In 2017, the American Geriatrics Society published an editorial providing guidance on "terms NOT to use when describing older people, reinforcing that words like (the) aged, elder(s), (the) elderly, and seniors should not be used."1 This editorial makes a persuasive and eloquent argument ...
Cormorants use their wings to push themselves(them) through the water.11. The room is so small that he has to remove(removal) his piano.12. Elderly (elder) people, especially those over70, can visit many places of interest for free.13. The new law enables (able) a couple to have ...
Elder is used to refer to a status or rank (this term is thought highly of) while elderly is used to describe a stage in life (late adulthood); the latter term is associated with words such as “old”, “retired”, and “hoary”. While the two terms are different by one letter, ...
Used to describe people or things with vibrant energy, "shuilingling de" is often employed humorously and self-deprecatingly by Chinese netizens, lending their descriptions a dramatic flair. For instance, one might say, "I was shuilingling de fired." Ban Wei (The Smell of Toil) This expressi...
Words are added to language every day. Changes in society also cause changes in language. Changes in attitude also affect language. As people become more sensitive to the rights and needs of individual, it becomes necessary to change the words we use to describe them. The elderly are now ...
Spend too long toiling at a dead-end job and you might find thestenchof your office hard to wash off. Young, overworked Chinese are using the term 班味 (bān wèi), or “office stench,” to describe the lingeringma...
根据第一段 “Get up at 6 am, arrive at the hospital one hour earlier to help patients check in, and accompany patients during consultations... In recent years, "patient escorts" has emerged as a new industry, and those who have taken on this career are known as "people who sell time...
By the early 20th century, people seemed to have mostly forgotten the usefulness of the word corny to describe malty beers. The association of the word with all things corn apparently extended to things associated with life where corn is grown, out in the country. And it must have been some...
If it starts with 'consequently', you know that the writer will describe a result of this situation. 如果它以“consequently”开头,你知道作者会描述这种情况的结果。 This is why you use linking words, and this is why they can be powerful. 这就是为什么你要使用连接词,以及为什么它们可以很强大的...
He would tell people that he was the only guy that could sleep in the girl's dormitory. Over the years, I won many talent awards. One time, an elderly man looked at Freddie attentively and asked him where he got his trousers. The audience nearby had tears in their eyes. I didn't ...