的时间里,人类已经用完了一整年自然资源的配额,比如水、食物和洁净的空气。这是有史以来最快的速度。

    The point of "overshoot" will officially bereached on Monday, said environmental group Global Footprint Network -- fivedays earlier than last year.

    环保组织 Global Footprint Network表示,周一就达到“过度”的临界点,比去年早了五天。

    "We continue to grow our ecological1 debt,"said Pascal Canfin of green group WWF, reacting to the annual update.

    作为对年度环境数据的回应,环保组织WWF的Pascal Canfin说到:“我们欠大自然的账单会不断增加。”

    "From Monday August 8, we will be living oncredit because in eight months we would have consumed the natural capital thatour planet can renew in a year."

    从8月8日周一开始,我们就活在透支的状态,因为在八个月里我们用完了地球一年才能再生的自然资源。

    The gloomy milestone2 is marked every year on what isknown as Earth Overshoot Day.

    这个悲伤的里程碑般的日子被定义为每年的“地球超支日”。

    In 1993, the day fell on October 21, in 2003 onSeptember 22 and last year on August 13.

    1993年“地球超支日”是10月21日,2003年是9月22日,而去年是8月13日。

    In 1961, according to the network, humankind used onlyabout three-quarters of Earth's annual resource allotment. By the 1970s, economicand population growth sent Earth into annual overshoot.

    根据Global Footprint Network所说,1961年,人类一年只用了四分之三的自然资源配额。而到了20世纪70年代,经济和人口增长把地球推到了年度的自然资源超支。

    "This is possible because we emit more carbondioxide into the atmosphere than our oceans and forests can absorb, and wedeplete fisheries and harvest forests more quickly than they can reproduce andregrow," the network said in a statement.

    Global Footprint Network在一份声明中说到:“这是有可能的,因为我们向大气中排放更多的二氧化碳,而海洋和森林无法全部吸收,我们消耗渔牧业所得的速度也超过了它们生产繁殖的速度。”

    To calculatethe date for Earth Overshoot Day, the group crunches3 UN data on thousands ofeconomic sectors4 such as fisheries, forestry5, transport and energy production.

    为了计算出地球超支日的具体日期,联合国数据组研究了成千上万的数据,比如渔业、林业、交通和能源生产。

    Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions6, it said, arenow the fastest-growing contributor to ecological overshoot, making up 60percent of humanity's demands on nature .

    数据组说,全球变暖的温室气体排放是导致生态超载的最快成长因素,构成了人类对自然需求的60%。

    According to the UN, the number of people on Earth isforecast to grow from 7.3 billion today to 11.2 billion by the end of thecentury -- piling further pressure on our planet and its finite resources.

    据联合国估计,到本世纪末,地球上的人类会从目前的73亿增长到112亿,这将给地球及其有限的资源带来更大的压力。

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    1 ecological [ˌi:kəˈlɒdʒɪkl] IrRxX   第8级
    adj.生态的,生态学的
    参考例句:
    • The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone. 这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
    • Each animal has its ecological niche. 每种动物都有自己的生态位.
    2 milestone [ˈmaɪlstəʊn] c78zM   第9级
    n.里程碑;划时代的事件
    参考例句:
    • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema. 事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
    • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries. 我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
    3 crunches [krʌntʃiz] 4712ffca3e3e2b512bff28945bcb905b   第9级
    n.(突发的)不足( crunch的名词复数 );需要做出重要决策的困难时刻;紧要关头;嘎吱的响声v.嘎吱嘎吱地咬嚼( crunch的第三人称单数 );嘎吱作响;(快速大量地)处理信息;数字捣弄
    参考例句:
    • I can't bear the way she crunches the sugar. 我简直看不惯她嚼糖的那副样子。 来自辞典例句
    • Crunches with a twisting motion (to hit obliques) are excellent. 做仰卧起坐时加上转体动作更好。 来自互联网
    4 sectors ['sektəs] 218ffb34fa5fb6bc1691e90cd45ad627   第7级
    n.部门( sector的名词复数 );领域;防御地区;扇形
    参考例句:
    • Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    • Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    5 forestry [ˈfɒrɪstri] 8iBxk   第9级
    n.森林学;林业
    参考例句:
    • At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前,我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
    • Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
    6 emissions [ɪˈmɪʃənz] 1a87f8769eb755734e056efecb5e2da9   第7级
    排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
    参考例句:
    • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
    • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

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