《新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材综合教程1 Unit6_Is_an_Only_Child_a_Lonely_child》.ppt

Unit 6 Is an only child a lonely child?;;Do you know the terms?; ; one-child/ only-child certificate control the population growth; improve the population quality late marriage and late childbirth ; fewer and better birth ;One Child Policy;;;;;;Tips ;If every couple in China had two children, China would have been in poverty now. ;The One Child Policy is having negative effects on China’s population too. There will soon be, and already is a sign of an ageing population which will mean the government will have to put more money onto healthcare and pensions with fewer youngsters around to carry out the work. By the year 2025, the percentage of over 65s in China could reach 30% and instead of the traditional method of children caring for their elders, China’s elderly will have to be put into social retirement care as there won’t be enough youngsters to support them.; U.N. Projection: RAPID PROCESS OF POPULATION AGING IN CHINA 联合国的预测: 中国人口快速老龄化  Much Faster Increase in Proportion of Elderly Persons than in Developed Countries中国老年人口占总人口的比例增长速度大大快于发达国家;Extremely Rapid Increase of “Oldest Old” Persons 高龄老人增长速度更快 ;Children are becoming far too spoilt! Parents are treating their only children like royalty, and obese, demanding boys are being seen far too often now and they will have big problems when they reach their teens. ;Gender imbalance: The policy is seriously affecting China’s sex ratio. Since the 1980s, our ratio has become completely disfigured and the male to female ratio is now 120:100. So much for killing of baby girls and an increase in abortion rates. China could have completely devastated it’s future as there will soon be a shortage in the number of young fertile women and then there will be even fewer births. What a disaster! ;EVALUATION: Overall, China’s One Child policy has ultimately done what it set out to do. However, it cannot be hailed a success as there have also been some serious consequences including a lack of