What the picture illustrates is a rather prevalent social ill: a host of grown-up children are reluctant to support their aging parents.
这幅图所表现的是一个相当普遍的社会问题:很多成年子女不愿赡养他们年迈的父母。
I feel even more can not be calm, silent for some time before said one sad sad resentment: I think, not your ill, is that this social ill.
我的心情更不能平静了,沉默良久,才哀哀怨怨说了一句:我觉得,不是你病了,是这个社会病了。
The American society seems to believe that self-esteem is the cure all for every social ill – from bad grades to teen pregnancies to violence.
美国社会似乎认为自尊是解决所有社会问题的良药,包括成绩糟糕、青少年怀孕以及暴力行为等。