第一篇（英译汉）Passage 1(E---C)
相关的词语 Related Words and Expressions
donor countries 捐赠国
carry out 实施，执行，贯彻
fertility rate 生育率
Population Crisis Committee 人口危机委员会
access to… （接近或进入某地的）通道，方法
enumeration 列出的数字
reflect in… 反应在……
birth control pills 避孕药
contraception 避孕，节育
sterilization 绝育
Some developing countries are making significant progress on family planning according to a private Washington-based group advocating population stabilization. The Population Crisis Committee says the nations are lowering their fertility rate despite of what it is called only moderate increase in the system from donor countries. David Mickerlar assistant has more on the committee's news report on world population. A Population Crisis Committee study finds the availability of family planning services has improved dramatically in the developing world, especially in Africa, since its first report five years ago. One third of the 95 developing countries have significantly strengthened access to birth control services and devices. In Africa that proportion goes up to 1/2. In all, 57 of the third world nations show some improvement in upgrading family planning efforts.
The study's editor Sherry Camp says the most successful countries are generally those with declining fertility rates, the average number of children per woman. The result of the strengthening of family planning programs is partially reflected in the fertility decline. Over the last 25 years or so, some 70 countries have achieved meaningful decline in family-size. Ms Camp sites two factors have made the most difference: the greatest improvement has occurred in the availability of the most highly effective methods of contraception. That is birth control pills, IEDs, contraception, sterilization and also in the over all confidence of the family planning providers.
Those developing countries with family planning practices the Population Crisis Committee considers good, the most highly ranked are: Taiwan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago. But Botswana which joins them has the distinguish of making the most progress of any country in the world since 1987, jumping 49 points on a 100 point scale. Iran did merely as well increasing 48 points to make it the second ranking fairy category. Sherry Camp says the lowest rank nations in general are among the poorest in the world in struggling with social problems and civil unrest, such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Libya, Kampuchea and Laos. But she notices some surprises in that category, Japan and Ireland also rank the poor and a number of wealthy countries including the U.S. and Great Britain just barely made it into the good category with scores in the mid 70s. It's ironic that the developing countries are moving strongly to strengthen family planning efforts while some developed countries like the U.S. actually move backward in support of both domestic and international family planning efforts.
