BBC News July 11th
The United Nations has appealed for much greater investment in family planning to help reduce poverty and slow down population growth. The UN estimates say the world's population will grow by more than a third by the year 2050. A growth rate it says is unsustainable. Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva. Over 200 million women, many in the developing world, don't have access to contraceptives. Hundreds of thousands of women die in childbirth each year, or from botched illegal abortions. And women are crucial to the world's food production. In Africa and Asia, they grow over 80% of crops. Access to contraceptives would give women the chance to plan their families, and the resulting slower population growth would, the UN says, ease pressure on food's supplies and reduce damage to the environment. World News from the BBC. The World Bank says China's spearheading an unprecedented amount of investment into infrastructure projects throughout Africa. The bank says China is developing finance deals with more than 35 African countries, including 10 major hydropower projects. The report says China has benefited from its investment deals, importing more than $22 billion worth of natural resources from Africa in 2006. 联合国请求给于家庭计划法案更多投资，这将有助于降低贫穷率，减缓人口增长。联合国统计，在2050年，世界人口奖增长三分之一以上。这个人口增长率是令人难以接受的。Imogen Foulkes在日内瓦报导。 超过二百万妇女，大多数在发展中国家，不能接触到避孕用具。每年都有成千上万个妇女在生孩子的时候或是被非法堕胎的糟蹋而丧生。妇女对世界食物的生产起到决定性作用。在非洲或亚洲，她们能够栽培80%的农作物。对避孕用具的接触能够给妇女机会去打理她们的家庭，并且减缓人口增长率，减轻食品供应紧张局面并降低环境破坏。 BBC全球新闻。 世界银行表示中国率先在整个非洲大陆的基础设施建设上投入了史无前例的资金量。银行说中国正与35个以上的非洲国家进行金融交易，其中包括正与35个以上的非洲国家进行金融交易，其中包括10个主要水力发电项目。报告指出中国已经从投资贸易关系中获利，在2006年从非洲进口超过价值220亿自然资源。 这个。。今天又是一片红。。连读还是弄不好。。还有N多生词。。。泪奔。。。