CRI听力:UN Urges Nations to Tackle Challenges Brought by 7 Billion Populations

短语讲解：

1. The State of World Population 2011 report comes from the United Nations Population Fund, also known as the UNFPA.

come from来自，源出；产自
例句：From this area come most of our best potatoes.
我们最好的马铃薯大部分是这个地区生产的。

2. First, we're living longer, twenty years longer on average than we did in the middle of last century.

on average平均起来
例句：On average we receive five letters each day.
我们平均每天收到五封信。

3. Nearly 900 million people are now over the age of sixty, and that number is expected to grow.

be expected to预计
例句：House prices are expected to perk up.
预计房价会上涨。

4. Richard Kollodge also points out that millions of girls and boys in those same countries have little access to sex education and information on how to prevent pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.

point out指出
例句：He pointed out that there was little chance of success.
他指出很少有成功的机会。

5. We need to educate and empower girls and women to fully participate in society, and to be able to make informed reproductive decisions, and whatever we do, man and boys must be part of the solution that future that is sustainable is one that will be built on equal rights and opportunities.

participate in分担; 参加
例句：The people are demanding a chance to participate more in government.
人民要求更多的参与政事的机会。

6. The report recommends that countries around the world to more to invest in the health and education of young people as a way to ensure future economic growth and development.

invest in在…上投资, 在…投入(时间、精力等)
例句：The company lacks sufficient money to invest in new products.
公司没有足够的钱对新产品投资。

7. The report itself of a wide-sweeping review of countries around the world, ranging from China and India, with their massive populations, to Finland and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

range from… to… 从...变化到...
例句：Prices range from ￡6 to ￡10.
价钱从六英镑到十英镑不等。