▍原文
A professor at Yale University has sparked outrage for suggesting that elderly Japanese residents should take part in a “mass suicide” by disembowelment to help the country deal with its rapidly aging population.
“I feel like the only solution is pretty clear,” Yusuke Narita, 37, an assistant professor of economics at the Ivy League school, said during a news program in late 2021.
▍语言点
1. spark outrage 引发震怒
· spark /spɑːrk/ v. 引发,触发(to cause the start of something, especially an argument or fighting)
· outrage /ˈaʊtreɪdʒ/ n. 愤怒且震惊(anger and shock)
2. resident /ˈrezəd(ə)nt/ n. 居民
· a resident of Australia 澳大利亚的居民
· permanent resident 永久居民
3. take part in 参与……活动
4. mass suicide 大规模的自杀,集体自杀
· mass /mæs/ adj. 大规模的
· mass unemployment 大规模失业
· mass starvation 大规模饥荒
5.disembowelment /ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəlmənt/ n. 开肠破肚,切腹
· disembowel /ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl/ v.取出……的内脏,用开膛破肚的方式结束一个人的生命(切腹)
6.deal with 解决
7.aging /ˈeɪdʒɪŋ/ adj. 衰老的
· age /eɪdʒ/ v. 变老,老化
· aging population 日益衰老的人口
8.assistant professor 助理教授
· associate professor 副教授
· professor n. 正教授
9.Ivy League 常春藤名校联盟(8所)
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