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大西洋月刊精讀｜Grandparents Could Ease the Burden of Homeschooling[1]
Elders have volunteered in the classroom for decades—for their own benefit as well as the children’s. In normal times, working with kids has been shown to be an especially rewarding kind of volunteer work for older people, leading to demonstrated improvements in stamina and memory, and a sense of what the psychologist Erik Erikson called the primary developmental task of older adulthood, the need 「to be needed.」 All of this is so much more important now, when the isolation that can bedevil retirement has been magnified during lockdown. The pandemic has taken away so many familiar routes of connecting with others—the Sunday family dinners, the weekly card games, the religious services, the regular tutoring sessions at the neighborhood school—all ostensibly for the elder person’s own good. But what’s the point of protecting Grandma’s health if she withers in loneliness?
Elders have volunteered in the classroom for decades—for their own benefit as well as the children’s. 幾十年來，老年人在教室裡做志願者，為他們自己也為了孩子們。In normal times, working with kids has been shown to be an especially rewarding kind of volunteer work for older people, leading to demonstrated improvements in stamina and memory, and a sense of what the psychologist Erik Erikson called the primary developmental task of older adulthood, the need 「to be needed.」 在正常情況下，與孩子一起工作是對老年人特別有益的志願工作，帶來耐力和記憶力的改善，以及心理學家Erik Erikson稱之為老年時期的主要發展任務，需要"被需要"的感覺。All of this is so much more important now, when the isolation that can bedevil retirement has been magnified during lockdown. 所有這一切現在更為重要，因為在封鎖期間，那些可能讓退休生活苦惱的孤立感被放大了。The pandemic has taken away so many familiar routes of connecting with others—the Sunday family dinners, the weekly card games, the religious services, the regular tutoring sessions at the neighborhood school—all ostensibly for the elder person’s own good. 這場大流行奪走了許多與他人聯繫的熟悉的方法——周日的家庭聚餐、每周的紙牌遊戲、宗教服務、鄰裡學校的定期輔導——這一切表面上都是為了老人自身利益。But what’s the point of protecting Grandma’s health if she withers in loneliness?但是，如果祖母在孤獨中老去，保護她的健康 有什麼意義呢？
§ staminaThe triathlon is a great test of stamina.
§ bedevilEver since I started playing tennis, I've been bedevilled by back pains.
§ ostensibly§ witherThis country is in danger of allowing its industrial base to wither away.Elders have volunteered in the classroom for decades—for their own benefit as well as the children’s. In normal times, working with kids has been shown to be an especially rewarding kind of volunteer work for older people, leading to demonstrated improvements in stamina and memory, and a sense of what the psychologist Erik Erikson called the primary developmental task of older adulthood, the need 「to be needed.」 All of this is so much more important now, when the isolation that can bedevil retirement has been magnified during lockdown. The pandemic has taken away so many familiar routes of connecting with others—the Sunday family dinners, the weekly card games, the religious services, the regular tutoring sessions at the neighborhood school—all ostensibly for the elder person’s own good. But what’s the point of protecting Grandma’s health if she withers in loneliness?Instead, teachers and principals, already hanging on by their fingernails, could recruit grandparents as collaborators in figuring out the new normal of pandemic schooling. It’s a classic win-win: The elders get a way to combatloneliness and bring a sense of purpose to their days, teachers and parents get teammates with experience and time, and children get another grown-up to help them through the difficulties of remote learning.Instead, teachers and principals, already hanging on by their fingernails, could recruit grandparents as collaborators in figuring out the new normal of pandemic schooling. 相反，教師和校長們仍在困境中尋找一線生機，他們可以招募祖父母作為合作者，作為大流行下教育的新常態。It’s a classic win-win: The elders get a way to combatloneliness and bring a sense of purpose to their days, teachers and parents get teammates with experience and time, and children get another grown-up to help them through the difficulties of remote learning. 這是一個典型的雙贏：長輩們有辦法與孤獨作鬥爭，讓他們的生活找到了目標，老師和家長找到了有經驗和也有時間的隊友，孩子們得到另一個成年人來幫助他們度過遠程學習的困難。
§ hang on by one’s fingernails§ combatto combat crime/terrorism/inflation/disease打擊犯罪／打擊恐怖主義／抑制通貨膨脹／與疾病作鬥爭The government is spending millions of dollars in its attempt to combat drug abuse.I have to combat this constant desire to eat chocolate.Instead, teachers and principals, already hanging on by their fingernails, could recruit grandparents as collaborators in figuring out the new normal of pandemic schooling. It’s a classic win-win: The elders get a way to combatloneliness and bring a sense of purpose to their days, teachers and parents get teammates with experience and time, and children get another grown-up to help them through the difficulties of remote learning.
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