2.2 现在分词与所修饰的名词有逻辑主谓关系（续1）

11. an ageing population 人口 老龄化

12. expressing views of population ageing（动名词）发表关于人口老龄化的观点

13. conflicting reports 报道前后矛盾

14. the lecturing guide 导游滔滔不绝

15. falling fertility rate 生育率下降

16. increasing life expectancy 寿命不断延长

17. rising median age 平均年龄上升

18. After a while I punched the button on my talking watch: “The time is nine forty-

five.”

过了一会儿，我按了按我那个语音报时表的按钮：“现在是 9 点 45 分。”

19. All the others had seemed full of holidaying families.

其余的包间似乎都坐满了一家家外出度假的人。

20. flying dust 尘 土飞扬

21. a flowering maple 一棵枫树开花

22. He dashed like an escaping hawk out through the French window.

他像一只逃脱的鹰一样从落地窗冲了出去。

23. Then “You've no proof of anything,” he countered, looking at the smiling

daffodils.

他看着那些灿烂的水仙花反驳说：“你们没有任何证据。”

24. There is a kind of fear growing up amongst us that we shall one day be short of

work.

在我们中间有一种恐惧在加深，担心我们有一天会没有工作。

25. There was something wrong going on. 错误正在上演。