纪录片《长生不老》 31素食主义者

Rhea Tauber is 102

雷亚·伯塔今年102岁

and part of Nir's study.

是尼尔研究的对象之一

The chances of living to 100 are only one in 10,000.

活到100岁的机会只有万分之一

The question for Nir was how much of their

尼尔的问题是人的寿命

longevity¹ was down to genes²

有多少是取决于基因

and how much could be about lifestyle.

有多少是取决于生活方式

Are you going to have some lox, Grandma?

老奶奶 你需不需要输点氧

What could be bad?

如果出事了怎么办

There you go. Eat like this and you live to 102.

你就靠吃这些 活到了102岁

So his team conducted

他的组员们为500位百岁老人

physical and cognitive³ assessments⁴

做了身体和认知能力的检查

and asked the 500 centenarians a range of lifestyle questions.

并问了他们很多关于生活方式的问题

Did you eat yoghurt all your life?

你有没有一直喝酸奶

You know, were you a vegetarian⁵?

你是个素食主义者吗

What was your interaction with the environment?

你是怎样改善你的生活环境的

And I think the surprising thing for us is that

让我觉得最诧异的是

we don't have yoghurt-eating, we don't have a single vegetarian.

他们不喝酸奶 也没有人是素食主义者

We have just one person who was an athlete.

他们之中只一个是运动员

Nir gathered their blood samples

尼尔收集了他们的血样

and prepared to map their genes.

准备对他们的基因进行研究

It didn't look as if they were following a particular lifestyle,

他们的生活方式看起来没什么特别

but while he was analysing the laboratory results,

但是 他一边分析了实验结果

he continued to monitor the families.

一边继续观察这些家庭

1 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。

2 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

3 cognitive   

adj.认知的，认识的，有感知的

参考例句：

• As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大，他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
• The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。

4 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

5 vegetarian   

n.素食者；adj.素食的

参考例句：

• She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
• I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。