At the Bridge Table, Clues to a Lucid Old Age(The New York Times)

According to the "At the Bridge Table, Clues to a Lucid Old Age(The New York Times)", At the Friday afternoon bridge game, Ms.Cummins and Ms. Scott sit with two other players, both women in their 90s. Gossip flows freely between hands, about residents whose talk is bigger than their game, about a 100-year-old man who collapsed and died that week in an exercise class.


My Reaction:
Senior citizens are afraid of their memory recession. On the other hand, middle-aged people are gradually not good at memorizing things so they are sometimes forgetful. However, it happens automatically without purposes. If a person stops thinking about anything serious or important and what he does every day are eating and sleeping, I’m sure that his memory becomes worse easily. Exercising a person’s wits slow down the recession of a person. There was once a research said that a 70 years old man who still reads books and teaches students has better memory than others who are as old as he.

Doing some activities like puzzles, jigsaw and bridge game can give people stimulation. In addition, working and finding your hobbies can work. Take my mom for example, after she quit her job and stayed at home, she felt so bored and was afraid of dementia. Therefore, she worked with my aunt as her assistant. Now, she likes her job very much. I think that it’s a good way to prevent people from dullness. (223 words)