广播电视英语短句 第 284 课：居住在城市-1

Over half the world's people now live in cities. 目前，世界一半以上的人口居住在城市。

The latest "Global Report on Human Settlements" says the historic change took place last year. 最新的“人类居住全球报告”称，去年发生了历史性改变。

The report came out this week from U.N. Habitat, a United Nations agency. 本周，这一报告由联合国人居署推出。

A century ago, less than five percent of all people lived in cities. 一世纪之前， 5% 以下的人口居住在城市。

By the middle of this century it could be seventy percent, or almost six and a half billion people. 到本世纪中，可能为 70% ，即大约 65 亿人口（居住在城市）。