(单词翻译:单击)
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China’s one-child policy could soon change. The country of 1.3 billion people introduced its family planning rule in the late 1970s to control population growth.
中国独生子女政策可能不久会发生改变 。这个拥有十三亿人口的国家在上世纪七十年代实施计划生育控制人口增长 。
Today, one in ten Chinese citizens is 65 or older. That proportion is expected to rise to about one-third by 2050 if China maintains its current policy.
今天,中国十个人口中有一人是65岁或以上 。如果中国保持现有政策,这一比例预计在2050年将上升到三分之一左右 。
In the meantime workers are also getting older.
与此同时,工人也在变老 。
Migrant workers and others in the working population are also aging,that may affect our country’s economic vitality. The situation can be improved to a certain extent by changing the birth policy.
流动工人和其他就业人口都在老龄化,这可能会影响我们国家的经济活力 。通过改变生育政策,这种情况可以得到一定程度的改善 。
A policy change two years ago allowed couples to have a second child if either parent was an only child.
两年前出台了一项政策改变,如果父母是独生子女的话,就可以生育第二个孩子 。
Authorities guessed about two million more babies would be born annually, but the actual increase last year was only half a million. Many parents said they could not afford a second baby.
有关部门推测,每年约有二百多万名婴儿出生,但去年的实际增长仅为五十万 。许多父母表示他们养不起第二个孩子 。
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词汇解析
1、introduce
引进;首次引入;推行
The Government has introduced a number of other money-saving moves.
政府已经采取了其他一些省钱的举措 。
I kept the birds indoors all winter and introduced them into an aviary the following June.
整个冬天我把鸟关在室内,然后在接下来的6月份把它们放入鸟类饲养场饲养 。
介绍;引荐;使相互认识
Tim, may I introduce you to my uncle's secretary, Mary Waller?
蒂姆,我来介绍一下,这位是我叔叔的秘书玛丽·沃勒 。
Someone introduced us and I sat next to him.
有人给我们作了介绍,我挨着他坐下了 。
为(电视或广播节目)做开场白;主持
'Health Matters' is introduced by Dick Oliver on BBC World Service.
英国广播公司对外广播频道的“健康动态”节目由迪克·奥利弗主持 。
2、maintain
维持;保持
The Department maintains many close contacts with the chemical industry.
这个部门与化工行业保持着众多密切的联系 。
Push yourself to make friends and to maintain the friendships.
要求自己与人交友并保持友谊 。
断言;宣称;坚称
He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes.
他坚称这笔捐款将用于国际用途 。
Prosecutors maintain no deal was made.
原告坚持说不存在任何交易 。
保持,维持(在某一比率或水平上)
The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level.
政府维持高利率的做法是正确的 。
action is required to ensure standards are maintained at as high a level as possible.
要求采取行动确保标准维持在尽量高的水平上 。
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