纪录片《长生不老》 29百岁老人的生活秘诀

Just how much of our future

我们的将来

lies in our genes¹

多少是由客观基因决定的

and how much in our own choices

多少是由我们主观选择决定的

is the question at the heart of a study by a scientist in New York

这才是一名纽约科学家所研究的问题关键

who's also having his own personal struggle

这位科学家也在探索到底什么才是决定

with the idea of what exactly ageing is.

衰老的真正原因

It's not very easy for me to define² ageing.

我很难解释什么是衰老

This is not for television, but it's the couple

这不是虚构的 有这么一对夫妇

and the husband turns to the wife and says,

丈夫转过去和妻子说

"Why don't we go upstairs and make love?"

我们为什么不上楼做爱呢

And she says, "I cannot do both."

她说 我两样都做不到

That's the definition.

这就是衰老

What struck him were healthy

他突然想起了

centenarians living in his own community.

社区里那些健康的百岁老人

Kidding aside, I think that ageing can be redefined after

不开玩笑 当你看到那么多百岁老人之后

you see so many centenarians,

或许你就会重新定义衰老的意义

like I do, and I'm really jealous of them.

你会和我一样 真的很嫉妒那些百岁老人

They might look old to you

他们可能看起来很老

but you see that their life is so meaningful.

但你看他们的生活是多么的多姿多彩

What he wanted to find out

他想要找出

was how people get to be 100-plus,

那些百岁老人的生活秘诀

and what exactly we could learn from them.

我们可以向他们学习什么

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 define   

vt.解释，下定义，阐述，限定，规定

参考例句：

• Please define the words.请解释这些字的意义。
• It's hard to define exactly what has changed.很难解释清楚到底发生了什么变化。