Vocabularies in U7 text 1

The condition of being extremely(極度) poor(窮困).

• poverty

• unemployment

• underemployment

• population ageing

The state of not enough work to do, only working part time.

• poverty

• unemployment

• underemployment

• population ageing

Some people lose their jobs or cannot find jobs during an economic(經濟) downturn(下行)

• poverty

• unemployment

• underemployment

• population ageing

People are living longer and longer lives(壽命). However, our society have to spend(付出) more resources(資源) to take care of the elderly(老年人).

• poverty

• unemployment

• underemployment

• population ageing

a person who takes care of their child or children without a husband(丈夫), wife(妻子) or partner (伴侶)

• single parent

• the educated

• working class

• ethnic minority

A person who studies(研究) and writes(著作) about how a society organizes its money, trade(貿易) and industry(產業).

• single parent

• the educated

• working class

• economist

People who have learnt a lot at school or university(大學) and having a good level of knowledge

• single parent

• the educated

• working class

• economist

A social group who do not have much money or power and are usually employed to do physical (體力勞動) work.

• single parent

• the educated

• working class

• economist

an amount of money that is paid (支付) by the government (政府) to someone who is ill, poor, or has no job

• welfare payment

• ethnic minority

• new immigrants

• swimming in a sea of debt

a person who has just come to live permanently(永久地) in a different country (國家) from the one they were born(出生) in.

• welfare payment

• ethnic minority

• new immigrants

• swimming in a sea of debt