他慈爱地说：“这不是那种适合小动物外出的夜晚。”
"This is not the sort of night for small animals to be out," he said paternally.
比如两代人之间的隔阂。作为一个75岁的父亲，他不愿夜晚外出，和只有他一半年龄的人一样的工作。
Intergenerational tension, for example, as Dad, 75, refuses to go gently into the night and works each day like a man half his age.
还有其他的一些人在尽他们的最大努力勉强维持生活—他们为了节约汽油或者偿还贷款而放弃夜晚外出和家人在一起；为了送孩子上大学而延缓了退休。
Others are doing their best just toscrape by -- giving up nights out with the family to save on gas or make themortgage; postponing retirement to send a kid to college.
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