Consumption of natural resources rises dramatically every year as the human population increases and standards of living rise.
随着人口的增長和生活水準的提高，自然資源的消耗每年都在急劇增加。
consumption/kənˈsʌmpʃn/ n.消費，消耗。dramatically/drəˈmætɪkli/ adv.劇烈地，明顯地；戲劇性地。standard of living生活水準。
Between 1950 and 1990 the world population doubled to 5.3 billion, with nearly 80 percent living in developing, or poorer, nations. The large developed nations, however, are responsible for the greatest consumption of natural resources because of their high standards of living.
從1950年到1990年，世界人口翻了一番，達到5人。其中近80%生活在開發中國家或更貧窮的國家。然而，大型發達國家由于其較高的生活水準，對自然資源的消耗是最大的。
double v.加倍。be responsible for對……負責；是……的原因。We should be responsible for their own diet and health.我們應對自己的飲食和健康負責。
Conservation education and the thoughtful use of resources is necessary in the developed countries to reduce natural-resource consumption.
在發達國家，為了減少自然資源的消耗，保護教育和合理利用資源是必要的。
conservation/ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃ(ə)n/ n.保護，儲存。developed countries發達國家。developing countries開發中國家。
To protect natural resources from pollution, individuals, industries, and governments have many obligations.
為了保護自然資源不受污染，個人、工業和政府都有很多義務。
protect from 使免受，保護。It's important to protect the skin from the sun.保護皮膚不受日曬是很重要的。
These include prohibiting or limiting wastewater and airborne pollutants, preventing the production of radioactive materials, and regulating drilling and transportation of petroleum products.
這些措施包括禁止或限制廢水和空氣污染物，防止放射性物質的生産，以及規範石油産品的鑽探和運輸。
wastewater廢水。airborne pollutant空氣污染物。petroleum石油。
Failure to do so results in contaminated air, soil, rivers, plants, and animals. For example, if governments required that all oil tankers be fitted with double-layered frames, the damages to fisheries and wildlife from the many oil spills of the 20th century may have been reduced.
如果不這樣做，就會導緻空氣、土壤、河流、植物和動物受到污染。 例如，如果政府要求所有的油輪都安裝雙層架構，那麼20世紀的許多石油洩漏對漁業和野生動物造成的損害可能就會減少。
result in導緻，結果是。Such a war could result in the use of chemical and biological weapons.這樣一場戰争可能導緻生化武器的使用。
oil tanker油輪；油罐車。fishery漁業。wildlife n.野生動植物。spill n.溢出；溢出量。