和“年迈”有关的英语词汇

尊重老人是我国一大传统美德，每逢重阳节，很多会街道、居委会、公司等会通过开展多样的活动来表示对长者们的爱戴和尊重。比如，有些退休的老人们会一起去登山踏秋、插茱萸等。试做下面六道和 “晚年” 有关的题目 。

 

1. When you are old enough (or wealthy enough) you can stop work and ______.

 

a) resign

 

b) give up

 

c) retreat

 

d) retire

 

2. Money you receive from the government and/or your company when you have stopped working is your ______.

 

a) pension

 

b) allowance

 

c) pocket money

 

d) savings¹

 

3. An older person can politely be described as a(n) ______.

 

a) senior citizen

 

b) past-it person

 

c) super civilian²

 

d) non-worker

 

4. A polite adjective for an older person is ______.

 

a) long lived

 

b) obsolete³

 

c) elderly

 

d) rusty⁴

 

5. The medical specialty⁵ relating to older people is ______.

 

a) orthopaedics

 

b) pediatrics

 

c) geriatrics

 

d) obstetrics

 

6. Someone who reaches the age of 100 is a ______.

 

a) octogenarian

 

b) centenarian

 

c) nonagenarian

 

d) septuagenarian

 

答案

1) d, 2) a, 3) a, 4) c, 5) c, 6) b.

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