导读：韩国老龄化和出生下降非常严重，很多小镇都有消失的危险。在韩国保宁市的独岛上仅居住着100个居民，孩子找不到玩伴。

 

Nokdo is a South Korean island. It takes about 75 minutes to get there from the land by boat. Only 100 people live on the island. Only a few children live there. A school opens for them. A teacher is not there. The teacher must come from another place.

独岛是韩国的一个岛屿。从陆地坐船到那里大约需要75分钟。岛上只有100人。只有几个孩子住在那里。学校为他们开放。老师不是那里的。老师肯定来自其它地方。

The children are happy there. They say that the island is quiet. Cars are not there. The air is clean. Sadly, the children do not have any friends to play with. South Korea has the oldest people in the world. The number of people is going down.

孩子们在那里很开心。他们说这个岛很安静。汽车去不了那里。空气很干净。遗憾的是，孩子们没有和朋友一起玩。韩国是世界上年龄最大的国家。人数正在下降。

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难句解析：

• population /ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn /n. 人口
  例句：What’s the population of China? 中国的人口是多少？
• It takes about 75 minutes to get there from the land by boat.
  从陆地坐船到那里大约需要75分钟。It takes+时间+to do sth.意为“花时间做某事”；by boat意为“乘船”。
• They say that the island is quiet.
  他们说这个岛很安静。that引导宾语从句。
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