As a culture, we tend to view our elderly parents as essentially obsolete — like old cars destined for the scrap heap.

在我们的文化里，我们倾向于把年老的父母看作完全陈腐的人——就像一个被扔到垃圾堆里的老旧的汽车。

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In terms of its conclusion the report pulls back from the full radical view which would be to scrap all the different agencies and bring back an arms length body like the Welsh Development Agency which co-ordinated much of this before it was demolished in 2006.

BBC: Wales

Rather, they are looking longer term and anticipating what the future holds for ferrous scrap prices in the U.S. In their view, the trend is almost certainly up.

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