英语演讲讲稿--Global population.doc

The NEWS
Good moning,everyone. The topic of my speech today is  the latest news about the global population. Let’s see a video first. After this video,do you know what’s the population now?
OK,Next let me introduce the news.A baby born in India has been declared the world's seven billionth person by child rights group Plan International. Baby Nargis was born at 07:25 local time in Mall village in India's Uttar Pradesh state on October 31th.
Plan International says Nargis has been chosen symbolically as it’s not possible to know where exactly the seven billionth baby is born.
Earlier on Monday, the Philippines also declared a symbolic seven billionth baby, a girl called Danica was delivered just two minutes before midnight on Sunday in a Manila hospital. Weighing 2.5kg,Danica was chosen by the United Nations to be one of several children around the world who will symbolically represent the global population milestone.
No matter who is the real seven billionth occupant,the babys’ birth are significant to mother and father.The United Nations has declared October 31 as Seven Billion day - the date when the global population is estimated to reach seven billion.
However,as the UN secretary-general, ban ki-moon was not ready to embrace this baby because the baby’s birthday is really not a pleasant day for us human-beings. “Plenty of food, but still a billion people going to bed hungry every night. Many people enjoy luxurious lifestyles, but still many people are impoverished” he said in an interview with Time magazine.
1、It's just 12 years since the 6 billionth was born, and only a little over two centuries ago that we reached the first billion. With about two babies being born every second, the world’s population will hit 9 billion in the next 40 years according to UN estimates. Some experts have said 9 billion is the upper limit of human population that this world can support. So, what now? Some people say emerging superpowers like China and India with the two largest populations and demands for resources may be going to war in the next 50 to 100 years.
2、As the world's population reaches seven billion, China says it will adhere to its family planning policy to maintain a low reproduction rate. Right now it seeems that only the Chinese are capable of understanding the seriousness of the over population issue. Australians seem to want more people to populate their land. What they don't seem to realize is that every child leaves a carbon footprint. According to a research at Oregon State University, the average American mother leaves a carbon footprint of 450 years per child. This is a disaster for climate change.
Freshwater is getting more scarce. Arable land, 10 to 20% of the planet's land mass, is disappearing through erosion at the rate of tens of thousands of square miles per year.
Organizations and individuals have been warning us about the dangers of overpopulation. A little over a year ago, Science Daily noted that it was the major world problem-- with climate change second. It is certainly recommended that people familiarize themselves with all of the problems of overpopulation.
3、The population is already out of hand.we're in serious trouble now.while someone replys:Don't worry. This will all be fix by the year 2012 when the earth is coming to the end. Then the earth can start over with animals ruling it once more and humans cease to exist and stop polluting the earth.This viewpoint is very interesting but worths deep thinking.I hope everyone knows that problem.
That’s all.Thank you for your listening.