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  【PovertyisnotfirstthingthatcomestomindwhenyouthinkofJapan.Afterall,therearenochildrenbeggingonthestreetsinmajorcitieshere.YoudonotoftenseeJapanesecitizenspubliclylettingouttheircomplaintsoverthecountry'sec】

  PovertyisnotfirstthingthatcomestomindwhenyouthinkofJapan.Afterall,therearenochildrenbeggingonthestreetsinmajorcitieshere.YoudonotoftenseeJapanesecitizenspubliclylettingouttheircomplaintsoverthecountry'seconomicdecline.ButseniorgovernmentresearcherAyaAbesaysJapanhasthefourthhighestrateofchildpovertyamongdevelopedcountries.

  Shesayssheseesthatpovertyinschoolswherestudentsadmittoonlybathingonceaweek.Somecannotaffordtobuypencilsforclass.

  "Theymaynotbeonthestreetsbeggingortheymaynotbeturningintocriminals,butit'sthere.It'sjustthatwehavetoopenoureyesandsee,"Abesaid.

  Abeowestheincreaseinchildpovertytothecountry'schangingdemographics(人口统计),strugglingeconomyandhighsocialsecuritypremiums(保险费).Shesaysfewerpeopleliveinthree-generationhouseholds,wheretheparentsandgrandparentswork.Thenumberofsinglemothershasincreased.Thesalaryforyoungfathershasdeclinedwiththeeconomicdownturn.Socialsecuritypremiumshaveincreasedinthelast20years,puttingfamiliesontheedgeofpoverty.

  AbesaysstudiesconductedbytheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment (OECD ) pointtorisingpovertyinJapanbeforetheglobaleconomiccrisesin2008.ButtheJapanesegovernmentandthepublicrefusedtoacknowledgeituntilthenpartlybecauseoftheshameassociatedwithpoverty.

  "ItwasveryunpopularforJapanesemediatosayanythingaboutJapanesepoverty,"saidAbe."EventhoughOECDJapanannounceditinJapanese,Japanesemediadidn'tmakeitintothearticles."

  AbesaysnewPrimeMinisterYukioHatoyamahastakenoneimportantsteptohelpalleviate (缓解) theproblem.Nextyear,hisDemocraticPartyofJapanplanstodoublemonthlychildcareallowancesgiventofamilies.

  ButAbewantsthegovernmenttoexpanditsfinancialhelpevenmore.Shewantsittosimplifytheprocesstoapplyforpublicassistanceandprovideeducationalgrantsforstudentsstrugglingtopayfortuitionathighschoolsandcolleges.Thecountrynowonlyoffersloans.

  Abealsosaysthegovernmentmustactquicklybecauseshesaystheproblemwillonlygetworseinthenextfewyears.

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  36.B.主旨大意题.根据第一段:ButseniorgovernmentresearcherAyaAbesaysJapanhasthefourthhighestrateofchildpovertyamongdevelopedcountries可知这篇文章意在告诉我们关于日本的贫困儿童增加...

2020-06-05 18:50:09

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