今天的句子：
Title: The Strained Quality of Mercy
Source: Newsweek 2017-06-09
莎士比亚曾经在威尼斯商人中写道：“慈悲不是出于勉强，它像甘霖一样从天而降，既赐福于施与者，又赐福于受施者”（The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed. It blessth him that gives and him that takes）。今天选的这篇文章标题即化用了这句经典，但恰恰是以相反的口吻——“勉强的慈悲”。如出此言？因为美国农业地区严重的老龄化和极高的老年痴呆病发率令许多家庭苦不堪言，到了“对上帝感到愤怒”（get angry with God）的地步（天地不仁，以万物为刍狗）。美国正以前所未有的速度老龄化，加上年轻人口大规模涌向大城市，农业地区的人口构成越来越向65岁以上人群倾斜。而这个年龄段的美国人，每10位就有1位患有不同程度的老年痴呆，这对农业地区造成了巨大的社会和经济负担。
马上就要入秋了，天干物燥，送大家一句话：
“不争是一种慈悲,不闻是一种智慧。”
只愿一切喜乐安康！
每日一句好与坏都是我们自己的判断，我尽力，你不放弃。
The migration of young adults fleeing farming communities coupled with the movement of retirees to pastoral settings is tipping rural demographics toward people age 65 and older. A recent report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts a significant swelling of the retirement-age population in rural America,where the death rate is 14 percent higher in the nation’s least populated counties than in the most populated ones.
词汇突破：
1.migration迁移
2.flee逃离
3.coupled with 加上；与……结合=and
4.pastoral田园的；乡村的
5.demographics人口统计；人口特征
6.predict预测
7.swelling增长；膨胀
第一句：
确定主干：
The migration coupled with the movement is tipping rural demographics toward people age 65 and older.
(coupled with 连接的主语，后面的动词用单数。)
切分成分：
1.fleeing farming communities 后置定语
2. of retirees to pastoral settings 后置定语
第二句：
确定主干：
A recent report predicts a significant swelling of the retirement-age population.
切分成分：
1.by the U.S. Department of Agriculture 后置定语
2.in rural America, 状语
3.where the death rate is 14 percent higher in the nation’s least populated counties than in the most populated ones.定语从句
参考译文：年青人逃离农业社区的大迁移，加上退休人员向田园美景的回归，农业人口的构成正在向65岁以上倾斜。美国农业部近期的一份报告预测，农业地区退休年龄以上的人口将大幅增长，且人口最稀少的郡县死亡率将比最密集的高14倍。
明天的句子：
Title: Reaching a dead end
Source: The Economist 2017-03-04
Yet in November the council voted to reject a plan for the 16 boroughs of Norfolk and Suffolk to join up in a “combined authority”, and accept a mayor for the region, known as East Anglia, in exchange for a slice of 25m pounds funding a year for 30 years to support economic growth and the development of local infrastructure, as well as 130m pounds for housing.
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