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人口老龄化

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ID: 0321 Advanced
在人的一生中，走过了青年时代，有谁不期盼在老年时轻松地享受一下儿孙满堂的幸福生活呢？而许多国家的老年节也正传达了这种思想。但近年来老年节的主题却不得不围绕一个令人担忧的问题——人口的老龄化。这一问题困扰了各国政府，大家都在如何正确看待以及解决这一问题上伤透了脑筋。
Mon Nov 06 2006 | Jenny, 肖霞
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
趋向 qūxiàng to incline to
歧视 qíshì to discriminate against
福气 fúqì good fortune
安居乐业 ānjūlèyè live and work in peace and contentment
上午我在报纸上看到一篇联合国人口司发表的最新研究报告，说现在世界人口已经逐步趋向老龄化。你说如果几十年后世界上大多数都是老人，该是件多么可怕的事情？
shàngwǔ wǒ zài bàozhǐ shàng kàndào yī piān liánhéguó rénkǒusī fābiǎo de zuìxīn yánjiū bàogào ，shuō xiànzài shìjiè rénkǒu yǐjīng zhúbù qūxiàng lǎolínghuà 。nǐ shuō rúguǒ jǐ shí nián hòu shìjiè shàng dàduōshù dōu shì lǎorén ，gāi shì jiàn duōme kěpà de shìqing ？
This morning I saw a report in the newspaper about the latest research publication by the UN Population Division. It said that the world's population is getting gradually older. Tell me, how scary would it be if after a few more decades, most of the Earth's population were old people?
别说得那么恐怖。老人多点儿又怎么啦？你可不能歧视老人。
bié shuō de nàme kǒngbù 。lǎorén duō diǎnr yòu zěnme la ？nǐ kě bùnéng qíshì lǎorén 。
Don't make it seem so terrifying-- what's wrong with having some extra old people? You can't go looking down your nose on the elderly.
咳，你误会我了。我不是在歧视老年人，可是人口的老龄化也的确会在一定程度上影响社会的发展。如果我们忽略这个问题的话，说不定真的会造成严重的后果。
hāi ，nǐ wùhuì wǒ le 。wǒ bù shì zài qíshì lǎoniánrén ，kěshì rénkǒu de lǎolínghuà yě díquè huì zài yīdìng chéngdùshàng yǐngxiǎng shèhuì de fāzhǎn 。rúguǒ wǒmen hūlüè zhège wèntí dehuà ，shuōbudìng zhēnde huì zàochéng yánzhòng de hòuguǒ 。
Agh, you misunderstood me. I'm not looking down on old people. But the aging of the population definitely has a certain effect on social development. If we neglect this problem, it may really lead to some serious consequences.
不会吧？现在人们的生活质量变好了，身体也越来越健康。老人健康长寿是件多么有福气的事情啊，怎么被你说得跟祸害似的？
bùhuì ba ？xiànzài rénmen de shēnghuó zhìliàng biànhǎo le ，shēntǐ yě yuèláiyuè jiànkāng 。lǎorén jiànkāng chángshòu shì jiàn duōme yǒu fúqì de shìqing ā ，zěnme bèi nǐ shuō de gēn huòhài shìde ？
No way-- people's quality of life is better these days, and they're healthier all the time. It's wonderful that old people are living longer, healthier lives. How can you make it sound like a disaster?
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