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英语短文之我们的世界(MP3+中英字幕) 第14期:“被忽视的”老年教育

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  • 14.Older People's Education "Neglected"
  • 14."被忽视的"老年教育
  • Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather than be a financial burden, according to a new study on population published recently.
  • 根据最近发表的一项新的人口研究报告显示:老年人要想不成为社会的负担,想继续发挥余热,就必须给他们更多学习机会。
  • The current approach which focuses on younger people and on kills for employment is not adequate to meet the challenges of demographic change, it says.
  • 该报告声称:现在的教育方法倾向于年轻人和职业技能,难以应付人口结构变化的挑战。
  • Only 1% of the education budget is currently spent on the oldest third of the population.
  • 占人口总数三分之一的老年人只占有百分之一的教育预算。
  • The challenges include the fact that most people can expect to spend a third of their lives in retirement,
  • 这些挑战包括:多数人三分之一的生命将在退休后度过;
  • that there are now more people over 59 than under 16 and that 11.3 million people are over state pension age.
  • 五十九岁以上人数高于十六岁以下人数;一千一百三十万人达到了国家法定领取退休金年龄。
  • "Learning needs to continue throughout life. Our historic concentration of policy attention and resources on young people cannot meet the new needs," says the report's author, Professor Stephen Mcnair.
  • 报告的作者史蒂芬·麦克威尔教授说:"学习应该贯穿人生的整个过程,我们以前的政策重心和资源配置更多偏重于年轻人,难以适应新的需求。"
  • The major portion of our education budget is spent on people below the age of 25.
  • 教育预算的大部分花费在二十五岁以下的人身上。
  • When people are changing their jobs, homes, partners and lifestyles more than ever, they needs opportunities to learn at every age.
  • 当人们比以前更频繁地更换工作、居住地、生活伴侣和生活方式的时候,处在各种年龄段的人们都需要学习的机会。"
  • For example, some people are starting new careers in their 50s and later.
  • 例如,有些人到了五十多岁或更迟又重新开始创业。
  • People need opportunities to make a "midlife review" to adjust to the later stages of employed life,and to plan for transition to retirement,
  • 人们需要一个"中年回首"的机会来适应以后的工作生涯,规划退休后的角色转化。
  • which may now happen unpredictably at any point from 50 to over 90, says McNair.
  • 这种转化现在可以发生在五十岁到九十多岁的漫长时间内。
  • And there should be more money available to support people in establishing a sense of identity and finding constructive roles for the "third age", the 20 or more years they will spend in healthy retired life.
  • 应该有更多的资金来保证人们建立身份认知和在"第三年龄段"--也就是退休后二十或更多年的健康生活中--找到建设性角色。


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1.contribute to 做贡献

例句:Both systems contribute to the decentralization of power.
这两套体制都有助于权力的分散。

2.focuse on 引入

例句:With the rapid developing of the China market, more and more silicone supplier focuse on China.
随着中国大陆市场的迅速发展,越来越多的有机硅供应商关注大陆市场。
3.adjust to 调整
例句:They power a blade in the water that the pilot can adjust to reduce drag.
他们在水中为一个划片供能,因此驾驶者可以调整以降低拖力。

4.adequate to 适于

例句:This unscientific protocol is perfectly adequate to keep most of us functioning fine through the summer.
对于大多数人,这种并不够科学的方法已经足够我们顺利度过夏天了。


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concentration [.kɔnsen'treiʃən]

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n. 集中,专心,浓度

 
available [ə'veiləbl]

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adj. 可用的,可得到的,有用的,有效的

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adequate ['ædikwit]

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adj. 足够的,适当的,能胜任的

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supplier [sə'plaiə]

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n. 供应者,供应厂商,供应国

 
demographic [.di:mə'græfik]

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adj. 人口统计学的

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pilot ['pailət]

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n. 飞行员,领航员,引航员
vt. 领航,驾

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budget ['bʌdʒit]

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n. 预算
vt. 编预算,为 ... 做预算

 
constructive [kən'strʌktiv]

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adj. 建设性的,构造上的,作图的

 
unscientific ['ʌn,saiən'tifik]

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adj. 不科学的,不符合科学原理的;非学术的;无科学知

 
protocol ['prəutəkɔl]

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n. 规章制度,草案,协议,外交礼仪

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