纪录片《长生不老》 28苍老的双手

I remember when she showed me her hand,

我记得 当她把手给我看时

I suddenly noticed that her hand was an old hand,

我突然间意识到她的手是如此的苍老

and I'd never really paid it any attention

在她生病之后

until something had gone wrong,

我才注意到了这些

and then I looked at it and thought not only was it an old hand,

我看着这双手 觉得那不仅仅是双苍老的手

but it looked quite a lot like my hand.

看起来更像我自己的手

So I, I am now aware that my joints¹ are likely

所以 我现在意识到我很可能

to go through the same problems that my mum has and so,

跟我母亲一样 得关节炎之类的病

look after the knees!

所以我得好好保护我的膝盖

Nancy in her turn looks at her mother.

南希回头看了看母亲

I think it is something we're permanently² aware of,

我觉得我们得无时无刻记得

that we're all going the same way.

我们在经历同样的过程

And you feel for them,

你不仅仅是同情他们

but more than that, you feel for yourself!

更多的是在同情自己

Because you think, "Oh, that's me in a little while."

因为你觉得 在过不久我也会这样

If we're trying to understand ageing,

如果我们想要了解衰老

studying family genes³ is key.

关键就在于研究家族的基因

1 joints   

接头( joint的名词复数 )； 关节； 公共场所（尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所） （非正式）； 一块烤肉 （英式英语）

参考例句：

• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。

2 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

3 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