EIN026_Immigration driving rapid population growth 【Tambaboon Lab Sydney Australia mind map】

I found noteworthy news on ABC News AM.
Miriam Hall reported this story on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 08:08:00

TONY EASTLEY: Just before 10 o'clock tonight, Australia's population will officially hit 23 million.The milestone is based on government figures that have Australia's population growing by one million people every two and half years.Australia's rapid population growth, the highest in the developed world, has long caught the attention of politicians and policy makers.In the past 12 months there's been an unprecedented number of babies born as Australians opt for larger families, and as more people migrate to Australia.Demographer Mark McCrindle is speaking here to Miriam Hall. He says it's inevitable Australia's population will reach 40 million within 40 years. (Hall, M)

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1. Just before 10 o'clock tonight, 
2. Australia's population will officially hit 23 million.

1. The milestone is based on government figures 
2. that have Australia's population growing by one million people every two and half years.

1. Australia's rapid population growth, 
2. the highest in the developed world, 
3. has long caught the attention of politicians and policy makers.

1. In the past 12 months 
2. there's been an unprecedented number of babies born as Australians opt 
3. for larger families, and as more people migrate to Australia.

1. Demographer Mark McCrindle is speaking here to Miriam Hall. 
2. He says it's inevitable Australia's population will reach 40 million within 40 years.

Word vocabulary
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milestone
【名-1】道しるべ、マイル標石、里程標式、一里塚
【名-2】画期的な出来事、画期的事件
【＠】マイルストーン、マイルストウン、【変化】《複》milestones、【分節】mile・stone

unprecedented
【形】前例［先例］のない、空前の、今までに例のない、かつてない、前代未聞の、新奇な、未曽有の、史上初の、無類の、類を見ない◆【反】precedented

opt
ɑ́pt
【自動】選ぶ、選択する
【＠】オプト、【変化】《動》opts | opting | opted

inevitable
inévətəbl
【名-2】《one's ～》お決まりの
【形-1】避けられない、当然の、必然的な、必然の、必至の、不可避の、仕方ない
【＠】イネビタブル、インエビタブル、【分節】in・ev・i・ta・ble


Reference
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Hall, M. (2013). Immigration driving rapid population growth   Available: http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3742917.htm  Last accessed 23nd April 2013.

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