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Passage 1;Basic to any understanding of Canada in 20 years after the Second World War is the countrys impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1996. In September 1966 Canadas population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930s and the war had held back marriages and the catching —— up process began after 1945. ;impressive 给人深刻印象的；不俗的；了不起的 Making a strong or vivid impression; striking or remarkable;basic 同义词: essential fundamental underlying;斑点；污点；污迹 A mark is a small area of something such as dirt that has accidentally got onto a surface or piece of clothing. The dogs are always rubbing against the wall and making dirty marks... 那些狗老是往墙上蹭，留下了斑斑污迹。;（重要的）标准，指标 A particular mark is a particular number, point, or stage which has been reached or might be reached, especially a significant one. Unemployment is rapidly approaching the one million mark. 失业人数正迅速逼近百万大关。;激增；急剧上升；突飞猛进 A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly. Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation... 专家们认为目前通货膨胀加剧有多种原因。;急剧上升；飞涨；激增 If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly. Surging imports will add to the demand for hard currency. 进口激增将增加对硬通货的需求。;因…而怨怪；由于…而怀恨 hold something against someone;The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950s, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canadas history, in the decade before 1911, when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950s supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate sto