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书面语、口语表达两不误！
今天我们要学习的单词是：Age:
n.
1. 年龄
2. (人生的)某一时期
3. 法定年龄;成年
4. 老年
5. (常大写)时代
6. 很长时间
vi.
1. 变老
2. 使(酒之)味道变醇;成熟
vt.
1. 使变老
2. 使(酒之)味道变醇;使成熟
1. What's the age of that old building?（年龄）
2. I used to play tennis there when I was your age.（某一时期）
3. Bob comes of age next week.（法定年龄）
4. My grandfather was bent with age.（老年）
5. We live in the Space Age.（时代）
6. Since her husband's death, she has aged considerably.（变老）
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Compound Words and Relative Words:
aged：年老的
ageless：不老的，永恒的
ageism：年龄歧视，尤指对老年人的歧视
age-group：某个年龄段
agedness：老年，高龄
Everyday Expresses and Useful Phrases:
middle age：中年
teenage：十几岁的孩子
voting age：法定选民年龄
drinking age：法定可以喝酒的年龄
to be of age/ to come of age：成年
to be under age：未成年
to be over age：超龄
Idioms & Slangs:
age before beauty.：老人优先
Act your age.：别耍孩子气。（Don't be a baby.)
look one's age：容貌与年龄相称
Quotation or Proverbs：
A lady of a " certain age", which means Certainly aged.
Lord Byron(1788-1824), English poet. Don Juan.(唐 璜）
问题中的1、5句。
通过上边的学习后，我们来做几个练习吧！
1. Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
2. I haven't seen him for ages.
3. The whisky has aged for twenty-five years.
4. We let her move in because we wanted to make a statement about ageism in America.
5. At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.
Answers:
年纪只是个感觉的问题，而不是岁月的问题。
我已好长时间没有见到他了。
这种威士忌酒已存放了二十五年了。
为了将美国老人受歧视的现象公诸于世,我们让她搬进来。
二十意志支配，三十智慧做主，四十判断当家。（原文省略reign,译文富于变化）
若有不解或错误之处，请到我的“博客”中给我留言，我们一起来讨论，共同提高英语水平。
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