新西兰英语 808 Birth Statistics

 　　Listen to August 19th 2010 to hear about more babies born in New Zealand.

　　It is interesting that more women these days are deciding not to have children. The last census¹, in 2006, showed 13% of women aged² between 45 and 49 were childless whereas in 1981, 9% of women in this age group had no children.

　　You might also like to listen to Birth Statistics to hear about statistics 5 years ago and New Zealand becoming more multi-cultural to hear about babies of mixed ethnicity.

　　Vocabulary

　　?census: counting people every 5 years (because of the Christchurch earthquake in Feb 2011, the March 2011 census was postponed³ for 2 years)

　　?childless – having no children

　　?whereas – but, comparing two things

1 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。