纪录片《长生不老》 40自己变得年轻

Professor Ellen Langer was testing mind over body.

艾伦·朗吉教授通过对思想进行控制测试身体

If you made people think they

如果让这些人觉得

were years younger, would their bodies follow?

自己变年轻 他们的身体会有相同的反应吗

But given how dependent these men had become,

因为这些人已经很有依赖性了

a lot of convincing was going to be necessary.

大量的说服工作变的很必要

At first, some of the group struggled with Ellen's rules.

刚开始 有些成员不遵守艾伦的规则

As soon as we got off the bus,

他们刚下车时

I told them that they were in charge of their suitcases,

我就告诉他们要自己

getting them up to their rooms.

把行李提到房间

They could move them an inch at a time,

他们每次可以挪动一英寸

they could unpack¹ them

可以在车上打开箱子

right at the bus and take up a shirt at a time.

然后每次拿一件衬衣

Just think about the difference in how these people were treated

想象下这些人从我这里受到的不同待

by me with the assumption² that they

之前他们被当成小孩

could do everything, versus³ treated like a little kid.

而这里他们被假设可以行动自如

And this attitude

这种状态

was going to be maintained right through the experiment.

要维持到整个实验结束

There was nobody babying them.

没有人照顾他们

They were in all ways taking care of themselves as they would have,

他们得自己照顾自己

did, I'd say, 20 years earlier.

像20年前一样

1 unpack   

vt.打开包裹（或行李），卸货

参考例句：

• I must unpack before dinner.我得在饭前把行李打开。
• She said she would unpack the items later.她说以后再把箱子里的东西拿出来。

2 assumption   

n.假定，臆断，担任，承担

参考例句：

• We mistook assumption that the price would fall.我们错误地认为价格会下降。
• I would question the validity of that assumption.我会质疑那个假设的正当性。

3 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。