Unit 8-2

尽管人口的平均年龄正在上升，但老年人的生活水平并没有提高。

( ) the ( ) age of the population is rising, the ( ) of the elderly is not.

(a)  

当她丈夫还活着时，他们设法用微薄的收入生活。

  When her husband was alive, they managed to ( ) on a ( ) income.

(a)  

即使他们‘幸运’地获得了津贴，不同津贴的发放比例似乎与香港的生活成本不匹配

    ( ) they are ‘fortunate’ enough to ( )the payments, the rates of the different ( ) seem to be out of line with the ( ) of living in Hong Kong.

(a)  

换句话说，津贴不太可能足以支付日常开支，其中包括高额但不可避免的医疗费用。

( ), it is ( ) that the payments will be able to ( ) the daily expenses, which the high but inevitable medical bills.

(a)  

One of the main reasons （ ）many local seniors are still living in （ ） is the （ ）of （ ）protection.

许多本地老年人仍然生活在贫困中的主要原因之一是缺乏退休保障。

(a)  

 （ ） no one else to care for her husband, Mrs Yeung （ ）quit her job.

• With

• Regarding

• want to

• had no choice but to

 ( ) , living with her son ( ) her unqualified for the Comprehensive Social Services Assistance (CSSA) Scheme.

• Unfortunately

• Ironically

• makes

• let

    In 2013, ( ) further alleviate elderly poverty, the government introduced the Old Age Living Allowance (OALA), ( ) can be applied for by local residents aged 65 or above whose income and assets do not exceed the prescribed limits.

• in an effort to

• which

• for

• that

( ) it may not provide an immediate solution to the current elderly poverty problem, it will, supposedly, provide financial security for ( ) of retirees.

• others

• future generations

• Although

• Even

( ) the definition, approximately 1.1 million ( ) were living in poverty in 2019, almost 400,000 of whom were aged 65 or above

• According to

• Instead of

• senior

• local residents