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How Smaller Families are Changing the World
摘要
Ayesha Roscoe discusses the trend of declining birth rates globally, featuring insights from NPR's Sarah McCammon and Brian Mann. The series "Population Shift" explores how smaller families are affecting communities, economies, and societies worldwide. The decline is influenced by financial pressures, changing gender roles, and cultural shifts, impacting everything from school closures to pension systems.
学习信息
- 难度
- B2
- 词数
- 3735 词
- 句数
- 246 句
- 时长
- 22 分钟
- 主题
- Daily Life
- 系列
- NPR Up First
重点词汇
- perceive感知；察觉；理解
- decline下降；减少
- demographic人口统计学特征；人口统计资料
- fertility生育能力；肥沃
- stabilize稳定；使稳定
- infrastructure基础设施
- subsidize补贴；资助
- sustainable可持续的；能持久的
重点词组
- take into account考虑到；把……纳入考量
- in terms of就……而言；在……方面
- on the other hand另一方面
- in the context of在……的背景下；在……的环境中
- be aware of意识到；知道
- take action采取行动；采取措施
- in order to为了
- in the absence of在……缺席的情况下；没有……的情况下
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