2004年6月8日，世界上一半以上的人有幸目睹了罕见的天文现象。
On 8 June 2004, more than half the population of the world were treated to a rare astronomical event.
然而，这种情况也有其黑暗的一面：尽管我们取得了进步，世界上仍有一半的人口在受苦，供水服务还不如古希腊和古罗马人。
Yet there is a dark side to this picture: despite our progress, half of the world's population still suffers, with water services inferior to those available to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
世界上大约一半的人口，包括几乎所有的东亚和东南亚国家，都完全以大米作为主食。
Roughly one-half of the world's population, including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia also, is wholly dependent on rice to be its staple food.
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