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■88歲老翁跪求學生返回校園，「畀返條路市民行」。 資料圖片
一批中西區居民10月14日前往「佔中」現場懇求佔領人士撤離馬路，一位88歲的老人家更向「佔中」頭頭周永康和其他學生下跪，令人心酸動容。儘管「佔中」違法亂港，破壞社會秩序，嚴重損害市民利益，但市民對於參與「佔中」的學生，仍抱包容態度，希望學生和平撤離，令事件早日解決。
已屆耄耋之年的長者，大庭廣眾下向周永康等搞手下跪，懇求學生開路，更加反映市民愛護學生的舐犢之情，不希望學生深陷無日無之的政爭泥淖，更不希望出現流血衝突，令學生成為「佔中」的犧牲品。這份厚重的包容愛護之情，學生們感受不到嗎？長者向「佔中」的學生下跪，就是希望學生不要執迷不悟，不要把香港幾代人努力換來的成果毀於一旦。
A group of Central and Western residents went to the scene of the 'Occupy Central' movement on 14 October to ask the occupiers to leave and vacate the roads. An 88-year-old elder even went down on his knees before the leader of the movement Chow Wing-hong and other students. This was really touching and heartbreaking. Despite the fact that 'Occupy Central' is an unlawful movement which has caused chaos in Hong Kong, disrupted public order and seriously hurt the interests of the people, Hong Kong residents hold a tolerant attitude towards the student occupiers, hoping that the students will leave peacefully and that the incident can be put to an end as soon as possible.
That an elder in such an old age knelt down in public before instigators like Chow Wing-hong to beg students to reopen the roads further reflected the fatherly love Hong Kong people have on the students. People do not wish to see students sink deep into the morass of never-ending political in-fighting nor do they wish to see any bloody confrontations in which students will be made sacrifices in the 'Occupy Central' movement. Are the students not able to feel the deep love and great patience? The elderly citizen knelt before the student occupiers simply because he wished the students not to insist on going the wrong path and not to destroy overnight the success built by generations of Hong Kong people.
■Translation and Learning Point by Tung-ming [ tungming23@gmail.com ]
Learning Point - the use of elder and elderly
這兩個字 'elder' 和 'elderly' 同樣與「年紀」有關，都可以作名詞和形容詞用。
Elder
n. : 年紀大的人、長者、長輩 e.g. an elder (an old person)
adj. : 年紀較長的 e.g. the elder sister (the sister who is older)
Elderly
n. : 長者一族，作眾數用 e.g. the elderly (the group of old people)
adj. : 年長，較有禮貌的用語 e.g. the elderly citizen (the old citizen)
Exercise:
在下面句子中的空格中填上 elder 或 elderly，並決定字的詞類(名詞noun 或 形容詞 adjective)。
1.He is a well-respected ________________ in town.
2.The government should provide more benefits for the ___________________.
3.Who is the _________________ brothers?
4.My grandma is a nice __________________ woman.
5.The _________________ can pay half-fare for the dinner.
Answers:
1.elder (noun) 2. elderly (noun) 3. elder (adjective)
4. elderly (adjective) 5.elderly (noun)
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