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Lonely old people might have their day care centers

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Chinanews, Shanghai, Aug 16 – Recently, a group of university students at Shanghai Jiaotong University carried out a research about the old people who live alone at their homes. Their research ended in a report that was released¹ on Monday. The report shows that in Shanghai, about 30% of the old people live alone at their homes. They are called "old people in empty nests". In order to provide proper care for them, students suggest that Shanghai set up some day care centers so that the lonely old people can stay at the centers during the day.

During the summer vacation, seven students at the Chemistry Department of Shanghai Jiaotong University visited several social welfare institutions and working offices for senior citizens. Through these investigations², they find that the number of old people who live alone at home has increased year on year. Many social welfare institutions do not have enough bed space for old people. Liu Lujia, one of the members of the student team, told this reporter that when they visited a senior citizens working office, they were alarmed by the information submitted³ by the person in charge of the office.

According to information released by the Shanghai Municipal⁴ Civil Affairs Bureau⁵ and the local statistics⁶ bureau, in 2006 among the 2.76 million old people in Shanghai, 830,000 lived alone, which accounted for over 30% of the total number of old people in Shanghai, and 15% of the old people living alone needed someone to take care of them.

The university students then went to an old people's day care center located in Guangzhong Road of Hongkou District. During the time when they were thinking about how to solve old people's problems, surprisingly, at the old people's day care center in Hongkou, they found the solution.

In the day care center in Hongkou, many old people go to the center at nine o'clock in the morning and return home at five o'clock in the afternoon. During the day, the old people play chess, do physical exercises, and play computer games. When the clock strikes five, they start to go home. A commuter⁷ bus will pick up the old people from their homes and send them to the day care center in the morning and send them back home in the afternoon. There are various kinds of facilities in the day care center. Apart from the sitting rooms and multi-media halls, old people can take a walk or do some physical exercises in the center's Air Garden, Liu said .

“For many healthy old people, what they really need is not someone who can take care of their daily life, but a place where they can feel happy,” the student team said. For those who could not take care of their own life, the nursing home might be a good place for them. However, for those old people who remain sound in wind and limb⁸, the day care center might be a better place, the students said.

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1 released
v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行
参考例句：
He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。 With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

2 investigations
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )；侦查；科学研究；学术研究
参考例句：
His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。 He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

3 submitted
顺从( submit的过去式和过去分词 )；听从；屈服；甘受
参考例句：
He struck a blow against being submitted to the enemy. 他反对向敌人投降。 Counsel submitted that there was no case against his client. 辩护人辩称没有什么可加罪于他的当事人。

4 municipal
adj.市的，市政的；n.政府证券
参考例句：
The municipal authorities have kept the roads up well.市政当局把道路保养得不错。 The city is planning to build a municipal library.该市正计划建一座市立图书馆。

5 bureau
n.提供或收集消息的机构；局，司，处；署
参考例句：
The weather bureau makes daily reports on weather conditions.气象局每天报告天气状况。 The Tourist Bureau arranged everything for our journey to Rome.旅游局已为我们去罗马旅行准备了一切。

6 statistics
n.统计，统计数字，统计学
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We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。 Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。

7 commuter
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
参考例句：
Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。 She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

8 limb
n.树枝，四肢，枝干，边缘；vt.切断手足，切断树干
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She sat on a limb of the tree and looked down.她坐在一根大树枝上往下看。 His refusal to agree left him out on a limb.他拒不表示同意，致使自己处于孤立地位。

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