新概念英语第四册44-02

接下来课文...or has a chance of moving to virgin territories, where he can make a fresh start. In an overcrowded country, very few people own enough to make them financially independent; ...

virgin territories : 新的国度

make a fresh start : 重新开始

financially independent : 经济独立 = economically independent

financially dependent on my parents 需要父母给钱

Mentally I would rather you stay. 打心眼里我是真舍不得你走。

接下来课文...very few are in a position to accumulate purchasing power; and there is no free land. ...

be in a position to...=be able to...

这位教授有资格能对这个事件发表看法。

The professor is in a position to air on this topic.

接下来课文...Moreover, in any country where population presses hard upon natural resources, ...

press upon...=press on... 施加压力给...