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Our human population has risen significantly
這時 人類人口大幅增加了
It went from one and three quarters to 2.3 billion just a couple of decades
僅僅二三十年時間 從17.5億增加到了23億
As a boy at the New York Worlds Fair in 1965
1965年 我還是紐約世界博覽會上觀展的一個小男孩
I remember well a large display a tote board depicting the estimated world population of the world
我還記得一件很大的展品一塊動態揭示板上寫有世界人口的估算值
It fascinated me
這讓我很著迷
It was like the anticipation of watching the car's odometer change from 99,999 to 100,000 miles and I say change, I mean it rolls
就像是看到汽車的里程計數字從99,999增加到100,000英里這里數字變化是通過轉動實現的
It was a mechanism in there mileage indicators back then had moving part
這里有一個機制當時的里程計有能夠活動的部件
But unlike a record turntable, you couldn't really use them to make music
不過它同唱片轉盤不同 你不能用它們來播放音樂
For that, if you wanted music, you had to wait for vacuum tubes to warm up
如果你想要音樂 你需要等到真空管變熱
Older reference, it was and you're the younger listeners
老掉牙的笑話 是吧你們年輕聽眾聽不懂
While we were at the Worlds Fair the world's population changed from 2,999,999,999 people in the world to 3 billion 3 billion humans on earth
我們在世博會世界人口從2,999,999,999增長到30億地球上有30億人
Around Halloween of your sophomore year we got to 7 billion, 7 billion people in the world
在你們大二那年的萬圣節世界人口增加到了70億
Today, there are about 129 million humans born every year while about 53 million die every year
如今 每年有大約1.29億人出生但卻只有大約5300萬人死亡
That means there are about two more people on our planet with every passing second
這意味著每一秒中 地球上就大約會多兩個人
