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Conversation One
M: Today, we have Professor McKay on our morning talk show. Good morning, Professor McKay. I've heard that you and your team have just completed a report on old age.
W: That's right. (1) Well, the report basically looks into the various beliefs that people hold about old age and tries to verify them.
M: And what do you think your report can achieve?
W: (2) We hope that it will somehow help people to change their feelings about old age. The problem is that far too many of us believe that most old people are poor, lonely, and unhappy. As a result, we tend to find old people, as a group, unattractive. And this is very dangerous for our society.
M: But surely we cannot escape the fact that many old people are lonely and many are sick.
W: No, we can't. (3) But we must also remember that the proportion of such people is no greater among the 60-70 age group than among the 50-60 age group.
M: (3) In other words, there is no more mental illness, for example, among the 60s-70s than among the 50s-60s.
W: Right!
M: Are people's mental abilities affected by old age?
W: Certain changes do take place as we grow older, but this happens throughout life. These changes are very gradual and happen at different times with different people, but, in general, (4) if you know a person well in his middle age and have seen how he deals with events and problems, you will easily recognize him in an old age.
M: So that someone who enjoys new experiences, travel, education, and so on in his middle years will usually continue to do so into old age?
W: Exactly.
1. According to the conversation, what do we know about the report?
2. What does Professor McKay think the report can achieve?
3. What do we know about old people who are lonely and sick?
4. What do we know about the changes that happen on old people?
对话一
男：今天我们的访谈节目请来了麦凯教授。早上好，麦凯教授。我了解到您和您的团队刚刚完成了一份关于年老的报告。
女：是的。这份报告主要调查了人们对老龄期的不同观点，以并试图加以验证。
男：那么，您对这份报告的预期成果是什么呢？
女：我们希望它可以帮助人们改变对老龄期的看法。现在存在的问题是，很多人认为老年人很穷、很孤单，而且不幸福。因此，我们开始讨厌整个的老年人群体。这对于我们社会而言是很危险的。
男：但是我们的确不能否认很多老年人孤单、体弱多病的事实啊。
女：是的，这一点不可否认。但是我们也应该记得，六七十岁的孤独、患病的老年人的比例并不比五六十岁的孤独、患病的人群的比例大。
男：我举个例子，你的意思是说六七十岁的老人当中精神出现问题的人数不比五六十岁人数多吗？
女：对！
男：那人们的精神问题会受到年老的影响吗？
女：随着年龄增长的确会发生一些变化，但是这应该放到整个人生阶段来考虑。这些变化发生的非常缓慢，而且不同的人发生这些变化的时间不同，但是如果你在一个人中年时期就了解他，知道他的行为处事，即使他上了年龄后你仍然能辨认出他来。
男：也就是说，如果一个人中年时喜欢体验新鲜事物、旅行、学习，晚年后他还会继续这样，是这样吗？
女：完全正确。
问题1 根据对话，我们对报告了解了什么？
问题2 麦凯教授对报告的预期成果是什么？
问题3 我们对孤单、多病的老人的了解是什么？
问题4 关于老年人发生的变化我们了解什么？
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