当这个数字变成5200时——你就会死：英语精读讲义

Wrapping your mind around your life is pretty hard because you're up to your neck in it. 習語

想要理清自己的人生很难，因为你早已深陷其中。

It's like trying to understand the ocean while learning how to swim. 表達脈絡

就像在学习游泳时试图理解海洋一样。

On most days, you're busy just keeping your head above water. 習語

大多数时候，你光是为了不被淹死就已忙得不可开交。

So, it's not easy to figure out what to do with your life and how to spend your time.

所以，弄清楚人生该做些什么、时间该怎么花，并不是件容易的事。

There are a million distractions,

身边有无数让你分心的事情，

your family, friends, and romantic partners,

你的家人、朋友和伴侣，

boring work, and exciting projects,

无聊的工作和令人兴奋的项目，

video games to play, and books to read.

要玩的游戏，要读的书。

And then there's your couch that somebody needs to lie on.

甚至还有你那张总得有人躺一躺的沙发。

It's easy to get lost.

人很容易迷失方向。

So, let's take a step back and look at your life from the outside. 表達脈絡

所以，让我们退后一步，从旁观者的角度来看看你的人生。

The average Kurzgesagt viewer is around 25 years old, which is a pretty good time in the life of most people.

Kurzgesagt 的观众平均年龄在25岁左右，这对大多数人来说是个相当不错的人生阶段。

The insecurities of the teenage years have begun to recede.

青少年时期的不安感已经开始消退。

Maybe you find yourself in a job or a long-term relationship. 語法

也许你已经有了一份工作或一段长期的感情。

Maybe you've started a family or are working on an advanced degree.

也许你已经组建了家庭，或者正在攻读高级学位。

Maybe you're not doing any of that and still want to enjoy life, whatever that means to you.

也许这些你都没有做，但依然想享受生活——不管那对你意味着什么。

Or maybe you feel stuck and don't know where to go yet.

或者，也许你感到停滞不前，还不知道该往哪儿走。

About one in 20 people watching this video will get to live to 100.

在看这个视频的人中，大约有二十分之一能活到100岁。

Let's assume you are one of the lucky ones,

假设你是其中的幸运儿，

which means you had a total of 5,200 weeks of life at your disposal when you were born. 短語搭配

这意味着你出生时，总共有5200周的生命可供支配。

You spent the first 600 weeks of your life being a kid

你人生最初的600周是在孩童时期度过的，

and 400 being a teenager.

之后的400周是青少年时期。

During this time, you were pretty useless for society

在这段时间里，你对社会来说基本没什么贡献，

and also not very free to make your own decisions.

在自己做决定方面也不是很自由。

As a payoff,

作为补偿，

you were somewhat spared from the consequences and responsibilities of adulthood.

你或多或少免受了成年人世界后果和责任的困扰。

Mostly because well-meaning adults protected you by cleaning up your mess 短語動詞

主要是因为善意的成年人通过替你收拾烂摊子来保护你，

and giving you time to find yourself. 習語

并给你时间去寻找自我。

This time is necessary to make you, at least in theory, 表達脈絡

这段时间对于塑造你——至少在理论上——

a functioning human.

成为一个功能健全的人是必要的。

Although most people probably don't feel like that after puberty.

尽管大多数人在青春期后可能并不这么觉得。

In any case, by the time you're 20, 語法

无论如何，到了20岁的时候，

over 1,000 of your 5,200 weeks have passed.

你5200周的人生里已经过去了1000多周。

Depending on what you aspire to,

根据你的追求，

at this point you're either working already

在这个阶段，你要么已经开始工作，

or have entered further education.

要么已经进入更高阶段的教育。

The amount of fun you can have in this phase of your life varies a lot.

在这个人生阶段你能享受到的乐趣因人而异。

If you pick up a trade or need to work to support yourself or others, 短語動詞

如果你学习一门手艺，或者需要工作来养活自己或他人，

the serious side of life begins earlier.

人生严肃的一面就会更早开始。

If you go to university,

如果你上了大学，

you get to push back work life a bit longer. 短語動詞

你可以把工作生活往后推迟一点。

In any case,

无论如何，

most people start working for real in their 20s at the latest.

大多数人最迟也会在20多岁时开始真正的工作。

Which begins the productive or potentially grindy or soul-crushing period of your life. 用詞

这标志着你人生中富有成效、但也可能枯燥乏味或令人崩溃的时期开始了。

People tend to work until the age of 65,

人们通常会工作到65岁，

which means that you'll spend at least 2,000 weeks of your life with serious adult work,

这意味着你将花费至少2000周的时间从事严肃的成年人工作，

hopefully in a job that makes you feel good and appreciated

希望你能拥有一份让你感到愉快和被重视的工作，

or that makes the world better.

或者是一份能让世界变得更好的工作。

This is such an important thing that we'll look at work 語法

这件事情如此重要，所以我们会在另一个视频里探讨工作，

and how you can try to find a satisfying career in another video.

以及你如何去寻找一份令人满意的职业。

This is the main block of life for most people,

对大多数人来说，这是人生的主要部分，

the time when you might have kids and travel a bit

在这段时间里，你可能会生儿育女、去旅行、

and climb the career ladder and build a house, 習語

在职场上攀登、建一所房子，

may get divorced and fall in love again.

可能会离婚，又可能会再次坠入爱河。

In this phase,

在这个阶段，

you transition from being young to middle-aged to old.

你从青年过渡到了中年，再到老年。

Not old old, 用詞

不是那种老态龙钟，

but the young old of your 60s.

而是60多岁的初老期。

At 65,

到了65岁，

you've used up 3,400 of your 5,200 weeks. 短語動詞

你5200周的人生里已经用掉了3400周。

The last phase of your life begins.

人生的最后阶段开始了。

If you've managed to acquire enough wealth to retire,

如果你设法积累了足够的财富来退休，

in theory,

从理论上讲，

you're now free to do whatever you like for up to 1,800 weeks.

你现在有最多1800周的时间自由地做你喜欢的事情。

But of course,

但当然，

this is not how it works for the majority of you watching this video.

对于看这个视频的大多数人来说，现实并非如此。

19 out of 20 people will not live to 100.

每20个人里有19个活不到100岁。

The average lifespan in the US is 79.

美国的平均寿命是79岁。

In Germany,

在德国，

it's 81.

是81岁。

In Japan,

在日本，

84.

84岁。

In Brazil,

在巴西，

it's 75.

是75岁。

If you die at age 80,

如果你活到80岁去世，

which is still not bad,

这其实也不算差，

you only have 780 weeks of freedom after you retire.

但在你退休后，你只有780周的自由时间。

That's roughly as many weeks of freedom as an old person as you spent as a child.

这意味着，你老年时能自由支配的周数，大致和整个童年度过的周数一样多。

Unfortunately, disease and the tiredness of age trip you up here 短語動詞

不幸的是，疾病和衰老带来的疲惫往往会在此时绊倒你，

because with old age,

因为随着年龄的增长，

the human body begins to decline sharply.

人体的机能开始急剧下降。

For example,

例如，

the vast majority of cancer-related deaths occur in people over 70.

绝大多数与癌症相关的死亡发生在70岁以上的人群中。

If you bet all your fun cards on being free and happy in your retirement, 習語

如果你把所有享乐的筹码都押在退休后自由快乐的生活上，

you might be bitterly disappointed.

你可能会大失所望。

And all of this is still assuming things work out 短語動詞

而所有这一切都还建立在一切顺利、

and you even get to grow old.

你甚至能活到老的前提下。

You can drown in a pool at age seven,

你可能会在7岁时在游泳池溺水，

get cancer at age 32,

在32岁时患上癌症，

die in a car crash at age 48.

在48岁时死于车祸。

You can fall from a ladder at age 60.

你可能会在60岁时从梯子上摔下来。

Every day the universe rolls a bunch of dice for every human 習語

每一天，宇宙都会为每个人掷出一把骰子，

and every day someone somewhere on this planet rolls a critical failure 文化背景

每一天，这个星球上总有某个人掷出了致命的厄运，

and their life ends that day.

他们的生命在那一天就结束了。

The older you get, 語法

你年纪越大，

the more dice are rolled for you.

为你掷出的骰子就越多。

Usually,

通常情况下，

when you swim through the ocean that is your life,

当你在人生的海洋中遨游时，

you don't think about all of this too much

你不会对这些想得太多，

and that's fine.

这没关系。

Life is engaging enough by itself

生活本身就足够引人入胜了，

and the future is this undefined weird thing.

而未来是一件未知又奇怪的事情。

But thinking about it from time to time is helpful in refocusing on what you want to do

但不时地想一想，有助于你重新聚焦于你想做的事，

and to minimize regrets you will have when you look back. 短語動詞

并尽可能减少你在回顾过去时的遗憾。

And to remind you that if you don't use your time today, 語法

它提醒你，如果你今天不把握时间，

you might not get a chance to use it tomorrow.

明天你可能就没有机会了。

Life is complicated

生活是复杂的，

and it's hard to make decisions between all the things and people that are important to you.

在所有对你重要的人和事之间做决定很难。

This has become painfully obvious to billions of people during the coronavirus pandemic.

在冠状病毒大流行期间，数十亿人对此有了痛苦而深刻的体会。

If you respected social distancing,

如果你遵守了保持社交距离的规定，

so many things that we took for granted were not available anymore. 習語

很多我们习以为常的事情都不复存在了。

Traveling and public places

去旅行和公共场所、

and eating out and seeing friends

外出就餐和见朋友、

and meeting new people.

以及结识新朋友。

Spending time together became limited

在一起共度的时光变得有限，

and precious.

并且弥足珍贵。

But actually,

但事实上，

the time you have with the people you love is already precious.

你和你爱的人在一起的时间本就已经很宝贵了。

Think of your parents.

想想你的父母。

As a child,

作为一个孩子，

you spend basically every day with them.

你几乎每天都和他们在一起。

Your time spent together begins to decline as you transition

当你们进入过渡期时，你们在一起的时间开始减少，

and become a teenager

你成了青少年，

and fight to develop your own identity.

并为了发展自我认同而抗争。

But as teenagers,

但在青少年时期，

you probably still see them regularly,

你可能仍会定期看到他们，

which changes as you enter your 20s,

而当你进入20多岁时，情况就变了，

when most people move out for university,

大多数人为了上大学、

for work,

工作、

or just to be on their own.

或者只是为了独立生活而搬了出去。

If you're making an effort to be with your parents for two full weeks each year for the rest of their lives,

如果你努力在父母余生的每一年里和他们待满整整两周，

which covers the main holidays,

这涵盖了主要节假日、

birthdays,

生日、

and a bit extra,

以及一些额外的时间，

you still have already spent more than 90% of the time you will ever spend with them,

你一生中将与他们共度的总时光，超过90%已经用光了，

even if they grow pretty old.

即便他们能活得很长寿。

If they die earlier

如果他们过早离世，

or if you see them only a few days each year,

或者你每年只能见他们几天，

this number shrinks even more.

这个数字会缩水得更多。

So, in all likelihood, 表達脈絡

所以，极有可能的是，

the vast majority of time you will ever spend with your parents has passed.

你人生中与父母共度的绝大部分时间已经成为了过去。

The same holds true for your siblings 表達脈絡

对于你的兄弟姐妹，

or old friends that moved to the other side of the country.

或是搬到了国家另一端的老朋友来说，同样如此。

You're at the tail end of the time with some of the most important people in your life. 習語

你与生命中一些最重要的人共度的时光已接近尾声。

One day,

总有一天，

you will see them for the last time.

你会见他们最后一面。

And it's actually the same with everything else.

其实其他任何事情也是一样。

The concept of doing something for the last time feels eerie,

“最后一次做某事”这个概念让人感到不寒而栗，

like something that you should only experience when you're on death row 文化背景

就好像那只有在死囚牢房里、

or extremely old

或者极度衰老时、

or something like that.

或诸如此类的情况下才会体验到的事。

But it happens all the time.

但它其实无时无刻不在发生。

Is there a hobby you've been lazy about for a long time?

有没有什么爱好你已经懈怠很久了？

Maybe you still have those Warhammer minis

也许你还留着那些战锤微缩模型

that you wanted to paint.

一直想着要涂色。

Did you always want to revisit that place

你是不是一直想重新探访那个地方，

where you had an amazing time a decade ago?

也就是十年前你曾度过美好时光的地方？

Is there someone you wanted to reach out to for a long time, 短語動詞

有没有那么一个人，你很早就想联系，

but haven't yet? 語法

却至今没有去联系？

Or pick up that sport again 短語動詞

或者重新捡起那项运动，

to meet new friends?

去结识新朋友？

Maybe you will never do any of these things again

也许你再也不会做这些事了，

because life gets in the way 習語

因为生活琐事总是碍手碍脚，

and at some point it's too late.

而到了某个时候，就太迟了。

As the global pandemic begins to wind down, 短語動詞

随着全球大流行病开始平息，

we will all soon be able to be with each other again

我们很快就能再次相聚，

and do fun things together.

一起做有趣的事了。

It's never a bad time to reach out to a friend 語氣意圖

不管什么时候去联系一位老朋友，

or a potential friend

或一位潜在的新朋友，

and let them know that you're looking forward to hanging out. 講解

告诉他们你很期待一起聚聚，都不会太晚。

But no matter when you're watching this, 語法

但无论你在什么时候看这个视频，

our life is an incredible gift.

我们的生命都是一份不可思议的礼物。

And there are so many fun, engaging,

有那么多有趣、吸引人、

and fulfilling things to do.

且充满成就感的事情可以去做。

And you get to decide what and who matters to you.

你可以决定什么人和什么事对你来说才是重要的。

But what matters the most 語法

但最重要的是，

is that you actually make decisions from time to time.

你要时不时地做出这些决定。

This video was based on and inspired by an article by our friend Tim Urban

本视频是基于并受启发于我们朋友 Tim Urban 的一篇文章，

of Wait But Why,

他来自Wait But Why，

the best blog on the internet.

互联网上最棒的博客。

Be sure to check it out

一定要去看看，

to get more new perspectives on things.

去获得看待事物的新视角。

Also,

另外，

if you want a reminder about the things we still want to do in life,

如果你想要提醒自己人生中还有哪些想做的事，

with Tim's permission,

在 Tim 的允许下，

we created a Kurzgesagt version of the Calendar of Your Life

我们制作了一份 Kurzgesagt 版本的“人生日历”，

that lets you track how many weeks of your life you've spent already

让你可以追踪自己已经度过了多少周的人生，

and how many you have left.

还有多少周剩余。

You can also color in the weeks

你也可以给这些星期填色，

to keep track of exactly how you're spending them. 短語搭配

以准确记录你是如何度过它们的。

If you're just looking for a visual reminder to put things in perspective, 習語

如果你只是想要一个可视化的提醒来客观看待事物，

we've made a timeline of your life.

我们为你制作了一份生命时间线。

It's printed in vibrant neon colors

它用鲜艳的霓虹色印制，

on high-quality paper

采用高品质纸张，

and will look great as an art piece on your wall.

挂在墙上会是一件绝美的艺术品。

Like all of our products,

和我们所有的产品一样，

these posters were designed with love

这些海报是由我们 Kurzgesagt 团队倾注爱心设计，

and produced with care by us here at Kurzgesagt.

并精心制作的。

Getting something from our shop is the best way to support our channel

从我们的商店购买商品是支持我们频道的最好方式，

while getting something beautiful in return.

同时你也能得到一件漂亮的物品作为回报。

Because of you,

因为有你们，

we can keep making elaborate videos like the one you just watched

我们才能继续制作像大家刚刚看到的这样精美的视频，

and release them for free for everyone.

并免费向所有人发布。

Thank you so much for your support.

非常感谢大家的支持。