"Empty-nest" senior citizens feel lonely and depressed

时间：2007-01-10 06:22:30

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Chinanews, Shanghai, January 10 – Many “empty-nest” senior citizens in Shanghai feel lonely and depressed1. A recent survey in Shanghai reveals that some 90% of them badly need communication and care, 16.1% of whom even feel life too boring.

 

Over 700 thousand senior citizens in Shanghai live in “empty nests”, 170 thousand of them being widow or widowers2. Most of these “empty-nest”senior citizens spend the better part of a day watching TV and cooking. Playing mahjong and chatting with neighbors are their only entertainment.

 

Obviously the children of “empty-nest” senior citizens should once in a while visit with their parents to ease their loneliness and depression.

 
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1 depressed xu8zp9     
adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的
参考例句：
  • When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
  • His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
2 widowers 77b5b29779d90accc12a0763c168ed00     
n.鳏夫( widower的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Even elderly widows and widowers choose to live on their own. 连年迈的寡妇和鳏夫都选择独自生活。 来自互联网
  • His works contain Widowers' House, Mrs. Warren's Profession, a play about the economic oppression of women. 他的早期代表作品包括《鳏夫的房产》，《沃伦夫人的职业》的主题是对妇女们经济上的压迫。 来自互联网

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