The graph below compares changes in the birth rates of China and the USA between 1920 and 2000.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
看一下所提供的圖表，就會發現在1920年至2000年期間，中國和美國的出生率有一些驚人的相似之處。
A glance at the graph provided reveals some striking similarities between the Chinese and the US birth rates during the period from 1920 to 2000.
總的來說，兩個國家的生育率都有相當大的波動，1940年代是低點，1950年代是高點。儘管這些數字具有可比性，而且中國在1950年有一個較高的峰值，但隨著中國的生育率滑落，兩國之間的差距在這一時期擴大了。
Overall, both nations saw considerable fluctuations in fertility, with lows during the 1940s and highs during the 1950s. Although the figures were comparable and that China had a higher peak in 1950, the gap widened between the two countries widened after this time as fertility in China slid away.
1920年，中國的出生率約為10%。相比之下，美國的出生率略高，約為12%。1935年，中國的出生率上升到15%，高於美國的13%左右。然而，中國的出生率在1940年驟降至5%，而美國在5年後的1945年出現了這種突然的下降。1950年，這兩個國家的出生率迅速上升到高峰，中國為20%，美國為15%。
In 1920, the birth rate for China was about 10 percent. By contrast, it was a bit higher in the US, standing at around 12 percent. China’s birth rate rose to 15 percent in 1935, which was higher than that of the US at about 13 percent. However, the rate for China plunged to just 5 percent in 1940, while this sudden dip occurred in the US 5 years later, in 1945. In 1950, the birth rates for both countries rose rapidly to their peak, with China at 20 percent and the US at 15 percent respectively.
此後，中國的出生率急劇下降，到1955年僅為8%左右，而美國的出生率僅略有下降，從15%下降到13%左右。1950年後，中國和美國都出現了穩定的下降。在2000年，美國的出生率約為8%。相比之下，中國的出生率只有大約3%，這表明它的下降幅度更大。
Following this, China’s birth rate declined steeply to only about 8 percent in 1955, whereas the figure decreased only slightly for the US, from 15 percent to around 13 percent. After 1950, both China and the US saw a steady decrease. In 2000, the US birth rate was at approximately 8 percent. In contrast, China’s rate was only at about 3 percent, which showed it was a much greater fall.