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Ageing Society

 

人口老化，不單是香港的挑戰，在中國其他地區亦然：

 

In China today, 14.8% of the population is over 60 years of age, but that figure will rise to more than 33% if trends continue.

 

 

age 年齡

(noun 名詞)

 

aging (美式英語)  vs.  ageing (英式英語)

 

Ageing population = greying population

 

例子：The grey in population is concerned with health benefits.

        「銀髮族」對保健福利最為關注。

 

Problems 面臨的問題：

 

1. Shrinking labour force 勞動人口萎縮

 

shrink away from sbd or sth (因恐懼、震驚或噁心而) 避開

 

例子：The kids always shrink away from the teacher with the mean face.

 

shrink from a task or duty 縮沙

= not do it because it is unpleasant or dangerous

 

例子：Susie shouldn't shrink from telling her colleague to help out.

 

a shrink 臨牀心理學家

(noun 名詞)

 = a psychiatrist  (informal)

 

somebody is no shrinking violet 不害羞的

= they are not at all shy

 

2. Ballooning costs for health care and retirement benefits 醫療及退保極速膨脹

 

balloon 膨脹

(verb 動詞)

 

= increase rapidly in amount = soar = rocket (skyrocket)

 

例子：Food prices will soar when food becomes scarce.

例子：The price of oil skyrocketed when there were problems with the Middle East.

 

 

rudimentary 僅有的

= very basic (therefore unsatisfactory)

 

例子：The rudimentary elderly-care system is one of the problems of ageing population in China.

 

silver bullet 特效藥／萬靈丹

= a quick solution to a difficult problem

 

例子：In a budget speech, Tsang announced a working group to map out a financial strategy to cope with an ageing population and other long-term financial obligations.

曾俊華在他的財政預算案演說中宣佈成立工作小組，以擬定應付人口老化及其他長遠財政負擔的金融策略。

 

map out 擬定

= work out in detail how you will do it

 

例子：Let's map out our summer schedule.

 

cope with 應付

= manage = deal with = contend (accept or bear an unpleasant situation) = tackle

 

例子：I can't cope with richard's bad habits anymore.

   
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