大学英语作文:社会人口问题 Social Issues: Population
The table shows the changes in ethnic population groups in Atlantis City over a twenty year period. Overall, the city population grew significantly and all ethnic groups grew in size, but the percentages of each group changed considerably. There was a massive reduction in the percentage of Caucasians, which decreased by about a third, from 68% in 1988, to 59% in 1998 and 47% in 2008, although their numbers increased from 60,000 to 72,000. The Indian population stayed relatively stable for the first decade and then more than trebled from 2,500 to 8,500, in the decade from 1998 to 2008, even though it remained the smallest group in the city. The polynesians and South East Asians had a similar growth pattern, increasing from 18 and 12 percent respectively in 1988 to 24% and 23% of the population in 2008, although the South East Asian population, which grew from 11,000 in 1988 to 35,000 in 2008, had a greater percentage increase.
该表显示了在一二零年的时间里,亚特兰蒂斯城市人口的变化。总体而言,城市人口增长显着,所有的民族人口规模的增长,但每个组的百分比变化很大。在白种人的比例大幅度减少,从而减少了约三分之一,68% 1988,59% 1998,47% 2008,虽然他们的数量从60000增加到72000。印度人口保持相对稳定的第一个十年,然后超过三倍,从2500到8500,从1998到2008年,尽管它仍然在城市最小的组。波利尼西亚人和南东亚人有相似的增长模式,增加18和12百分之分别在1988年24%和23%的人口在2008年,虽然在东南亚洲人口,增长从11000在1988年到2008年的35000,有一个较大比例的增加。