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Pollution has become a social problem in today's world because people in an increasingly populated and industrialized world are polluting the environment in which they live.The growing population increases the demands for the world s limited water and land.This rise in population is followed by more and more people's desire for a better standard of living.So the greater need for electricity,water and merchandise will inevitably bring about more waste materials that need to be disposed of.The problem has raised increasing concern for creatures and their environment.
1.人口越来越多,社会也越来越工业化:此处可以不用翻译为比较句,可用increasingly“越来越多”来表示,译为anincreasingly populated and industrialized world。
2.人口增长增加了人们对世界上有限的水和土地的需求:“…的需求可用the demands for...表示。与demand搭配的常用短语还有:market demand(市场需求、domesticdemand(内需、aesthetic demand (审美需求)expandthe domestic demand(扩大内需)。
3.这个问题已经引起人们对生物及其环境的日益关注:“引起对...的关注可用raise concern for".表示。concern常与其他词构成词组,例如:arouse/draw public concern(起公共关注)。