我国一贯以尊敬老人为美德,以“老”字为尊称(a respectfulform ofaddress),但英国人却截然相反。他们晚年与儿女分居,讲究独立(independece),最怕别人称老。所以,决不可以把中国人的习惯(habit)套用到英国老人身上,称他们是“老先生”等等,甚至不要在言谈举止(speech and depo My country always regards respecting the elderly as its virtue and “respecting the form of adression.” But the British have the opposite. They separated from their children in later life, pay attention to independence (independece), most afraid of others that the old. Therefore, we must never apply Chinese habits to elderly British people, claiming they are “old gentlemen,” and so on, even not speaking and depo