give up seats to the elderly 让座给老人英文阅读.doc

Give up seats to the elderly?把座位让给老人吗？The Internet has helped create an entirely different generation （代）of young people.网络帮助创造了完全不同的年轻一代They have their own, often cryptic（私密的） language, behavior and style that, thanks to the Internet, have become an important part of popular culture. But the Internet also makes sure that the follies （愚蠢）of the young are out there for the whole world to see.多亏了互联网，他们拥有自己互相间通用的语言，行为以及行事风格并且这些已经成为了大众文化的重要的一部分但是网络同样让年轻人的愚蠢的行为，扩散向全世界可见For instance, when a group of seven high school students seated on a bus in Nanjing ignored a silver-haired（头发花白） old man standing next to them, pictures of the scene appeared on the Internet the next day and kick-started（出现） a national debate.举个例子，当一群七年级的学生坐在公交车上，无视一名头发花白的老人站在他们旁边时，当这幅场景隔天出现在网络上时，将开启一场国民间的讨论。

While many deplore the deterioration of manners, and even moral standards（礼仪甚至道德标准恶化）, of today’s youths, some sympathized（同情） with the students. They said students are under tremendous（巨大的） stress in their studies, and it is understandable that they might be too tired to give their seats to someone else on the bus.当许多谴责当今年轻人礼仪甚至道德标准恶化的时候，一些人开始同情这些学生他们说学生顶着他们巨大的学习压力，所以他们太累了，以至于在公家车上没有让座给其他人是可以理解的Some even suggested that students and senior citizens（老人） are both “disadvantaged groups（弱势群体）” on public transport.一些人甚至说学生和老人在公交上都是弱势群体。

So what is your opinion? Should young people be obliged（义务） to give their seats to the elderly on a crowded（拥挤的） bus or subway car?所以，你得观点是什么呢？年轻人应该有义务在拥挤的公交或者地铁上给老人让座吗？YES赞同Manners（礼仪） are manners. Human decency（庄重礼仪） will never change, whatever the age.礼仪就是礼仪人们的庄重礼貌永远不会改变，不管什么年龄层次1. We Chinese have our firmly-rooted（坚定根本的） behavioral standards when it comes to the elderly and those who need help. However tired and stressed young people may be, they should always help the elderly whenever they can. Giving their seats to an old man on a crowded bus is the least they can do.当遇到老年人并且是需要帮助的老年人时，我们中国人有着坚定根本的行为标准。

但是让年轻人无论在什么时候都能应该帮助老年人这方面，可能使他们感到厌倦和压抑在公交车上让座给老人是他们能做的做基本的事2. Being courteous（有礼貌的） and helpful to the elderly is the rational（理性的） thing to do, because we will all be old one day and when we are, we will surely want to be treated with respect and care. By helping the elderly, we will be helping ourselves in the future.成为一个对老人有礼貌有帮助的人是理性上应该做的，因为我们都有老的一天，而当我们老了之后，我们都很确定的希望能被尊重和照顾我们将是帮助未来的自己，通过现在帮助老人家3. Tiredness is no excuse for young people not to give up their seats to the elderly. A good deed is something someone does on principle（原则）, not just when the time is right, or when they feel like it.疲劳不是年轻人没有让座给老人的借口。

一个好的行为是不论什么时间什么人多能按照原则做事，而不是仅仅在对的时间或者他们想做的时候NO不赞同It depends on who needs the seat the most.这取决于谁最需要座位1. It is not always a given that younger people should give their seats to older people. If the older person is healthy enough not to need the seat desperately（拼命地）, or if the younger person is tired or sick, then he or she shouldn’t have to give up their seat.并不是所有的时候年轻人都应该让座给老人如果这个老人足够健康，拼命的不需要这个座位时，或者如果这个年轻人累了或者生病时，此时他（她）就不应该必须让座2. Instead of always asking the young to give their seats to elderly people during rush hours, maybe we should ask elderly citizens to consider taking public transport at other times so the buses and subway would be less crowded and everybody would be more comfortable.与其我们总是要求年轻人在冲撞的时间让座给老人，也许不如我们应该要求老人们考虑在其他时间乘坐公共交通，这样汽车或者地铁可能会少一些拥挤，每个人都会多一些舒适。

3. It is a commendable act（值得称赞的行为） when someone gives his or her seat to someone else on public transportation, but it is not necessarily a moral obligation. People may have their reasons not to give up their seats, and those who don’t aren’t necessarily（肯定地） bad people.在公交上某些人让座给另一些人是一种值得称赞的行为，但是这并不是一种必要的道德义务人们不让座可能是有自己的原因的，这些人不一定就肯定是坏人。