最近，广州出现了一个招聘环卫工人的广告，居然要求年龄在35岁以下。
这个广告引起了大家的愤怒，认为这是严重的年龄歧视。
招聘方说这是因为工作内容对体力要求很高，需要上夜班等。
但是因为人们的反对，这个招聘广告修改了年龄限制，变成了从18岁到法定退休年龄都可以申请。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 广州 | Guǎng zhōu | Guangzhou; a major city in southern China, capital of Guangdong Province. |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear / to arise / to emerge / to show up |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 招聘 | zhāo pìn | to invite applications for a job / to recruit |
| 环卫 | huán wèi | public cleanliness / (urban) sanitation / environmental sanitation |
| 工人 | gōng rén | worker |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 广告 | guǎng gào | a commercial / advertisement |
| 居然 | jū rán | unexpectedly / go so far as to |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request / to require / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand |
| 年龄 | nián líng | (a person's) age |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower / that amount or less |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 愤怒 | fèn nù | wrath / ire |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 歧视 | qí shì | discrimination |
| 方 | fāng | power or involution (math.) / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / abbr. for square or cubic meter |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 内容 | nèi róng | content; substance; details |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 体力 | tǐ lì | physical strength / physical power |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 上 | shàng | to attend (class or university) |
| 夜 | yè | night |
| 班 | bān | team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 反对 | fǎn duì | to oppose; to be against; to object to |
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend / to alter / to modify |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | restriction / limit |
| 变成 | biàn chéng | to change into / to turn into / to become |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 法定 | fǎ dìng | statutory; law-based; legal |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 申请 | shēn qǐng | to apply for sth |