empty-nesters 空巢老人
As is vividly depicts in the cartoon, old parents are sitting on the coach with disappointment and sadne, because no one comes back to celebrate with them.Although they received a lot of presents from their children, they feel very miserable and have no appetite, since what they want most is not such material stuffs but the care and love from their children and grandchildren.
Nowadays, young men look so busy and independent in modern society that they will never feel free to live with their parents.They move out and mind their own busine every day.On usual days, they would not like to take their time to visit their parents with the excuses of busyne.On some festival days, they probably share a little time to drop in their parents or even just send some presents but don’t show up personally like what the cartoon above illustrates.They think that presents can represent their love, however, to the parents, who overcame a lot of difficulties to bring them up, those stuff are far away from what they really hope for.
With the rapid pace of economic development, our old parents feel more and more lonely and unhappy.However busy we may be, we should spend more time talking with them and accompanying them, because they once gave us so much selfle love that we should return them the same from the bottom of our heart.（238 words）
With the deepening of the aging of society, there are a growing number of empty-nesters, which has become a social problem can not be ignored.When the children leave home due to reasons such as work, study, marriage, leaving their middle-aged parents at home, empty-nesters will produce the symptoms of mental disorders
随着社会老年化的加深，空巢老人的数量也越来越多，这已经成为了不容忽视的社会问题。当孩子们由于工作，学习，婚姻等原因离开家，留下中年父母在家的时候，空巢老人产生精神障碍症状，也称为家庭“空巢”综合征。
Some empty-nesters can live a good life after retire, especially those in city.Most of them live in the same city with their children so that they can visit each other often.Besides, they can participate in various group activities.For example, some middle-aged people attend to universities for the elderly for further study, while others join the choir or some other public service activities.By these activities, empty-nesters can eliminate of loneline and realize their own values.
有的空巢老人退休后可以过上很好的生活，尤其是那些城市里的。他们大部分都和孩子住在同一个城市，这样就可以经常看望彼此。此外，他们还可以参加各种各样的集体活动。比如，有的中年人参加老年大学进一步进行学习，而其他人则参加合唱团喝着一些其他公共服务活动。通过参加这些活动，空巢老人可以消除孤独，意识到自己的价值。
From the description above, we can know that some elderly people can live a good life although they’re empty-nesters.However, it’s our responsibility to care for our parents and our care is what they really need in life.So, no matter how busy you are, remember to care about them, talk to them frequently.
从以上的描述我们可以知道，有的老人可以过得很好，尽管他们是空巢老人。然而，照顾老人是我们的责任，他们生活上真正需要的是我们的照顾。因此，不管你有多忙，记得要照顾他们，经常和他们聊天。
