Geography 1A P37-38 (excluded fill-in-the-blank)

N - trends that have an effect on a global scale. 巨大潮流（指社會變化）

N-the people living in one particular area or people who are considered as a unit because of their common interests, social group, or nationality 社區;群體;社團，團體，界

adj(US)-relating to getting older

衰老的，变老的;老化的

N-the feeling that something exciting or pleasant is going to happen

（對令人激動或愉快的事情的）期待，渴望，盼望

N-a general, continuous increase in prices

通貨膨脹

N-the rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce the goods

生產率

N-the act of leaving your job and stopping working, usually because you are old

退休;退職;退役

N-an amount of money paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who does not work any more because they are too old or have become ill 養老金;退休金;撫恤金

V-to become smaller, or to make something smaller （使）縮小，（使）變小

N-the mixture you get when two or more things are combined

聯合;混合;結合;綜合