一个来自美国的老人午夜时分在他宽大的卧室里快乐地跳着舞。
At midnight, an old man who comes from America was dancing happily in his own big bedroom.
《美国老年医学会杂志》上发表的一项新研究通过考察246名孩子的性格特征研究了这个问题，这些孩子都是100岁以上老人的后代。
A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.
据MGI计算，如果欧洲其它国家介乎55到64岁之间的老人象瑞典人一样辛勤工作，那么整个欧洲与美国的工作时间差额将减少四分之一。
If other Europeans aged between 55 and 64 were as industrious as older Swedes, the continent could reduce the gap in hours with America by almost a quarter, according to the MGI.
这位拒绝向美国电视新闻网透露姓名的老人，说清理工作已经持续了好几周了。
The man, who declined to share his name with CNN, says the clean-up has been going on for weeks.
美国老年化带来的大量问题可以通过更多的老人继续工作来解决。
Many of the problems caused by the ageing of America would be eased if more old people carried on working.
美国疗养院另一个为人所诟病之处在于，当居住在疗养院中的老人濒临死亡之时，疗养院仍忙不迭地将他们送去医院。
Another common gripe about American nursing homes is that their residents are still all too likely to be rushed off to hospital as they begin to die.
最近经合组织对其12个成员国进行调查，发现其中5个国家(包括美国)丧失行为能力的老人明显减少。
When the OECD recently looked at 12 member countries, it found clear signs of a recent decline in disability in elderly people in only five of them (including America).
几乎有三成美国民众告诉民调机构美国还没有准备好让一位70好几的老人入主白宫。
Almost 30% of Americans tell pollsters that America is not ready to put a septuagenarian into the White House.
在美国，只有非常少的退休老人购买年金。
我们有责任信守这项承诺；为了我们的老人，残疾人以及所有美国人捍卫《社会保障法》，今天，明天，直至永远。
We have an obligation to keep that promise; to safeguard Social Security for our seniors, people with disabilities, and all Americans - today, tomorrow, and forever.
北极"是美国阿拉斯加州的一个小镇，自1954年起，每年有数千名"圣诞老人行动"志愿者为写给"北极·圣诞老人"的人回信。
Since 1954, thousands of volunteers in the Alaska town of North Pole have run the tradition of replying to letters addressed "Santa Claus, The North Pole".
答：在美国，对残疾老人和生命垂危者的照护大约80%是由家属提供的。
A: in the USA about 80% of all care for disabled elderly and dying people is provided by family.
美国人关于圣诞老人的概念源于圣-尼古拉斯，他生于公元280年的小亚细亚。众所周知，他是个和蔼、慈善的人；确实，由于他的慷慨宽大而成为一位圣徒。
The concept of the American Santa Claus originated with St. Nicholas, who was born in Asia Minor in 280 A.D. he was known as a kind, benevolent man; indeed made a saint because of his generosity.
没有根本改变美国的权利——其最大的项目是老人的养老金和医疗补贴，预算危机的潜在威胁将依然存在。
Without radical change to America's entitlements, whose largest items are pensions and subsidised health care for the elderly, the looming threat of a budget crisis will remain.
在大型发达国家中，美国是唯一一个儿童比老人数量大的，也是少数几个工作年龄的人口还在增长的发达国家之一。
America will be the only big developed country where children outnumber pensioners, and one of the few developed countries where the working-age population is still growing.
该项议程对于老人们来说是错误的，对于美国来说也是错误的，我不会允许它的发生。
That agenda is wrong for seniors, it's wrong for America, and I won't let it happen.
数百万快乐的美国老人已经证明了事实并非如此。
Millions of happy, fulfilled older Americans prove it’s not.
这本该是个好日子，是该为这一使美国老人们活得有尊严、活得受尊重的机制喝彩的日子。
It should have been a joyous occasion, a time to celebrate a program that has brought dignity and decency to the lives of older Americans.
今年的圣诞季，从美国各地白胡子、红衣服的圣诞老人收到的圣诞心愿中，反映出经济困难时期的萧瑟之象。
A wintry measure of hard times can be found this holiday season on the knee of white-bearded, red-suited men around the country.
约翰·洛特，AARP的政策主管，说问题不是老人的津贴太过丰厚，而是医疗的通货膨胀太高，美国人没有为退休作足够的储备。
John Rother, AARP's policy director, says the problem is not that old people's benefits are too generous, but that medical inflation is too high and Americans do not save enough for retirement.
多年来不少研究报告都对手机的使用发出警告，但美国南佛罗里达大学的科学家日前却发现，手机不仅能增强记忆力，还能预防老人痴呆。
After years of health warnings about mobile phones, scientists from the University of South Florida have discovered that mobile phones might improve memory and protect against Alzheimer's disease.
美国缅因州，装扮成圣诞老人的滑雪者和滑冰者在星期日河的冰面上滑行。
Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa Claus head down the slope at Sunday River, Maine.
在西方，在欧洲和美国，人口统计最能说明问题，快速的老龄化趋势，越来越少的税收要支持越来越多的老人。
In the West, in Europe and America, the big economic story is a demographic one — a rapidly ageing population and a dwindling tax take with which to support our increasingly doddery citizens.
实际上，美国人口增长最快的是85岁以上的老人。
And actually, the fastest-growing group of people in the United States are those people over 85.
美国公共卫生署代理署长称，在一个与肥胖进行“艰苦斗争”的国度，圣诞老人如果能变得更苗条一些，也许能成为孩子们更为理想的行动榜样。
The acting US surgeon general said a thinner Santa would be a better role model for kids in a land battling obesity.
美国公共卫生署代理署长称，在一个与肥胖进行“艰苦斗争”的国度，圣诞老人如果能变得更苗条一些，也许能成为孩子们更为理想的行动榜样。
The acting US surgeon general said a thinner Santa would be a better role model for kids in a land battling obesity.
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