翻译练习：第三世界会不在拥有汽车

在美国，有两个人就有一辆车。在中国城市，对比是一辆汽车对两千个人。审查汽车的角色的最近出版的一篇文章说第三世界模仿中国比美国好。

更多车导致石油储量用光了，人类健康衰弱了，环境损害了。文章警告第三世界应该设计微缩型城市、有效的公共交通系统。也应该有经济适用房，让人们里工作地方住很近。

大概七百五万个美国人住在空气质量低的地区；在雅典雾霾每天杀六个人；圣保罗、墨西哥城、开罗以及新德里的空气污染问题是世界最严重之间；在加尔各答百分之六十点的居民被认为患跟空气污染有关的呼吸系统病。车祸害死很多人。每年在全球，二十万以上人被撞死了，并且在第三世界，车祸在增加。在几个发展中国家车祸想在成为了一个主导死因。

文章说汽车很重要，特别是在城市化社会，可是告诫第三世界把未来的交通引向正道。文章鼓励第三世界更加依赖火车系统、自行车和人力车。

No More Cars for 3rd World Countries

In the United States, for every two people there is a car. In Chinese cities, the ratio is one motor vehicle for every 2000 people. A paper just published examining the role of the car says the Third World would be better off following China’s example than America’s.

More cars lead to depleted oil reserves, impaired human health and a degraded environment. The paper warns the Third World to plan compact cities with effective mass transit systems. Housing should be affordable so people can live closer to their jobs.

About 75 million Americans reside in areas with below-quality air standards; smog in Athens claims six lives a day; Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Cairo and New Delhi have some of the worst air pollution problems; and in Calcutta, 60 percent of residents are believed to suffer from respiratory diseases related to air pollution. Traffic accidents claim many lives. More than 200,000 people are killed worldwide each year, and accidents in the Third World are increasing. In several developing countries traffic accidents are now a leading cause of death.

The paper says vehicles are important – especially to urban society – but it warns the Third World to steer future transportation in the right direction. The paper encourages the Third World to depend more on rail systems, bicycles and rickshaws.