我們國(guó)家(中國(guó))如今面臨的緊迫問題之一是克服城鄉(xiāng)收入水平之間的差距。
12. One of the most serious problems many people talk about centers on the lack of adequate housing space .
許多人談?wù)摰囊粋€(gè)最嚴(yán)重的問題集中在缺乏足夠的居住空間。
13. Perhaps the most dangerous phenomenon gripping the nation today is official corruption , which is pervasive in all levels of government .
也許當(dāng)今困擾國(guó)家的最危險(xiǎn)的現(xiàn)象是遍布各級(jí)政府的官員****。
14. Inflation is yet another new and bitter truth we must learn to face .
通貨膨脹又是一個(gè)我們必須學(xué)會(huì)面對(duì)的痛苦的新情況。
15. The rapid expansion of urban areas has in many cases encroached on valuable cultivatable land , and led to a general recognition that development must not be carried at the cost of agriculture . The government has attached greater importance to the problem and an increasing number of redundant projects are being terminated .
城區(qū)的迅速擴(kuò)大在很多情況下侵占了寶貴的可耕地，使人們普遍認(rèn)識(shí)到發(fā)展不能以犧牲農(nóng)業(yè)為代價(jià)。政府更加重視這個(gè)問題，越來越多的不必要的工程被終止。
16. There is a growing worldwide awareness of the need for strengthened environmental protection .
世界上越來越多的人認(rèn)識(shí)到加強(qiáng)環(huán)境保護(hù)的必要性。
17. There has been a dramatic increase in the spread of HIV/AIDS in recent years , with a new study projecting that the dreaded disease will affect over 30 million people worldwide by the year 2005 .
近年來，艾滋病蔓延的幅度進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)大，一項(xiàng)新的研究預(yù)測(cè)，到2005年，世界上有超過三千萬(wàn)人將感染這一可怕的疾病。
18. Working with the disabled cannot help but leave one impressed with their indefatigable desire .
與殘疾人一起工作使一個(gè)人不得不對(duì)他們堅(jiān)持不懈的渴望印象深刻。
19. Perhaps no issues are more controversial than euthanasia and abortion , both of which involve taking the life of a human being .
也許沒有問題比安樂死和人工流產(chǎn)更有爭(zhēng)議性，它們都涉及結(jié)束一個(gè)人的生命。
20. Never before in history has the issue of overpopulation been more evident than now .
歷史上，人口過剩的問題從來沒有比現(xiàn)在更加突出。
