Gail Collins: Maybe that's because the elderly people answering the surveys retired when people still got fixed pensions.

盖尔·科林斯：可能是因为参与调查的老人已经退休，人们仍然领着固定的养老金。

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"We're thinking about the elderly people who are living alone with no one looking after them," he said. "Hopefully this will be able to alleviate some concerns and possibly save a few lives."

“我们考虑的是那些独居的老年人”他说，“但愿这能减少忧虑并尽可能的拯救生命。”

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The notice gives advice on protecting the eyesight of elderly people.

该通知提出了保护老年人视力的建议。

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A severe respiratory illness was affecting young people, contrary to seasonal viruses that often attack the elderly.

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The study shows the risk is greater for the elderly, people with existing heart disease, and people, generally in poor neighborhoods, who live along major roads and highways.

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Yet for elderly people, the wounds of war,still remain.

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"We clearly don't have a problem with payments to the elderly people who are not well off, " says Mr Hanton.

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The sickest among the elderly people are now treated with a per person costs that is many times as much as the per student payment to educate a child.

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"Caregiver stress is directly related to the way our society views the elderly and the people who care for them, "Vitaliano says.

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