四级But even if people are able to economically support a retirement at 65, over thirty years of potential inactivity is harmful to cognitive (认知的) and emotional vitality.

但是，即使人们能够在65岁时从经济上支持退休，超过30年的潜在不活动对认知能力是有害的(认知的) 和情感活力。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级However, they also deserve a home of their own, a secure retirement and freedom from worrying about unpaid bills.

然而，他们也应该有一个自己的家，一个安全的退休生活和不用担心未付账单的自由。

2016年12月听力原文

六级Access to foot traffic and proximity to transit allow the type of entertainment-oriented businesses such as bars and restaurants to stay open later, which attracts both younger, creative workers and baby boomers nearing retirement alike.

步行交通便利，交通便利，酒吧和餐厅等娱乐型企业可以推迟营业时间，这既吸引了年轻的创意工作者，也吸引了即将退休的婴儿潮一代。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考But soon after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they left.

但退休后不久，打高尔夫球、钓鱼、读书和所有其他消遣都变得和他们离开的工作一样无聊。

2014年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

六级Longevity statistics reveal that the average person doesn't last very long after retirement.

长寿统计数据显示，普通人退休后寿命不会很长。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

四级In a three-stage life, people leave university at the same time and the same age, they tend to start their careers and family at the same age, they proceed through middle management all roughly the same time, and then move into retirement within a few yea

在三个阶段的生活中，人们在同一时间和同一年龄离开大学，他们倾向于在同一年龄开始自己的事业和家庭，他们几乎在同一时间进行中层管理，然后在几年内退休

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级Longevity also pushes back the age of retirement, and not only for financial reasons.

长寿也会推迟退休年龄，不仅仅是因为经济原因。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级He has already reached the retirement age.

他已经到了退休年龄。

2011年12月听力原文

六级Although most people do not take out insurance on their young children, as the children become financially independent of the family, the emphasis on family financial security will shift from protection to saving for the retirement years.

虽然大多数人不为年幼的孩子购买保险，但随着孩子在经济上独立于家庭，家庭经济保障的重点将从保护转向为退休年储蓄。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级I now put 20 dollars a week into my vacation fund and another 20 into retirement savings, she says, Those mean more to me than lunch.

她说，我现在每周把20美元存入我的度假基金，另外20美元存入退休储蓄，这些对我来说比午餐更重要。

2016年12月听力原文

六级Why should you consider taking a course in demography in college? You’ll be growing up in a generation where the baby boomers are going into retirement and dying.

你为什么要考虑上大学的人口学课程？你将成长在一个婴儿潮一代即将退休和死亡的时代。

2017年6月听力原文

高考They have loans, bills, a mortgage to pay off, retirement to save for.

他们有贷款、账单、抵押贷款要还清、退休要储蓄。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

考研Meanwhile, it has more than $120 billion in unfunded liabilities, mostly for employee health and retirement costs.

与此同时，它有超过1200亿美元的无资金负债，主要用于员工健康和退休费用。

2018年考研阅读原文

四级The three-stage life of full-time education, followed by continuous work, and then complete retirement may have worked for our parents or even grandparents, but it is not relevant today.

全日制教育、连续工作、然后完全退休的三阶段生活可能对我们的父母甚至祖父母起到了作用，但这在今天并不重要。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级The prospect of having to sell their home and give up their independence, and move into a retirement home was an extremely painful experience for them.

对他们来说，不得不卖掉房子，放弃独立，搬进养老院的前景是一次极其痛苦的经历。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级So Brookdale, the country's largest owner of retirement communities, has been inviting a few select entrepreneurs just to move in for a few days, show off their products and hear what the residents have to say.

因此，美国最大的退休社区所有者布鲁克代尔（Brookdale）一直在邀请一些精选的企业家入住几天，展示他们的产品，并听取当地居民的意见。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级The speakers have nothing to do but watch T The man seldom watched TV before retirement.

演讲者除了看T

2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

六级Prof. Laurence is going into an active retirement.

劳伦斯教授即将退休。

2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（二）

四级Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without change, until retirement.

尽管制服有很多种，但任何特定类型的穿着者通常都会一直穿着，直到退休。

2000年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级She says, “I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying.

她说：“我在养老院做志愿者，这非常令人满意。

2002年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级” For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream.

“对许多人来说，退休成了遥不可及的梦想。

2006年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级’” A recent global survey of 2,000 high-net-worth individuals found about 60% were not planning on a traditional retirement.

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2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级Unlike many Americans compelled into early retirement by company restrictions, the average nevertiree often has no one forcing his hand.

与许多因公司限制而被迫提前退休的美国人不同，普通的退休者往往没有人强迫他退休。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级“We’re beginning to see a change in how people view retirement,” says George Leeson, co-director of the Institute of Population Ageing at Oxford.

牛津大学人口老龄化研究所联合主任George Leeson表示：“我们开始看到人们对退休的看法发生了变化。”。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级Where once retirement was seen as a brief reward after a long struggle through some miserable job, it is now akin (近似) to being cast aside.

退休曾经被视为在经历了长期的痛苦工作后的短暂回报，现在类似于(近似) 被抛弃。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级What Leeson terms “the Warren Buffett effect” is becoming more broadly appealing as individuals come to “view retirement as not simply being linked to economic productivity but also about contribution.

Leeson所说的“沃伦·巴菲特效应”越来越具有广泛的吸引力，因为个人开始“将退休视为不仅与经济生产力有关，而且与贡献有关”。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级These Americans in their 50s and early 60s—those near retirement age who do not yet have access to Medicare and Social Security—have lost the most earnings power of any age group, with their household incomes 10 percent below what they made when the recovery began three years ago, according to Sentier Research, a data analysis company.

数据分析公司Sentier Research的数据显示，这些50多岁和60出头的美国人——那些接近退休年龄但还没有获得医疗保险和社会保障的人——在所有年龄段中失去了最大的收入能力，他们的家庭收入比三年前复苏开始时低10%。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级Their retirement savings and home values fell sharply at the worst possible time: just before they needed to cash out.

他们的退休储蓄和房屋价值在最糟糕的时候急剧下降：就在他们需要套现之前。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级Unemployment rates for Americans nearing retirement are far lower than those for young people, who are recently out of school, with fewer skills and a shorter work history.

接近退休的美国人的失业率远低于最近辍学、技能较少、工作历史较短的年轻人。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级The penalty they will pay is permanent, as retirees who take benefits at age 62 will receive as much as 30% less in each months check for the rest of their lives than they would if they had waited until full retirement age (66 for those born after 1942).

他们将支付的罚款是永久性的，因为62岁时领取福利的退休人员在余生中每个月的支票将比等到完全退休年龄（1942年后出生的人为66岁）少30%。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级The very oldest Americans, of course, were battered by some of the same ill winds that tormented (折磨）those now nearing retirement, but at least the most senior were cushioned by a more readily available social safety net.

当然，最年长的美国人也遭受了同样的狂风袭击(折磨）那些现在即将退休的人，但至少是最年长的人，得到了更容易获得的社会安全网的缓冲。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级The experience of the 20th century, when greater longevity(长寿）translated into more years in retirement rather than more years at work, has persuaded many observers that this shift will lead to slower economic growth, while the swelling ranks of pensioners will create government budget problems.

20世纪的经验，当更长寿(长寿）转化为更多的退休年限，而不是更多的工作年限，说服了许多观察家，这种转变将导致经济增长放缓，而养老金领取者人数的增加将造成政府预算问题。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套)

四级The divide is most extreme in America, where well-educated baby-boomers (二战后生育高峰期出生的美国人）are putting off retirement while many less-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce.

这种分歧在美国最为极端，那里的婴儿潮一代受过良好教育(二战后生育高峰期出生的美国人）正在推迟退休，而许多技术水平较低的年轻人已经退出了劳动力市场。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套)

四级Rising life expectancy(预期寿命), combined with the replacement of generous defined-benefit pension plans with less generous defined-contribution ones, means that even the better-off must work longer to have a comfortable retirement.

预期寿命不断延长(预期寿命), 再加上用不太慷慨的固定缴款计划取代慷慨的固定收益养老金计划，这意味着即使是富裕的人也必须工作更长的时间才能享受舒适的退休生活。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套)

四级But even if people are able to economically support a retirement at 65, over thirty years of potential inactivity is harmful to cognitive(认知的) and emotional vitality.

但是，即使人们能够在经济上支持65岁的退休生活，超过30年的潜在不活动也会对认知有害(认知的) 以及情感活力。

2019年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

四级I n a three-stage life, people leave university at the same time and the same age, they tend to start their careers and family at the same age, they proceed through middle management all roughly the same time, and then move into retirement within a few years of each other.

在我的三阶段生活中，人们在同一时间、同一年龄离开大学，他们倾向于在同一年龄开始自己的事业和家庭，他们大致在同一时期进入中层管理，然后在几年内退休。

2019年6月大学英语四级真题（第1套）

考研During the same period, families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement income.

在同一时期，家庭被要求从他们的退休收入中承担更多的风险。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money.

钢铁工人、航空公司员工，以及现在汽车行业的员工，都加入了数百万家庭的行列，他们必须担心利率、股市波动，以及他们可能比退休钱活得更长的严酷现实。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题