29.在最初的3年間，即1990-1993年間，中國(guó)的咖啡總消費(fèi)量只增長(zhǎng)了32萬(wàn)杯，與美國(guó)180萬(wàn)杯的增長(zhǎng)形成鮮明對(duì)比。

    During the three years from 1990 to 1993, the total coffee consumption in China increased by only 320 thousand cups as compared so strikingly with that in the US which was 1.8 million cups.

    30.美國(guó)咖啡消費(fèi)量在1996年出現(xiàn)大幅下降，從1993年的1094萬(wàn)杯下降到980萬(wàn)杯，而同一時(shí)期內(nèi)，中國(guó)的咖啡消費(fèi)量則從680萬(wàn)杯猛增到1298萬(wàn)杯。

    The US coffee consumption began to drop substantially in 1996, decreasing from 10.94 million cups in 1993 to 9.8 million cups. However, during the same period of time, China’s coffee consumption rocketed from 6.8 million cups to 12.98 million cups.

    31.與美國(guó)相比，中國(guó)咖啡消費(fèi)量最大的增長(zhǎng)發(fā)生在2006年，超過(guò)美國(guó)1.5億杯。

    The biggest increase in China’s coffee consumption occurred in 2006, 150 million cups more than that of US.

    32.當(dāng)美國(guó)咖啡消費(fèi)量達(dá)到1億杯時(shí)，中國(guó)只有240萬(wàn)杯的消費(fèi)量。

    When US coffee consumption had hit 100 million cups, that of China had only 2.4 million cups.

    33.非洲人口在17世紀(jì)連續(xù)出現(xiàn)了5次大幅下降，從最初的8000萬(wàn)下降到了最后的4200萬(wàn)。

    The population of Africa experienced five substantial drops in the 1600s, falling from the original 80 million to 42 million.

    34.19世紀(jì)，美洲人口飛速增長(zhǎng)，增幅超過(guò)了300%。

    In the 1800s, America experienced an explosive population growth and the growth rate exceeded 300%.

    35.我們看到，美國(guó)人口從5500萬(wàn)增長(zhǎng)到了1.3億，增幅超過(guò)任何一個(gè)歐洲國(guó)家。

    We find that the US population increased from 55 million to 130 million, a growth rate higher than that of any European country.

    36.雖然進(jìn)入20世紀(jì)后美國(guó)人口增長(zhǎng)速度明顯放緩，然而也要遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高于任何一個(gè)歐洲國(guó)家的增長(zhǎng)率的。

    Though the population growth rate of America slowed down obviously in the 20th century, it was still much higher than that of any European country.

    37.很顯然，20世紀(jì)的亞洲是世界上人口增長(zhǎng)最迅速的一個(gè)洲，增長(zhǎng)率保持在13%。

    Obviously, Asia is a continent where the population growth rate was the highest in the world in the 20th century, which maintained at 13%.

    38.與亞洲形成鮮明對(duì)比的是歐洲，人口增長(zhǎng)率連續(xù)50年出現(xiàn)下降，從18%降到了4%。

    In obvious contrast to Asia, the population growth rate of Europe experienced a constant drop for 50 years, dropping from 18% to 4%.

    39.選修數(shù)學(xué)課程的人數(shù)從最高峰時(shí)期的180人一路下跌至20人，而選修英語(yǔ)的人數(shù)則從開(kāi)始時(shí)的24人增長(zhǎng)到最后的280人。

    The number of people who took math declined all the way from its peak of 180 people to 20 people while the number of people who took English climbed, however, from 24 people at the beginning to 280 people in the end.

    40.差不多的狀況發(fā)生在社會(huì)科學(xué)與商務(wù)這兩門課程上，兩者分別出現(xiàn)了70%的下降和85%的增長(zhǎng)。

    A similar situation occurred to social science and business which saw a decrease by 70% and an increase by 85% respectively.

    41.經(jīng)過(guò)連續(xù)兩個(gè)季度的增長(zhǎng)，英國(guó)路面交通事故的次數(shù)于第三季度出現(xiàn)了下降，降幅高達(dá)30%，從76400次下降到56300次。

    After two consecutive quarters of rises, road accidents in Britain revealed a substantial decline by as much as 30% in the third quarter, from 76,400 times to 56,300 times.

    42.不幸的是，在接下來(lái)的第四季度，英國(guó)的路面交通事故大幅反彈，直接沖擊到了92500次。

    Unfortunately, road accidents in Britain rebounded greatly in the fourth quarter, hitting 92,500 times.