alister每周英文文章推荐(第二十七期)

2021/12/25 13:53

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本周推荐七篇退休相关文章,内容涉及年轻人的提早退休梦想、提早退休策略与观念以及当代退休的社会环境。

1.提早退休作为一种梦想

For Young Chinese, the Coolest Thing to Do in 2020 Is Retire

(https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005905/for-young-chinese%2C-the-coolest-thing-to-do-in-2020-is-retire)

内容简介:本文介绍了当代中国年轻人的新追求-提前退休,他们对无止境的工作感到厌烦,想要提前逃离工作生活,充分享受人生,并通过一个实例进行说明可行性与风险。

推荐理由:提前退休的中国年轻人

摘抄: 观念在变化

“Before the pandemic, people were talking about consuming,” says Tang. “Now, they’re talking about consumerism as a trap.”

2.持续工作,持续活着

People are working longer for reasons of choice and necessity

(https://www.economist.com/business/2019/09/05/people-are-working-longer-for-reasons-of-choice-and-necessity)

内容简介:世界范围来看,人们越来越晚退休了。部分人失去工作便失去了人生意义,另外一部分人则必须持续工作才能维持生活。当今社会正在逐渐变得更加适合年长者工作,但企业与社会并未提供充分支持

推荐理由:越来越长的工作时间不可避免

摘抄:工作性质自带歧视

Working longer should be easier now that most jobs require mental, rather than manual, labour. But the physical strain of being a fireman, miner or construction worker makes it harder to keep working in your 60s.

3.30岁考虑退休

The New Retirement Age is Thirty

(https://paulcantor.medium.com/the-new-retirement-age-is-thirty-8e7645959d28)

内容简介:本文比较了父母与当前年轻人的区别,父母因为年代不同,拥有一份工作便非常满足了。而当代年轻人,处于时时刻刻工作的状态与时时不满足的状态,很少有停下脚步思考时间

推荐理由:每一代人有每一代人的困惑

照抄:所有人都在叫你向上

Which makes it hard. Torturous, even. Here you were, told that you were awesome and that you wouldn’t have to settle for a life of mediocrity, and that’s all you’ve got. That sucks.

4.那些三十岁退休的人们

Can anyone retire in their 30s? Meet the people who say yes

(https://amp.theguardian.com/money/2018/nov/20/can-anyone-retire-in-their-30s-meet-the-people-who-say-yes)

内容简介:30多岁40多岁退休是一种什么样的体验?本文以多个提早退休的实例解开提早退休的面纱,涉及工作、兴趣、自由、金钱

推荐理由:有的人退休的很早

摘抄:提前退休对释放创造力很有必要

people who free themselves from what he calls “obligatory work” will be a force for good because many of them will use their creativity for socially useful ends, and that they have the capacity to become standard-bearers for anti-consumerism.

5.未来的百岁社会

How Japan can cope with the 100-year-life society

(https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/11/17/how-japan-can-cope-with-the-100-year-life-society)

内容简介:如果下一代人的人均寿命达到100,当前社会应当如何应对?日本给出了回答,延迟退休、扩大女性就业参与以及增加外来人口、

推荐理由:延迟退休是大趋势

摘抄:活得久似乎对国家是个坏处

as the country ages and its population shrinks, health bills will soar, the pension system will go bust, villages will empty and there will be too few youngsters to care for the elderly

6.中国退休年龄

At 54, China’s average retirement age is too low

(https://www.economist.com/china/2021/06/22/chinas-average-retirement-age-is-ridiculously-low-54)

内容简介:中国的延迟退休年龄是在1950年人均60岁左右的大背景下制定的,而如今人均年龄已经超过77岁,随着老龄化加剧,延迟退休势不可挡

推荐理由:延迟退休快来了

摘抄:就算延迟退休了,工作也难了

They wondered whether they would have the stamina to keep working into their 60s, and also whether—if not in a secure job already—they would still be employable. Firms often discriminate against older people when recruiting.

7.“退休”的农民工

China’s Aging Migrant Workers Are Facing a Return to Poverty

(https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1003252/chinas-aging-migrant-workers-are-facing-a-return-to-poverty)

内容简介:一代农民工面临退休,但他们所奉献的城市却不能给他们一个体面的老年生活。很多农民工没能拥有社保,工作能力下降退休之后,只能靠着农村几十上百元的退休金艰难生活

摘抄:大城市属于奉献者,不能奉献只能走人

None say that Shenzhen feels like home. A common refrain is the feeling that the city is giving hardworking long-term migrants the cold shoulder as they approach the tail end of their careers

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