Elderly老年人
filial duty 子女的义务
dutiful/ filial 忠实的, 顺从的, 守本分的, 恭敬的, 孝敬的
the elderly/senior citizens老年人
the aging is a social problem. 人口老龄化是一个社会问题
bed-ridden 卧床不起
their health is declining. 他们的健康每况愈下
be paralyzed 瘫痪，麻痹
sit in a wheelchair/move around in a wheelchair坐轮椅
nursing one’s sick parents 照料生病的父母
nursing home 老人院
old people’s home 老人院
social welfare 社会福利
be financially independent 经济独立
be retired 退休
pensioner领养老金者，抚恤金领取者，领年金者, 跟班
do not want to be regarded as a burden 不想被当作负担
live an isolated life 与世隔绝
the generation gap 代沟
be widowed寡居，鳏居
widow/widower 寡妇/鳏夫
life expectancy 平均寿命(=expectation of life)
Parenting(父母对子女的')养育
have a family of one’s own 拥有自己的家庭
be pregnant 怀孕
on maternity leave 休产假
give birth to a baby 生孩子
take a baby to the kindergarten 送孩子去幼儿园
breadwinner养家活口的人, 负担家计的人
make ends meet收支相抵，收支平衡
provide financial and emotional support to the young
parental abuse 虐待父母
ill-treat/maltreat vt. 虐待, 滥用
大陆中国 Mainland China
红色中国 socialistChina
四化 Four Modernizations
终生职业 job-for-life
铁饭碗 iron rice bowl
外出打工人员 migrantworkers
关系网 personal nets, closely-knitted guild
传统习俗：
叩头 kowtow
孔子Confucius
牌楼 pailou;pai-loo
武术 wushu(Chinese Martial Arts)
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