всем возрастам покорна

Сегодня моя знакомая меня обескуражила: сыну задали в школе кроссворд,в  котором ему нужно было указать, как по-английски называется пожилой человек в возрасте от 50 до 60 лет. Его репетитор не знала, да и мне пришлось напрячься. Оказывается, подошло слово  aged.

"Пожилой" я как привыкла ассоциировать со словом elderly, а тут aged, что дословно можно перевести как "состарившийся".
to age- стареть
age (noun)- возврат.

Меня тут же заинтересовало, а действительно, есть ли градация обозначений старения в английском языке?

Оказалось, что aged чаще всего употребляется в контексте middle-aged, и даже есть термин ageing (для людей за 45), но вот как раз именно просто aged - не нашла. А классификаций существует масса. Я выбрала для вас самые популярные:

• Juvenile: 0–19
• Early adulthood: 20–39
• Middle adulthood: 40–59
• Late adulthood: 60+

People from 13 to 19 years of age are also known as teens or teenagers. Tween or Twelvie is an American neologism referring to someone aged 10 through 12.

А вот еще одна:

• elderly: 60-70
• 
  
• middle-aged: 36-59
• 
  
• young: 20-35

А вот еще:

Middled aged is for roughly 40-60 years old.

Elderly is around 75 and up.

Old people used colloquially could either mean 65 and up, or anyone much older than the speaker.

А есть еще такое:
версия 1:
the young old (60 to 69)
the middle old (70 to 79),
the very old (80+).

версия 2:
young-old ( 65 to 74), 
middle-old (75–84),
oldest-old (85+).

версия 3:
 “young old” (65-74),
 “old” (74-84), 
 "old-old" (85+)

мотивашка!

значок номера в английском языке

В английском языке нет значка №.

Корректно употреблять # или no. 

Например, # 123 или no.123

фонетический алфавит: когда диктуешь по телефону

Диктовала французу по телефону название своего е-мейла, а оно  у меня в 23 буквы! Связь плохая, у французов плохой английский...Тут мы выдумывали слова, и все-равно трудности r-road, t-tiffany, i-italy....

Тут я вспомнила переводчика, у которого когда-то брала уроки: для таких целей давно придумали фонетический алфавит, им пользуются очень широко, и смысл в том, что подобраны такие слова, которые не спутаешь даже при плохой связи и помехах.

Алфавит называется по первым трем буквам: Альфа, Браво, Чарли.
Кстати,в  американских фильмах про военных этот алфавит тоже широко используется.

A	ALPHA	N	NOVEMBER
B	BRAVO	O	OSCAR
C	CHARLIE	P	PAPA
D	DELTA	Q	QUEBEC
E	ECHO	R	ROMEO
F	FOXTROT	S	SIERRA
G	GOLF	T	TANGO
H	HOTEL	U	UNIFORM
I	INDIA	V	VICTOR
J	JULIET	W	WHISKY
K	KILO	X	X-RAY
L	LIMA	Y	YANKEE
M	MIKE	Z	ZULU

Why did you stop loving life? - Mr Morgan's Last Love

You know when you love something so much you start to hate it? 
 -Yes. 
  -Is that what happened to you and your books? 
  -I stopped looking at my books when I stopped loving life. 
   -Why did you stop loving life? 
   -Well, you don't love life itself. You love... places, animals, people, memories, food, literature, music. And sometimes you meet someone... who requires all the love you have to give. And if you lose that someone, you think everything else is gonna stop too. But everything else just keeps on going. Giraudoux said, you can miss a single being, even though you are surrounded by countless others. Those people are like extras. They cloud your vision. They are a meaningless crowd. They area an unwelcome distraction. So you seed oblivion in solitude. But solitude only makes you wither. 
-So, I am an unwelcome distraction. I am a cloud? 
-You are the only part of my life I haven't figured out yet.

— Почему Вы перестали любить жизнь?
— Обычно мы не любим саму жизнь. Мы любим места, животных, людей, воспоминания, еду, литературу, музыку. Бывает, мы встречаем того, кому нужно отдать всю любовь, что у тебя есть. И когда ты теряешь этого человека — тебе кажется, что всё перестало существовать вслед за ним. Но в мире ничего не меняется. Драматург Жироду говорил: «Порой недостаёт одного-единственного, даже если ты окружён тысячью других». Остальные люди как фон. Они затуманивают взор, они — бессмысленная толпа людей, они — ненужное отвлечение. И тогда ты ищешь забвения в одиночестве. Но одиночество лишь губит.

why do people get married?

Отличный диалог о том, почему люди женятся из фильма "Shall we dance?".

We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet... I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things... all of it, all of the time, every day. You're saying 'Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness'."

"Всем нам нужен свидетель нашей жизни. На планете миллиард людей… Вот что на самом деле значит чья-то жизнь? Но в браке мы обещаем заботиться обо всём. Хорошее, плохое, ужасное, обычное — всё это, всё время, каждый день. Мы говорим: «Твоя жизнь не пройдёт незамеченной, потому что её замечу я. Твоя жизнь не пройдёт без свидетелей, потому что я буду твоим свидетелем» . 

Valentines Day is Over-rated

Valentines Day is Over-rated

By Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. 

The perfect card, the perfect gift, the perfect date . . . Isn't there enough pressure in relationships without having to live up to some romantic ideal on Valentine's Day?

This is not how the celebration of February 14 started out. Its origins stem from fertility festivals of ancient Rome, when young women were not given candy or flowers. They were whipped with strips of animal hide because they believed that this would make them more fertile. A couple of centuries later, Christians celebrated a priest named Valentine, who secretly performed marriage ceremonies for soldiers when the emperor had forbidden it. By the 1400's Valentine's Day was firmly established in England, but the emphasis was on little rituals, such as drawing names out of a bowl, to discover the identity of one's true love.

In recent decades Valentine's Day has become increasingly commercialized. TV and magazine ads depict models with perfect bodies and perfect teeth giving each other chocolates, jewelry and back rubs. The message is: "Your love is measured by what you buy."

Modern relationships are difficult enough without having to stage a major performance on a designated day. Men agonize over the greeting card racks, hoping that they can choose a card that is not too funny, not too mushy. And the gift: "How will she interpret it?" they ponder. "If I buy her chocolates will she think I want her to get fat? If I don't buy her chocolates will she think I assume she is fat?" "Is the gift too extravagant?" "Is it too impersonal?" "Are roses too predictable?"

This is not what love is all about. Love is much more complex than flowers and chocolates. Social psychologists have been studying interpersonal attraction and love for almost four decades, and they still haven't figured it out completely. What is known, however, is that love relationships are multi-dimensional. Sexual attraction, or what some people call "chemistry" is only one ingredient of a love relationship, and not even the most important one.

Distinctions have been made between passionate love and companionate love. Passionate love is an intense longing for the other person. It is accompanied by extreme feelings: ecstasy when things are going well, and despair when things are rocky. Passionate love is also characterized by physical sensations, such as rapid heartbeat and "butterflies" in the stomach.

Companionate love does not have the fire and the heat that passionate love does, but it can more than compensate in the form of closeness, trust and affection. Furthermore it lasts much longer than passionate love, which subsides relatively quickly.

Another way of defining love is in terms of three components: passion, commitment and intimacy. These interact with one another in various combinations, so that no two relationships are alike.

Long-term satisfaction in relationships does not depend on material wealth or success. Nor does it depend on physical attractiveness. A recent study of middle-aged college graduates indicated that good-looking people, on average, were no more satisfied with their marriages or with their lives, than were plainer people.

So what does constitute long-term contentment in relationships? Psychologists have found that a feeling of equity is important. That is, the partners feel they are each getting about as much as they're giving. Not that they keep score, but over the long run things even out. This is similar to just being good friends to one another, supporting one another, laughing at each other's jokes even though you've heard them dozens of times. Another ingredient in long-term relationships is investment. This refers to material possessions, time and emotional investment. The greater the investment, the more likely the couple will stay together.

What does all this have to do with Valentine's Day? If you wish, buy that card or those flowers, but keep in mind that this is not a maker or breaker of a relationship. Better yet, show your partner love and consideration on the other 364 days in the year. It will make a greater impact than doing so according to the calendar.

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