★What’s the population of Germany?

What’s the population of Germany?德國(guó)的人口有多少？

population 表示“人口”是一集體名詞，have population of 表示“有多少人口”。例如：

Our village has population of two hundred of people.

我們村有二百人口。

What’s the population of you city?

你們城市有多少人口？

★What does "standing room only"mean?

What does "standing room only"mean?“只有站的空間”意味著什么？

room 表示“地方”，“空間”，與space 是同義詞，后者多指“太空”，room 還表示“房間”。例如：

Is there any room for me to sit?

有我坐的地方嗎？

Make room for me,please?

請(qǐng)給我讓個(gè)地方。

The moon is quite near to us in the space.

太空中，月亮離我們很近。

★The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today.

The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today.人口問(wèn)題可能是當(dāng)今最大的問(wèn)題。

Problem 表示“問(wèn)題”，是一種需要解決的問(wèn)題。Question 也表示“問(wèn)題”，是一種需要回答的問(wèn)題。例如：

This problem is too hard,I can’t solve（解決）it.

這個(gè)問(wèn)題太難了，我解決不了。

Can you answer my question?

你能問(wèn)答我的問(wèn)題嗎？

★A UN report says that the world population will pass six billion by the end of the twentieth century.

A UN report says that the world population will pass six billion by the end of the twentieth century.一份聯(lián)合國(guó)報(bào)告說(shuō)，到二十世紀(jì)末，世界人口將達(dá)到六十億。

By the end of…表示“到…底為止”。例如：

We have learned eight hundred English words by the end of last week.

到上一星期為止，我們學(xué)了八百個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞。

I’ll finish my work by the end of this week.

這一周末，我就完成我的工作。