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老一辈人为发展经济作出了重要贡献。 Older people are important contributors to the economy. | ||
必须做出调整的是我们这些老一辈人。 It's those of us in the older generation who have to make adjustments. | ||
他们似乎不太愿意像老一辈那般“吃苦”而毫无怨言。 They seem less willing to “eat bitterness”, as the Chinese put it, without complaint. | ||
太多的老一辈党仆仍然占据着有影响力的职位。 Far too many party hacks from the old days still hold influential jobs. | ||
问问老一辈的人或者朋友，看他们是否记得你出生前的事情。 Ask older family or friends what they remember from times before you were born. | ||
我们应该记住老一辈科学家们为成功研制“两弹”而努力奋斗的那些日日夜夜。 Translation: We should keep in mind these days when scientists of the older generation successfully developed the atomic and hydrogen bombs. | ||
这简直就是英国脱欧2.0版本，老一辈的人们正为这些年轻人毁灭着国家。 It's LITERALLY Brexit 2.0, the older generation ruining a country for the youth. | ||
可能这真是好莱坞一项新能耐：念旧，不仅能让老一辈人，继续把我们揍得血淋淋的；而且还能刮钱。 Perhaps there really is a new phase in Hollywood: a reminder that not only can our older generations still beat the blood out of us, but also that they've got money to spend. | ||
在他们老一辈的领导阶层，或者在他们的教育里，他们都说，血浓于水，整个民族要大团结，不然的话会被人家欺负。 Their leaders of the older generation, and the education they receive, have always told them that blood is thicker than water and so the nation must be united or otherwise they will be bullied. | ||
我们国家现在一些杰出的数学家，也是在他们年轻的时候，被老一辈数学家发现和帮助他们成长起来的。 A number of contemporary China's outstanding mathematicians were discovered while still young by older mathematicians who helped them mature. | ||
