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We'd gone up to the city, my husband and I, to see a friend of his from college. He was doing well for himself for us to get away like this, on the rare occasions we could get a baby-sitter. He met us at the parking garage (停车库) he'd recommended (推荐) and offered to pay for. "City life's great," he and a kiss on the cheek for me. Then he led us out to the street for the two-block walk to his apartment. The North Side reminded me of a refined street festival that summer night - crowds of people, somehow looking of restaurants. We were walking three abreast (并肩) down the sidewalk. I was on the inside, closest to the buildings, and I saw hi He was old, sitting on the doorstep of a store already locked for the night. He was bundled up in a dirty jacket tha "Got a quarter?" "Can you spare some change?" We'd seen people like him before, of course. We'd learned not to look them in the eye, to close our ears, to walk o 孩), though, by telling you they needed money to feed their kids. So I steeled myself as we approached him. "Got any loose change you can spare?" he piped up. "Get lost!" our friend shouted, looking straight ahead. As we brushed by, I got a look at him. Gray hair, a creased (有皱痕的), worn face that, inexplicably (无法解释地), had a Then we were past him, not missing a step in our steady stride. "I get so sick of these guys leeching off of you," our f I slowed down, my steps faltering (犹豫). I had some change in my pocket. I could get it out, run back, drop it into the could just tell them, "I'll be right back, guys; wait for me a second." and go back at my leisure. But then I'd have to list a sob story to tell.【缺少答案,请补充】
The problems of the elderly are attracting greater attention largely because the American population is growing steadily older as th United States census in 1790, half of the people in the country were 16 or younger. By the turn of the present century the median age 27.7; and by 1977, it had reached 28.9; the median age will reach 35 by the year 2000, and had reached approach 40 by the year 2030. In time, the burden of the years affects even the healthiest individual. Aging is accompanied by physiological changes: apart from the mor body form, and stiffness (僵硬) of limbs—there is a general process of atrophy (萎缩) of the cells and gradual degeneration(退化). However, another. Some people show noticeable signs of aging as early as fifty. Others seem relatively young and vital at seventy. In general, however, ill health becomes more common with advancing age. They suffer from some chronic health condition. But ill health n psychological causes as well. People tend to follow social expectations to fill the roles that are offered to them. In a sense, all we offer the ag his or her usefulness to society. Unlike the elders in a traditional society, the American aged would no longer lay automatic claim on their kin for support and social particip more likely to have to try not to be a "nuisance" to their now independent adult offspring. In America, childhood is romanticized, youth is idolized, middle age does the work, has the power and pays the bills, and old age gets little c Americans, old age is a tragedy, a period of quiet despair.【缺少答案,请补充】