在麦克科鲁斯医生自己的报告中,他提到照料老年人的一些事情如同是一个天堂,但在大多数医疗机构里面,“慢下”(slow down)往往被认为是一个淫秽的词语。
Dr. McCullough, by his own report, works in something of a paradise when it comes to geriatric care, but in many medical venues the phrase “slow down” is an obscenity.
但如今,数以百万计的日本女子反对老年人的劝告,并正成功地弃之不理。今日的日本乃是单身女子之天堂。
But millions of them are now against their elders' advice — and getting away with it. Japan today is a paradise for single woman.
很多老年人脾气暴躁,因为他们一辈子都在怨天尤人。(在佛罗里达州,我妈妈把公寓里的邻里争吵称为“在天堂里吹毛求疵”。)
A lot of older people are crotchety because they've been complaining all their lives. Down in Florida, my mother describes condo-association bickering as' nitpicking in paradise.
很多老年人脾气暴躁,因为他们一辈子都在怨天尤人。(在佛罗里达州,我妈妈把公寓里的邻里争吵称为“在天堂里吹毛求疵”。)
A lot of older people are crotchety because they've been complaining all their lives. Down in Florida, my mother describes condo-association bickering as' nitpicking in paradise.
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