You don't seem to like my ideas, so tell me what do you think?
看来你似乎不太喜欢我的主意,那可以告诉我你的想法吧?
but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect of elders -- as if mere age were a reason for respect.
但我不会用应当尊重长者这一套陈词滥调来为我自己辨护,似乎年长就是受人尊敬的理由。