Vocabulary minute 11’

under the weather

call in sick to the office

burning the candle at both ends - go to bed late and get up early.

bucking the trend – doing something differently. to be obviously different from the way that a situation
is developing generally, especially in connection with financial matters:

This company is the only one to have bucked the trend of a declining industry.

to cherry pick – choose an example carefully to support the argument you want to make (giving a biased
idea)

a drop in the ocean – not making much difference

Extra vocab:

we are not getting any younger

none of us are getting any younger

take a census

subgroups

steadily growing

converged

marginally higher

relocate

isolated situation

fertility rates so low

it’s not all doom and gloom

Notes:
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populations across the world are living longer and having fewer children

demographic shift in the populations in the developed world, no – more about the POPULATION shift in
Japan

changing demographics and their effect on Japan

demographics – study of a population and different age groups and other subgroups in it

governments take a censure every 10 years

1950 Japan’s birthrate – 2.5 times more than death rate – steadily growing

2005 – numbers converged, population growth falling

very long life expectancy – over 80

number 28 uk

#43 USA

average figures

Canada birthrate 2015. 1.60 uk 1.81 same year, marginally higher

immigration numbers -250 k Canada for a 37 million population, 207k uk – 65 mill population

Japan has a falling and aging population

Tokyo population still rising 8.9 to 9.3mill – bucking the trend

shift with de-population of the countryside, urban areas grow

youth moving into cities, leaving older citizens behind

case study – 8 children in entire school of village

half population of village province is over the age of 50, not cherry picked example

1950 – 53% in urban areas, 93% now

villages trying to attract young people to relocate, but only managed to slow de-population

Japan is racially homogeneous country only 1.5 percent foreign born

12.6 per cent foreign born in UK

arranged marriages village farmers and Philippines and Chinese brides

successful marriages – drop in the ocean

demographic shift isolated situation?

only 10 % of farmers in West EU under 35 age, US similar 2010-2014 33k people migrated from rural to
city each year

fertility rates so low

it’s not all doom and gloom