[打卡] 对“社会老龄化”的精彩比喻！

今天的外刊金句来自《经济学人》——全球“婴儿荒”的严重后果，下面这句话把低出生率做一个精彩的比喻：

The result is that in much of the world the patter of tiny feet is being drowned out by the clatter of walking sticks. 

词/短语：

1. patter of tiny feet: 小脚的啪嗒声

2. be drowned out：被...淹没

3. clatter of walking sticks: 拐杖的咔哒声

语法:

1. the result is that...that引导表语从句

2. in much of the world 是状语

译：其后果是，在世界很多地区，小宝宝小脚的啪嗒声正被老年人拄拐的咔哒声所淹没。