Why, the argument goes, should a car-driving pensioner from Lincolnshire have to subsidise the daily commute of a stockbroker from Surrey?
有人争论道,为什么一个来自林肯郡的、有车开的、领着养老金的人必须去补贴一个来自萨里郡的股票经纪人的日常通勤呢?
Plucking up courage, the man approaches the pensioner.
年轻人鼓了鼓勇气,走近两位可敬的老人。
Don't be surprised if your pensioner parents head for the divorce courts.
如果你的已经退休并且领取退休金的父母,前往离婚裁决法庭,请不要惊讶。
But 15 years on, a pensioner has come forward to cast doubt on the spectre.
然而15年后,一个退休老人逐步揭开了幽灵疑云。
But by 2050 this will have come down to only two workers for every pensioner.
预计到2050年,负担会加重,每2个工人就需要供养1位老人。
ARPUTHAM AMMAL, a pensioner with curly silver hair and a wheezing cough, is an abolitionist.
满头卷曲白发、不时气喘咳嗽的退休金领取人阿普塔姆·安马尔是一名主张废除死刑的支持者。
When public pensions were introduced in the 1960s there were 11 workers for every pensioner.
当公共退休养老金保障在在20世纪60年代推行时,是由11位在职人员供养一位领取退休养老金的人。
The pensioner, who suffered from Alzheimers Disease, had survived a stroke and lost her speech.
这名退休老人患有老年痴呆症,并身患中风,并因此无法说话。
His skin is thinning, his hair grows slowly and he suffers from the physical problems of a pensioner.
他的皮肤是薄的,头发生长的很慢,和老人一样,他的身体也经常出现问题。
According to a report by the authorities, every 2 taxpayers would have to support 1 pensioner in 2035.
据权威部门的报告,到2035年,我国每2名纳税人要供养1名养老金领取者。
The pensioner is particularly wary of state-run companies, because she believes they are unpredictable.
离退休人员对国有公司一般都格外警觉,因为他们认为这些公司高深莫测。
France and Britain will have a much more favourable age pyramid, with more than two workers per pensioner.
法国和英国会有有利的多的年龄金字塔,每个退休者会有超过两个工作的人供养。
Current projections suggest that by 2030 there will be only about two Italians aged 20-64 for every pensioner.
据当前的预测表明,到2030年时,每个领取养老金的退休人员中只有2个年龄在20- 64岁的意大利人。
In rich countries there are now roughly four workers for every pensioner. By 2050 there will be little more than two.
如今在发达国家,每个老人大约由四个工作者抚养,到2050年将减少至两个。
The pensioner told CCTV News: 'I'd like to see the sea in Sanya this winter, but just fear the loneliness of traveling solo.
这位老人对中央台说:“我想今年冬天去三亚看海,但是害怕一个人旅游会孤独。”
The pensioner told CCTV News: 'I'd like to see the sea in Sanya this winter, but just fear the loneliness of traveling solo. '
这位老人对中央台说:“我想今年冬天去三亚看海,但是害怕一个人旅游会孤独。”
The oldest among July's 615 participants is pensioner Gwynneth Pedler, 83, from Oxford, who plans to signal with semaphore flags.
即将在七月份登场的年纪最大的参与者是83岁来自牛津的GwynnethPedler,她准备打旗语。
The pensioner, who has 11 grandchildren, said: "I practise each day and Ive got a rope at home that I use to pull my leg up higher."
现享受退休金的劳伊共有11个孙子。他说:“我每天都练功,我家里有根绳子,专门用来吊腿。”
They were instantly on, shocking the rumpled sleeper in his bed, and as instantly off (" Oh, sorry! "), tripping the pensioner on the stair.
白炽灯能瞬时点亮,使正睡在凌乱的床上的人感到震惊,同样它们被即刻熄灭(“噢,对不起!”),使得老人一下绊倒在楼梯上。
A Romanian pensioner has filed for divorce after 50 years because she is fed up with her husband spending their entire pension on stray dogs.
已经结婚50年的罗马尼亚退休老人提出了离婚,只因为她厌倦了丈夫把退休金都用在了流浪狗身上。
To police in a New Jersey seaside town, the rock legend Bob Dylan was merely an eccentric pensioner wandering the streets in the pouring rain.
对新泽西州一个海边小镇的警察来说,摇滚史上的传奇人物鲍勃·迪伦(Bob Dylan)只不过是个在倾盆大雨中漫步街头的行为古怪的老人。
The pensioner, who lives in the village of Karanac, near the city of Osijek, in eastern Croatia, said he had no intention of abandoning his habit.
这位退休老人生活在克罗地亚东部Osijek市附近的Karanac乡村,他说他没有意向要放弃他的习惯。
The pensioner realised her mistake when she got off the train at Mainz, but could only watch as the service rolled out of the station towards Cologne.
这位老妇人在德国美因兹下车后,立刻意识到自己犯了个大错误,居然把珠宝留在列车上,但她只能眼睁睁地看着列车向科隆驶去。
Pensioner Ida Keeling, from New York, has set a new world best for her age group with a time of 29.86 seconds on the track, the Daily Mail of London reported.
据英国《每日邮报》报道,美国纽约一位95岁的退休老太太艾德·柯灵在60米短跑中跑出了29.86秒的好成绩,成为同年龄组的世界冠军。
The pensioner, whose birthday it actually was, became suspicious however when the woman asked her for a drink of water and then tried to hold a towel in front of her face.
领养老金的阿嬷确实要过生日,而当该女向她要一杯水喝,接著试图在她眼前抓住一条手巾时,阿嬷起了疑心。
The pensioner, whose birthday it actually was, became suspicious however when the woman asked her for a drink of water and then tried to hold a towel in front of her face.
领养老金的阿嬷确实要过生日,而当该女向她要一杯水喝,接著试图在她眼前抓住一条手巾时,阿嬷起了疑心。
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