Today we are going to be talking about China’s population.

China said its population hit 1.41 billion in 2020, eking out a tiny rise from the previous year, underlining how the world’s most populous nation is going to have to face its demographic challenges sooner than expected.

生詞短語(yǔ):

eke out [iːk aʊt]

艱難地獲得

underline [ˌʌndərˈlaɪn]

在…下面劃線；使…突出

population [ˌpɑːpjuˈleɪʃn]

人口

populous [ˈpɑːpjələs]

人口眾多的

demography [dɪˈmɑːɡrəfi]

人口統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)

demographic ˌdeməˈɡræfɪk]

人口統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)的

sooner-than-expected ['sunər eæn ɪkˈspektɪd]

比預(yù)期早的

later-than-expected [ˈleɪtər eæn ɪkˈspektɪd]

比預(yù)期晚的

better-than-expected [ˈbetər eæn ɪkˈspektɪd]

比預(yù)期好的

worse-than-expected [wɜːrs eæn ɪkˈspektɪd]

比預(yù)期差的