外刊精讲 | 从中国、日本到印度：为什么全世界年轻人都不想生孩子了？

【欢迎订阅】  每天早上5:30，准时更新。  【阅读原文】  标题：India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the worldIt is not just rich places that are becoming less fertile正文：For decades, India's rulers sent citizens a blunt message: stop having so many children. In the 1960s school walls carried slogans urging families to limit births. By the 1970s the government took an even harsher turn,overseeing the sterilisation of millions of mostly poor young adults, many against their will. Yet when Indian textbooks are reprinted this summer, they will carry a startlingly different warning—not about too many babies, but about too few.知识点：blunt adj. /blʌnt/direct and straightforward, often in a way that may offend 直率的；生硬的• She gave a blunt assessment of his performance, saying it was simply not good enough. 她对他的表现给出了直率的评价，说实在是不够好。• His blunt refusal surprised everyone in the room. 他生硬的拒绝让屋里所有人都很惊讶。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！  【节目介绍】  《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。  所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。  【适合谁听】  1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者  2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者  3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者  4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）  【你将获得】  1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景  2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法  3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。