纪录片《药物依赖》 第42期：药物被当做一种肥料

What we've moved from is a world

我们所经历的改变

in which we thought that drugs were poisons

是从认为药物有毒害作用

and the art of medicine was to make sure

我们只在一种情况下服用药物

that the person had a reasonably serious condition

那就是病人出现严重病症

that posed¹ risks,

严重到

that justified² the risk we knew came with the pills,

我们不得不承担药物所带来的风险

to a world where the drugs are now viewed as fertilisers.

改变为 药物被我们视作一种肥料

They can do no harm if you

如果你适当使用

just sprinkle them around the place widely.

就不会带来伤害

I don't mind popping pills at all.

我完全不介意吃药

It doesn't bother me, it doesn't worry me.

我不觉得这有什么不好

I think I'm being kept alive artificially.

我觉得自己需要药物维持

I think the biblical span³ of life tells you that at my age,

我觉得 到了我这个年纪

one's usually, you know, gone.

很多人可能已经去世

I hate taking them,

我讨厌吃药

to be quite honest, if you want the truth.

老实讲 如果你真想知道

I really hate taking pills

我真讨厌吃药

at all because it's really against my grain

可是 我必须吃药

that, you know, I'm needing to take them.

这着实叫我觉得不情愿

By the time you're in your 70s,

等你到了70岁左右的年纪

you're likely to be taking at least five pills every day.

你每天至少要吃5颗药

1 posed   

使摆姿势( pose的过去式和过去分词 )； 以…身份出现； 招摇； 炫耀

参考例句：

• The players strutted and posed for the cameras. 运动员昂首阔步，摆好姿势让记者拍照。
• After the wedding we all posed for a photograph. 婚礼之后，我们全体排好拍了一张照片。

2 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

3 span   

n.跨度，跨距，范围；vt.持续，贯穿，跨越

参考例句：

• The time span of these documents from 1954 to 2009.这些文件的时间跨度为1954年至2009年。
• The measurement span is determined by the higher and lower range values.测量量程由上限值和下限值决定。