TED演讲:让现代社会中的老人生活的更好(3)
There are several reasons for this low status 美国的老人地位如此低 of the elderly in the U.S. 有几个原因。 One is our Protestant work ethic 一是我们新教的工作伦理 which places high value on work, 这个伦理给予工作很大
TED演讲:让现代社会中的老人生活的更好(4)
My family's first TV set in 1948 我家1948年的第一台电视 had only three knobs that I quickly mastered: 只有三个旋钮，我很快就掌握了要如何使用： an on-off switch, a volume knob, 一个电源开关，一个音量旋钮 and a
TED演讲:让现代社会中的老人生活的更好(5)
Some abilities, of course, decrease with age. 当然，一些能力会随着年龄的增长而变差。 Those include abilities at tasks 这些包括完成 requiring physical strength and stamina, 需要体力和耐力， ambition, and the power of n
TED演讲:老年人更快乐(1)
People are living longer 人们现在越活越久 and societies are getting grayer. 社会也逐渐变得老龄化 You hear about it all the time. 你可能总是听到别人这么说 You read about it in your newspapers. 你也从报纸上如是读到
TED演讲:老年人更快乐(2)
Study after study 一个又一个的研究 is coming to the same conclusion. 证实了相同的结论 The CDC recently conducted a survey 疾病防治中心(CDC)最近进行了一次调查 where they asked respondents simply to tell them 他们简单地
TED演讲:老年人更快乐(3)
But as social scientists, we continue to ask 但作为社会学家，我们继续问 about possible alternatives. 是否有其他可能 We've said, well maybe older people 也许老年人 report more positive emotions 报告更多的积极感受 beca
TED演讲:生死自知(1)
I have a question: 我要问大家一件事： Who here remembers when they first realized 在座的各位谁还记得当自己第一次意识到 they were going to die? 自己有一天会死去时那一刻的感受？ I do. I was a young boy, 我还记
TED演讲:生死自知(2)
And the bias I'm talking about 我这里说的偏误 works like this: 是这么回事： Confront someone with the fact 某些人面对 that they are going to die 他们终将会死去的现实 and they will believe just about any story 他们只会相
TED演讲:生死自知(3)
But the idea that science can cure death 但科学能够治愈死亡的观点 is just one more chapter in the story 只是神奇的灵丹妙药故事的 of the magical elixir, 又一个章节， a story that is as old as civilization. 和古文明一样
TED演讲之生与死:生死自知(4)
The fact that some people believe 事实上有些人民相信 an omnipotent god will resurrect them to live again 一个万能的神能让他们复活 and others believe an omnipotent scientist will do it 还有一些人相信万能的科学能使他们
TED演讲:我的专属蘑菇寿衣(1)
So I'm here to explain 我来解释一下 why I'm wearing these ninja pajamas. 为什么我穿着这样一套忍者睡衣 And to do that, I'd like to talk first 我想首先谈谈我们体内含有的 about environmental toxins in our bodies. 对环境
TED演讲:我的专属蘑菇寿衣(2)
I realize this is not the kind of relationship 我意识到,我们一般不会热衷于 that we usually aspire to have with our food. 与我们的食物建立这样的关系 We want to eat, not be eaten by, our food. 我们吃食物,而不是被食物吃
TED演讲:如何健康长寿(1)
Something called the Danish Twin Study 一个叫丹麦双胞胎的研究表明， established that only about 10 percent 普通人在生物学允许的限度内的寿命， of how long the average person lives, 仅仅有百分之十 within certain bi
TED演讲:如何健康长寿(2)
And the first myth is if you try really hard 谣言一：如果你很努力地尝试， you can live to be 100. 你就可以活到一百岁。 False. 错了。 The problem is, only about one out of 5,000 people 事实上，在美国，每五千人中只
TED演讲:如何健康长寿(3)
What am I doing here? 我为何还站在这里 Well, the fact of the matter is 事实上， the best science tells us that the capacity of the human body, 最可信的科学表明人类能活， my body, your body, 我和你们一样 is about 90 year
