【当我们谈论“老北京”时我们在谈论什么？】“老北京”是对首都传统生活文化的统称。如今，除去胡同和四合院等耳熟能详的外层文化符号，留存下来的“老北京”还有什么？来听本期《中华文化千问》寻找答案：https://t.cn/A6xgHZ1S Is there still "old Beijing" in the new Beijing? In this episode of A Thousand Whys, we will share with you the traits of Beijing that have survived throughout the centuries and are still vibrant today. Attention! We're going to discuss something that's hidden behind the hutongs, quadrangles, or the other iconic symbols that you can easily find in a Beijing travel guidebook.

菲律宾超级台风肆虐，往年他圣诞节早早就爬起来准备大餐一顿，今年，能填饱肚子就不错了！
Usually, Jay Lacia wakes at midnight on Christmas Day to start the festivities -- but this year, all he wished for was enough food to eat.
"We always celebrated Christmas, but for now, it's too hard," the 27-year-old father of one said, as he sat among rubble in the typhoon-hit city of Surigao, at the northeastern tip of Mindanao in the Philippines.

六十四岁还想找工作，美国人生活也不容易啊。
And getting back to work at an older age can prove tricky.
Linda Plaza from California found herself terminated from her job as a cloud consultant in October 2020 when her employer reorganized.
"I was planning to retire at 65," she told CNN Business.
Now 64, she says it's near impossible to find another job like her old one: "And if they were going to hire anyone, they will hire someone younger with more education."
And other jobs around her are in retail or food services, which bears infection risk.
For Linda, having to retire early turned her personal finances upside down, not least because her husband already retired and she has to pay for her health insurance out of pocket now. The couple has also fallen behind on their mortgage.
"I want people to know that things are not okay," Linda told CNN Business.
The advent of the highly-infectious Omicron variant is putting health concerns for workers front and center again. It could make it even harder for older workers to come back into the workforce even if they need to.