I have notice the tone of pride and satisfaction with which middle-aged children in America announce that their 80- or 90-year-old mother “still lives in her own house,” as if voluntary isolation were the pinnacle of geriatric heroism.
I have notice the tone of pride and satisfaction with which middle-aged children in America announce that their 80- or 90-year-old mother “still lives in her own house,” as if voluntary isolation were the pinnacle of geriatric heroism.
我注意到美国那些年过半百的子女们带着自豪满足地语气宣称他们八九十高龄的母亲“仍居住在自己的房子里”时，那仿佛是在赞誉自愿独居是老当益壮的最高体现。