目前，中国有七万六千多所老年学校，包括参加远程教育的老龄学员一共有1300多万人。
但是，现在中国60岁以上的老年人大约有2.49亿。
这种供需严重不平衡造成了老年大学入学难的问题。
很多城市的老年学校有极严格的入学要求，比如北京，你必须有北京户口才能在公立老年大学入学。
不仅在北京，其他很多城市也一样火爆。
在成都，学校预计招生2000多人，实际报名的却有两万多人；
在上海，有些老年大学有老年人凌晨三四点去排队报名。
对于老人来说，技能的提升和学历的获得已经没有太大的意义，更重要的是接触社会、丰富充实晚年生活。
老人群体有巨大的潜在市场，很多商人对这一行业的未来充满信心。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time / currently |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 七 | qī | seven / 7 |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 所 | suǒ | classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc |
| 老年 | lǎo nián | elderly |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 包括 | bāo kuò | to comprise / to include / to involve / to incorporate / to consist of |
| 参加 | cān jiā | to participate / to take part / to join |
| 远程 | yuǎn chéng | remote / long distance / long range |
| 教育 | jiào yù | education |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 老龄 | lǎo líng | aged / geriatric |
| 学员 | xué yuán | student / member of an institution of learning / officer cadet |
| 一共 | yī gòng | in total; altogether |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately |
| 亿 | yì | 100 million |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 供 | gōng | to provide; to supply / to be for (the use or convenience of) |
| 需 | xū | necessity / need |
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 平衡 | píng héng | balance / equilibrium |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 大学 | dà xué | university / college |
| 入学 | rù xué | to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...) / difficult |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 极 | jí | extremely |
| 严格 | yán gé | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | requirement |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily |
| 户口 | hù kǒu | population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 公立 | gōng lì | public |
| 不仅 | bù jǐn | not just; not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 火爆 | huǒ bào | fiery (temper) / popular / flourishing / prosperous / lively |
| 成都 | Chéng dū | Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, China. |
| 预计 | yù jì | to forecast / to predict / to estimate |
| 招生 | zhāo shēng | to enroll new students / to get students |
| 实际 | shí jì | practical / realistic / real / actual |
| 报名 | bào míng | to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 上海 | Shàng hǎi | Shanghai municipality |
| 有些 | yǒu xiē | some |
| 凌晨 | líng chén | very early in the morning / in the wee hours |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 排队 | pái duì | to line up |
| 对于 | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman / the elderly |
| 来说 | lái shuō | for; from the point of view of; in the case of |
| 技能 | jì néng | technical ability / skill |
| 提升 | tí shēng | (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 学历 | xué lì | educational background / academic qualifications |
| 获得 | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 意义 | yì yì | sense / meaning / significance / importance |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 接触 | jiē chù | to touch / to contact |
| 社会 | shè huì | society |
| 丰富 | fēng fù | to enrich |
| 充实 | chōng shí | to enrich / to augment / to substantiate (an argument) |
| 晚年 | wǎn nián | one's later years |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 群体 | qún tǐ | community / colony |
| 巨大 | jù dà | huge; immense; enormous; gigantic |
| 潜在 | qián zài | hidden / potential / latent |
| 市场 | shì chǎng | (economics) market |
| 商人 | shāng rén | merchant / businessman |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 行业 | háng yè | trade; profession; industry; business |
| 未来 | wèi lái | future / tomorrow |
| 充满 | chōng mǎn | full of / brimming with / very full / permeated |
| 信心 | xìn xīn | confidence / faith (in sb or sth) |