315. The challenges include the fact that most people can expect to spend a third of their lives in retirement, that there are now more people over 59 than under 16 and that 11.3 million people are over state pension age.
譯文
這些挑戰(zhàn)包括一個事實,即大多數(shù)人一生中預計有三分之一的時光將在退休狀態(tài)中度過,目前59歲以上的人比16歲以下的人要多,而超過國家養(yǎng)老金領取年齡的人數(shù)有1130萬之多。
點睛
本句的主干為the challenges include the fact,三個that引導的是fact的并列的同位語從句。expect意為“預料,期待”;比較結構more...than...比較了59歲以上以及16歲以下人群的數(shù)量;pension意為“退休金,養(yǎng)老金”。
考點歸納
spend,cost,take都可以表示“花費”,但用法卻不盡相同:
spend的主語是人,常用于以下結構:spend time/money on sth./(in) doing sth. 在……上花費時間/金錢。如:
I spent two hours on this maths problem. 這道數(shù)學題花了我兩個小時。
They spent several years (in) building this museum. 建造該博物館花了他們幾年的時間。
cost的主語是物或某種活動,表示“花費(某人)(金錢或時間)”。如:
A new computer costs a lot of money. 買一臺新電腦要花一大筆錢。
Remembering these new words cost me a lot of time. 我花了大量時間才記住這些單詞。
It takes sb. some time to do sth.以及doing sth. takes sb. some time都可以表示“做某事花了某人多少時間”。如:
It took them three years to build this road. 他們用了三年時間修完了這條路。
Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一整個下午修車。