Tokyo Japan

　　Unlike an earthquake, a demographic disaster does not strike without warning. Japan’s population of 127millon is predicted to fall to 90million by 2050. By then, the ratio between working-age Japanese and children and the elderly will be one to one. What’s more, half the talent in Japan is female. Outside the kitchen, those talents are woefully underemployed, nearly half of Japanese university graduates are female but only 67% of these women have jobs,

　　Japanese women with degrees are much more likely than Americans to quit their jobs voluntarily, saying that the strongest push came from employers who do not value them. A startling 49% of highly educated Japanese women quit, because they feel their careers have stalled.

　　解析：本篇听力主要针对日本地震过后会出现的一些问题进行 阐述。其中提到了人口结构的变化以及日本女性的职业情况。本篇无明显生词，但通篇下来出现了五处数字信息，这种情况下考生需要注意在听的过程中记笔记。此 外，也可以看出，听力中的数字信息是每次高口考试的必考点，考生在平时准备的时候尤其需要注意。