外研版初中英语八年级上册Module 9 Unit 3 随堂小练笔

     The ladies' club(女子俱乐部)always had a meeting every Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about important things. After that, they had tea and asked questions.

     One Friday, a man came and talked to the club about the food problem. “①There is not enough food in the world for everybody.” he said, “More than half of the people in the world are hungry and when they get more food, they have more babies, so they never stop__________② (be) hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute, day and night. What are we going to do about it?” He waited for a few seconds. Then one of the ladies said, “Well,③我们何不找到那个女人,阻止她?”

    In the past, people worried a lot about the (增长) of the world population (然而), there is a new (问题) at present. That is a too low (出生) rate in the past ten years. This happens in both developed and developing countries. How does this happen? There are some (原因): Firstly, many (政府) support the family planning policy to reduce the population growth, and most of them have made great progress(进步) . Secondly, more people get (结婚) late. They want to succeed in business and have little time to think about marriage. Thirdly, many couples like to stay in a two-person world. They don't want to have (宝宝) . Lastly, more women go out to have higher education or to do more important work. They would rather go to work than have children. The countries with (更少) births than deaths could face a serious shortage(短缺) of young workers in the future. They must think of ways to (解决) it.