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To make the situation worse,there is as yet no sign that any slowing of the world's population is in sight.

分子分析：

主干：there is as yet no sign

修饰成分：to make the situation worse 修饰整句话

that any slowing of the world's population is in sight 为同位语从句，表示sign的具体内容。

重难点词汇

to make sth worse 使得…更糟糕的是

as yet 至今仍

in sight 看得见

any slowing of the world's population 世界人口的（增长）变缓

参考译文

使目前状况糟糕的是，至今尚无迹象表明，世界人口的增长在近期内会减慢。

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今日赠言：

Persistence will enable us to succeed, and perseverance of the source is to do not waver in the least, we should take to achieve the necessary means to success.-- Chernyshevsky

只有毅力才会使我们成功，而毅力的来源又在于毫不动摇，坚决采取为达到成功所需要的手段。车尔尼雪夫斯基

Energy and persistence conquer all things. -- Benjamin Franklin

能量加毅力可以征服一切。 ——富兰克林