11. an ageing population 人口 老齡化

12. expressing views of population ageing（動名詞）發(fā)表關(guān)于人口老齡化的觀點

13. conflicting reports 報道前后矛盾

14. the lecturing guide 導(dǎo)游滔滔不絕

15. falling fertility rate 生育率下降

16. increasing life expectancy 壽命不斷延長

17. rising median age 平均年齡上升

18. After a while I punched the button on my talking watch: “The time is nine forty-

five.”

過了一會兒，我按了按我那個語音報時表的按鈕：“現(xiàn)在是 9 點 45 分?！?/p>

19. All the others had seemed full of holidaying families.

其余的包間似乎都坐滿了一家家外出度假的人。

20. flying dust 塵 土飛揚

21. a flowering maple 一棵楓樹開花

22. He dashed like an escaping hawk out through the French window.

他像一只逃脫的鷹一樣從落地窗沖了出去。

23. Then “You've no proof of anything,” he countered, looking at the smiling

daffodils.

他看著那些燦爛的水仙花反駁說：“你們沒有任何證據(jù)?！?/p>

24. There is a kind of fear growing up amongst us that we shall one day be short of

work.

在我們中間有一種恐懼在加深，擔(dān)心我們有一天會沒有工作。

25. There was something wrong going on. 錯誤正在上演。