He may be conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect for elders--as if mere age were a reason for respect.

脑子里就想到些年轻人也许狂妄自负，举止无理，傲慢放肆，愚昧无知，但我不会用应当尊重长者一套陈词滥调来为我自己辨护，似乎年长就是受人尊敬的理由。

Many in the crowd were older adults. Some chewed gum and lifted dumbbells.

些人中很多都是年长者。他们中的一些人嚼着口香糖，举着哑铃。

Jules, urged on by the older man, made up his mind he would do for geography what Dumas had done for history.

在位长者的鼓励下，儒勒决定要在地理学领域进行创，就像大仲马的写集中在历史学范畴那样。

Why do old people dislike new music?

为什么年长者不喜欢听新音乐？

So we work very closely with a great group of volunteers called the One Thousand Elders, these volunteers are all 65 or over but in good health.

因此，我们与一群名为" 千千零年长者" 的志愿者密切，些志愿者都是65岁或以上，但健康状况良好。

Well, the candy has come pouring in and the seniors are hoping all of the kids in the surrounding neighborhood come knocking at their door in just over two weeks.

好吧，糖果已经倒进来了，长者们希望周围邻居的所有孩子在两周内敲他的门。

If you want to go far, go together.

谋长者善力。

You sure are! We can all be polite to elderly people.

你真的很有礼貌！ 我们都可以对年长者殷勤一些。

Something that you use to show respect to those who are older?

你用什么来表达对年长者的尊重呢？

You know who came? It was the elders.

你们知道是谁过来吗？ 都是那些长者们。

The elders of the village knew about the buffalo herd out there.

村里的长者知道那里有野牛群。

Beethoven met Haydn in 1791, but was not impressed by the older man.

1791年，贝多芬见到了海顿，但对位长者没留下深刻印象。

Staying outdoors when it is very cold is dangerous for an old person.

对年长者来说，天气很冷的时候待在室外是很危险的。

Elder John Pingayak says the storm shook his resolve.

长者约翰·平亚克说，暴风雨动摇了他的决心。

In this way, the elders protect an important food reserve well into the dry season.

久而久之，那些长者就为旱季贮存下了重要的食物储备。

But when it comes to learning about high-technology devices, the opposite can often be true.

但在学习高科技设备时，总是年轻人教给年长者。

Maybe River Omo in Ethiopia is the one with the crack, another elder offered.

也许埃塞俄比亚的奥莫河就是有裂缝的那条河，另一位长者提出。

And they need older people, adults, to be their coaches.

他们需要年长者、成年人来担任他们的教练。

" Thief! Thief! Thief! " one of their younger colleagues, who had testified against Ove, chanted happily across the changing room, until one of the older men on their shift gave him a slap across the ear that silenced him.

“贼！贼！贼！”其中一个指证欧维的小跟班随声应和，直到一起当班的一位与欧维父亲交好的长者扯住了他的耳朵才住嘴。

Children, he points out, learn to talk by being constantly surrounded by linguistic virtuosos- fluent older speakers who, in musical parlance, are " jamming" with the novices almost from birth.

他指出，儿童在学说话时周围都是 “语言大师”——用音乐术语来说，他们是讲话流利的年长者，几乎从一出生就和新手“打成一片”。