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What Worries Baby Boomers the Most

熟齡族最擔憂的事情

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What Worries Baby Boomers the Most
肌少症與錢少症
Angela and George are colleagues. They are chatting.
安吉拉和喬治是同事。他們在聊天。
Angela: I just saw a report about our parents’ generation.
安吉拉:我剛看到一篇關於我們父母那一代的報導。
report(n.)報告
George: The baby boomers? What about them?
喬治:嬰兒潮世代?他們怎麼了?
Angela: The report shows what they worry about the most.
安吉拉:報告在講他們最擔心的事情。
George: Let me guess, they worry about their health. I think muscle loss has become a serious problem among them.
喬治:讓我猜猜,他們一定擔心自己的健康。我想肌少症已經成為熟齡族健康的嚴重問題。
health(n.)健康、healthy(adj.)健康的muscle loss肌少症serious(adj.)嚴重的
Angela: That’s one of them. Many don’t work out enough.
安吉拉:健康是其中一個他們所憂心的事情。許多人的確運動得不夠。
work out健身運動
George: I think mental health will be something they worry about as well, especially for those who are divorced or single.
喬治:我想心理健康也是問題吧,尤其是對於離婚或單身的人。
mental health心理健康divorced(adj.)離婚的、get divorced or get a divorce、single(adj.)單身的
Angela: Bingo again. Could you guess the last one?
安吉拉:又猜中了。你能猜到最後一個嗎?
George: It’s about money. They worry that they don’t earn enough to support themselves after they retire.
喬治:一定跟錢有關係。擔心退休後收入不足以養活自己吧。
earn(v.)賺錢support oneself養活自己retire(v.)退休、retiree退休的人
Angela: Wow, you know them back to front.
安吉拉:哇,你對他們瞭若指掌。
know sth. back to front瞭若指掌
George: Well, I know a lot of people that age.
喬治:嗯,我認識很多那個年齡層的人啊。

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worry(v.)
擔憂、憂心
baby boomer
嬰兒潮世代、the millennial千禧世代、generation alpha最新世代
report(n.)
報告
health(n.)
健康、healthy(adj.)健康的
muscle loss
肌少症
serious(adj.)
嚴重的
work out
健身運動
mental health
心理健康
divorced(adj.)
離婚的、get divorced or get a divorce、single(adj.)單身的
earn(v.)
賺錢
support oneself
養活自己
retire(v.)
退休、retiree退休的人
know sth. back to front
瞭若指掌
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