the country will be over sixty in the early part of the 21st century. It is high time that the problem was given serious and earnest attention now.
Words:
Toil
vt.
①to work very hard and/or for a long time,usually doing hard physical work (长时间)苦干
②to move slowly and with difficulty 跋涉 Eg:They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun n. hard unpleasant work that makes you very tired 苦工,苦累的工作
A life of hardship and toil艰难劳苦的一生
unprecedented adj.
that has never happened, been done or been known before空前的;前所未有的;没有先例的
Eg:The situation is unprecedented in modern times. unprecedentedly adv.
wear out:to become,or make sth become thin or no longer able to