11. | The proportion of the population still speaking the dialect is very small. |
| 只有少数居民仍使用这种方言。
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12. | What is the proportion of men to women in the population ? |
| 人口中男女的比例是多少?
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13. | Army personnel are often forbidden to fraternize with the civilian population . |
| 军职人员常被禁止与平民百姓友好往来。
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14. | Scientists have calculated that the world's population will double by the end of the century. |
| 科学家已推算出世界人口在本世纪末将要增加一倍。
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15. | Disease has decimated the population . |
| 疾病使大部分人死亡。
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16. | The population in this area has increased fourfold. |
| 该地区的人口已增加到四倍。
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17. | The population is thin in this part of the country. |
| 该国的那一地区人口稀少。
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18. | War and disease had thinned the population . |
| 战争和疾病已使人口减少。
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19. | The population as a whole is/are in favour of the reform. |
| 全体人民普遍拥护改革。
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20. | The working population of the country is growing smaller. |
| 这个国家的劳力正在减少。
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