晨读100天 | Day 31. What’s The Life Expectancy In Your Country?
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A: What’s the life expectancy in your country?
你们国家的人口预期寿命是多少？
B: I’m not sure, but probably about 75 years. How about in your country?
不确定，或许75岁左右。你们国家的呢？
A: About 70, I think. This newspaper article talks about the problems of an aging population. It’s a problem that will soon affect most of the world.
大概70岁吧，我觉得。这份报纸上谈到说人口老化问题。这是个很快影响到世界大多数人的问题。
B: I heard that the government might need to increase the retirement age, otherwise there will not be enough workers to support the young and the elderly.
我听说政府可能会提高退休年龄，否则没有足够的人力去养老护幼了。
A: Perhaps we need to have more babies!
也许我们需要生更多的孩子了！
相关词汇 | Related Vocabulary
1. expectancy /ɪk'spɛktənsi/ n. 期待，期望
2. population /ˌpɑpju'leʃən/ n. 人口
3. affect /ə'fɛkt/ v. 影响
4. retirement /rɪ'taɪɚmənt/ n. 退休
5. elderly /'ɛldɚli/ adj. 年长的
* 美式音标源自权威字典 | 朗文当代高级英语词典
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