They are role models for us all, and their example is very much needed in light of a recent upsurge of suicides in Taiwan. Problems like poverty, old age, frail health, and middle-aged unemployment have driven many people over the brink.
今天，社會上一樁又一樁的自殺事件，大多是貧病老苦，中年失業，尋不到人生的出口，乾脆一死了之。