摘要
What will your life be like if you have to live alone after you grow old? How will you cope and spend your time if your children do not live with you and help you complete your daily chores? Song Shuying, 74,lives alone - but she is anything but lonely.She grows vegetables,plants flowers,practices:tai chi chuan and visits her friends.As the "4-2-1 family," or four grandparents,two parents and only child, is becoming mainstream in China,more and more seniors are becoming "empty nesters." Song does not live with her children,but she has good relationships with her neighbors.With aid from society, she is content with her life.
随着“四个老人、两个独生子女,一个孩子”这种“4-2-1”家庭的增加，空巢老人的数量也随之上升．虽然不能和子女们住在一起，但宋淑英老人积极乐观的态度为她赢得了和睦融洽的邻里关系。养花种菜，锻炼身体，走访朋友，一个人的日子一样精彩，再加上社区和政府的照顾，老人过得幸福快乐而知足。
