在意大利,人们往往把那些仍能生活自理和坚持部分工作的六七十岁的退休老人称为“新派老人”。这些新派老人最明显的亮点是:他们摈弃了老年人传统的无所事事、在家颐养天年的消极生活方式,转而尝试某项以前从未经历过的全新事业。这些新派老人尽管就生理年龄而言确实已不算年轻 In Italy, people often refer to retired seniors in their 60s and 70s who still can take care of themselves and keep part of their work as “new seniors.” The most obvious highlight of these new elders is that they have abandoned the old tradition of doing nothing, recuperating at home from negative lifestyles, and instead trying a new undertaking that they have never experienced before. These new elders are indeed not young, though in terms of their physical age