《复仇》 第70期:自力更生

 It seems there are two rules, 看起来有两条自然规律  

one for these special centenarians 一条是针对那些特别的百岁老人  

and one for everyone else. 一条是针对其他人

For most of us, 对于大部分人来说 

our health depends less on the genes¹ we are born with 我们的健康只有少部分是由基因决定

and more on how we choose to live. 大部分是由我们的生活方式决定

It's commonly believed that 普遍认为  人的寿命是由

it's 80% the environment and 20% genes. 百分之八十的环境和百分之二十的基因决定

In centenarians, it's probably the opposite. 对于这些百岁老人来说  或许正好相反

It's probably 80% the genes 或许是由百分之八十的基因

and 20% the environment. 和百分之二十的环境决定

Because our centenarians have longevity² genes, 因为我们的这些百岁老人都很长寿

they are protected against many of the effects of the environment. 大多数环境都影响不到他们

That's why they do whatever they want to do 所以他们可以想做什么就做什么 

and they get there anyhow. 还能照样长寿

Nir has seen this by watching one of his wife's relatives. 尼尔从他妻子的亲戚那就见识过了这点

This is my grandmother in law, Freda, 这是我的祖母  弗雷

and that's her 100th birthday party. 那是在她百岁大寿的寿宴上

At that time she was dating 当时她在和

an 85 year old guy that drove³ a car. 一个85岁的老司机约会

Look how she grabs⁴ the bottle and pouring herself and 看看她是如何握住瓶子  给自己倒酒

laughing all at the same time, right? 还在哈哈大笑

You can sense the type there, right? 你有看到旁边的字吗

 

1 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

2 longevity   

n.长命；长寿

参考例句：

• Good habits promote longevity.良好的习惯能增长寿命。
• Human longevity runs in families.人类的长寿具有家族遗传性。

3 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

4 grabs   

n.试图抓取，有意抢夺( grab的名词复数 )v.抢先，抢占( grab的第三人称单数 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• The job is up for grabs.Why don't you apply now? 那工作谁都可以争取，你怎么不现在就申请呢？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She grabs a stack of baby photos and thrusts them into my hands. 她抓起一沓婴儿照片塞到我手里。 来自辞典例句