大学英语自学教程(下)unit9.pptVIP

UNIT 9 Aging in European Countries 欧洲国家的人口老龄化 人口老龄化的含义： 一是指老年人口相对增多，在总人口中所占比例不断上升的过程；二是指社会人口结构呈现老年状态，进入老龄化社会。国际上通常看法是，当一个国家或地区60岁以上老年人口占人口总数的10%，或65岁以上老年人口占人口总数的7%，即意味着这个国家或地区的人口处于老龄化社会。 Vocabulary 单词 1. classify 把…分类、把…分等级 I classified my books by subjects. 2.likely 1）a.有可能的，可能发生的： It’s likely to rain tonight . It is likely that he will be late. 2)adv.可能,或许： He will very likely pass the exam. 3.concern 1）v. 与…有关、影响 That does not concern us 那于我们无关。 2） n. 关心的事情、重要事件 My greatest concern is the economy of China. 4. count 1)vi. 计算在内、被考虑、算的上 Their invention counts among the greatest ones in this century. 2)vi.重要，有价值 It is your patience that really counts. 3)v.认为、视为： I count myself lucky to have you as my teacher. 5.alter (部分）改变、变动、修改、更改 She often alters her clothes according to the latest fashion. The weather is likely to alter violently . 6. approximate 1)a.（数量等）大概的，近似的 The approximate time of our arrival is 3 o’clock. 2)v.(数量等）近于。。。。。、接近、大约等于 His account of the incident approximates to the truth. 7.precede （在地位、重要性方面）比… 高、胜过、优先于… Economy precedes every other problem. 句型 1、We know that we are getting even older, and that the nearer a society approximates to zero population growth, the older its population is likely to be-at least, for any future that concerns us now. 我们知道我们正日益老龄化，人口增长率接近于零的社会里离我们越近，其人口越可能老龄化－ 至少就对我们有影响的未来而言事实确实如此 1）在本句中，that和and that the nearer a society...likely to be都 be都是动词know的宾语 2）the more..., the more... 这个结构表示“越…就….” ，在这个结构中，more可修饰从句，可接名词，也可以根据需要改变成形容词或副词的比较级，再接从句。 The more you know, the more you will find yourself ignorant. 2.There is the economic principle that the dependency ratio-the degree to which those who cannot earn depend for a living on those who can -is more advantageous in older societies like ours than in the younger societies of the developing world, because lots of dependent babies are more of a liability than numbers of the inactive aged. 有这样一条经济原则 ：抚养率－ 不能挣钱生活的人依靠能挣钱的人的 程度－在我们这样一个老龄化程度更高的社会