Contrary to popular belief, older people generally do not want to live with their children. 与普遍的看法相反，老年人一般不愿意和他们的孩子住在一起。
Moreover, most adult children _26_ every bit as much care and support to their aging parents as was the case in the "good old days", and most older people do not feel _27_ .
此外，大多数成年子女对年迈的父母提供的照顾和支持与“美好的过去”一样多，大多数老年人并不感到被抛弃。
About 80% of people 65 years and older have living children, and about 90% of them have _28_ contact with their children. 65岁及以上的老人中约有80%的人有子女，其中约90%的人与子女有频繁接触。
About 75% of elderly parents who don't go to nursing homes live within 30 minutes of at least one of their children.在不去养老院的老人中，约75%的人至少与他们的一个孩子住在30分钟内。
However, _29_ having contact with children does not guarantee happiness in old age.
然而，仅仅与孩子接触并不能保证晚年的幸福。
In fact, some research has found that people who are most involved with their families have the lowest spirits.
事实上，一些研究发现，与家人接触最多的人情绪最低落。
This research may be _30_ , however, as ill health often makes older people more _31_ and thereby increases contact with family members. 然而，这项研究可能有* *偏见* *，因为健康状况不佳往往使老年人更加依赖他人，从而增加与家人的联系。
So it is more likely that poor health, not just family involvement, _32_ spirits.因此，更有可能是健康状况不佳，而不仅仅是家人的参与，* *打击* *了精神。
Increasingly, researchers have begun to look at the quality of relationships, rather than at the frequency of contact, between the elderly and their children. 越来越多的研究人员开始关注老人和孩子之间关系的质量，而不是接触的频率。
If parents and children share interests and values and agree on childrearing practices and religious _33_ , they are likely to enjoy each other's company. 如果父母和孩子有共同的兴趣和价值观，并在育儿实践和宗教* *承诺* *上达成一致，他们可能会喜欢彼此的陪伴。
Disagreements on such matters can _34_ cause problems. If parents are agreed by their daughter's divorce, dislike her new husband, 在这些问题上的分歧会导致问题，这是可以理解的。如果父母同意女儿离婚，不喜欢她的新丈夫，
and disapprove of how she is raising their grandchildren, _35_ are that they are not going to enjoy her visits.
不喜欢她抚养孙子孙女的方式，那么他们* *很可能* *不会喜欢女儿的来访。
A ) abandoned
adj.被抛弃的；废弃的，被丢弃的；放纵的，不羁的；放弃的，不再考虑的v.抛弃，遗弃；离弃，逃离（某地方或交通工具等）；放弃，中止（abandon 的过去式和过去分词）B ) advanced
adj.先进的；高级的，高等的；晚期的，状况不佳的；高龄的；新提出（尚未被广泛接受）的v.行进；发展，进步；预付（advance 的过去式和过去分词形式）C ) biased
adj.有偏见的，偏袒一方的；偏向……的，偏重……的v.使有偏心，使偏向；加偏压于（bias 的过去式和过去分词）D ) chances
E ) commitment
n.忠诚，献身；承诺，保证；奉献，投入；热情，决心；义务，责任；花费，使用（资金、时间、人力）；需要定期支付的款项
F ) dampens
v．1. 使潮湿；弄湿：使物体或表面变得稍微湿润。2. 抑制；减弱：减轻或降低某物的强度、力量或活力。G ) dependent
adj.依赖的，依靠的；取决于；有瘾的n.受供养者H ) distant
I ) frequent
J ) fulfillment n.履行；实行；满足（感）
K ) grant
v.授予，给予；承认n.补助金，拨款；（政府给予的）土地；<正式>给予，授予；合法转让L ) merely
M ) provide
N ) understandably adv.可理解地；合乎情理地
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