46 What is this passage mainly about?
(A) The dream jobs and small businesses for senior citizens.
(B) The government's pension policies for retired citizens.
(C) The new retirement plans of the British labor union.
(D) The phenomenon and reasons of older people working.

People are working to an older age in Britain. The number of 70-74 year-old people who work has doubled in the past decade.
在英國，人們正在工作到老年。在過去十年中，70-74歲的就業人數翻了一番。

Around 10% of British people in their early 70s are now working. It is the highest figure since records began. The British government says just over a quarter of a million 70-74-year-olds currently have jobs. 
大約10%的70歲出頭的英國人現在正在工作。這是自有記錄以來的最高數位。英國政府表示，目前只有超過25萬70-74歲的人有工作。

In 2005,there were around 100,000 of them. The government said people are working to an older age and are deciding to retire later. A labor union spokesperson said the reason for people working in their old age is because retirement pensions in Britain are becoming more difficult to live on. Many older people have to work and delay retirement to be able to survive.
2005年，大約有100，000人。政府表示，人們正在工作到更高的年齡，並決定推遲退休。工會發言人表示，人們之所以在老年工作，是因為英國的退休金越來越難以維持。許多老年人不得不工作並推遲退休才能生存。

Employment spokesman Frances O'Grady said, “The last decade has seen [big] changes in the labor market, with far more people working beyond retirement age. While there are plenty who enjoy remaining in work, many need to earn extra cash because they cannot afford to retire.
就業發言人法蘭西斯·奧格雷迪（Frances O'Grady）說：“過去十年，勞動力市場發生了[巨大]變化，更多的人工作超過退休年齡。雖然有很多人喜歡繼續工作，但許多人需要賺取額外的現金，因為他們無力退休。


” He added that, “We need decent jobs and pensions for all so that people can make a   genuine choice  about whether they remain in work.” A spokesman for small businesses, John Allan, said more older people were starting their own businesses. He said, “More and more older people are [deciding on] a career change later in life and are starting up their own businesses, pursuing something they may have dreamed of doing for years.”
“他補充說，”我們需要為所有人提供體面的工作和養老金，以便人們可以真正選擇是否繼續工作。小企業發言人約翰·艾倫（John Allan）表示，越來越多的老年人正在創辦自己的企業。他說：「越來越多的老年人[決定]在以後的生活中改變職業，並開始自己的事業，追求他們可能多年來夢寐以求的事情。


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People are working to an older age in Britain.在英國，人們正在工作到老年。

 The number of 70-74 year-old people who work has doubled in the past decade.過去十年，70-74歲的工作人口數量翻了一番。

 Around 10% of British people in their early 70s are now working.大約 10% 的 70 歲出頭的英國人現在正在工作。

 It is the highest figure since records began.這是有記錄以來的最高數字。

 The British government says just over a quarter of a million 70-74-year-olds currently have jobs. 英國政府表示，目前 70 至 74 歲的人口中有超過 25 萬人有工作。

In 2005,there were around 100,000 of them. 2005年，這一數字約為10萬。

The government said people are working to an older age and are deciding to retire later.政府表示，人們的工作年齡越來越大，決定延後退休。

 A labor union spokesperson said the reason for people working in their old age is because retirement pensions in Britain are becoming more difficult to live on. 工會發言人表示，人們在老年工作的原因是英國的退休金生活變得越來越困難。

Many older people have to work and delay retirement to be able to survive.許多老年人必須工作並推遲退休才能生存。


Employment spokesman Frances O'Grady said, “The last decade has seen [big] changes in the labor market, with far more people working beyond retirement age.就業發言人弗朗西斯·奧格雷迪表示：「過去十年，勞動力市場發生了巨大變化，越來越多的人在退休年齡後繼續工作。

 While there are plenty who enjoy remaining in work, many need to earn extra cash because they cannot afford to retire.”雖然有很多人喜歡繼續工作，但許多人需要賺取額外的現金，因為他們無法退休。”

 He added that, “We need decent jobs and pensions for all so that people can make a   genuine choice   about whether they remain in work.” 他補充說，“我們需要為所有人提供體面的工作和退休金，以便人們可以真正選擇是否繼續工作。”

A spokesman for small businesses, John Allan, said more older people were starting their own businesses.小型企業發言人約翰艾倫表示，越來越多的老年人開始自己創業。

 He said, “More and more older people are [deciding on] a career change later in life and are starting up their own businesses, pursuing something they may have dreamed of doing for years.”他說：“越來越多的老年人[決定]在以後的生活中改變職業，並開始自己創業，追求他們多年來夢想做的事情。”