在英国人当中，年长和资历本身并没有什么权威性：事实上，现代生活发展飞快，老年人常显得乏味又过时。
Old age and seniority alone do not command authority among the British: in fact modern life has been developing so fast that old people often appear tiresome and out of date.
年轻人和老年人在一个关键问题上达成了一致：两个群体中的绝大多数人都认为，与前几代人相比，现代年轻人开启新生活更加困难。
Young and old converge on one key point: Overwhelming majorities of both groups said they believe it is harder for young people today to get started in life than it was for earlier generations.
现在(也许有人会补充，从过去就开始了)医生们也开始效法，他们开始拒绝对老年人使用现代医药装配流水线生产的药品，而采用更为温和的手段。
Now (and, some might add, at last) doctors are following suit, rejecting the assembly line of modern medical care for older, gentler options.
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