你将如何死去？：英语精读讲义

Surveys show that most people want to die quickly in their sleep and without notice,

调查显示，大多数人都希望毫无预兆地在睡梦中迅速离世，

but the odds of that happening for you are incredibly low. 短語搭配

但这种事发生在你身上的概率低得惊人。

So, when the time comes, 短語搭配

那么，当那一刻到来时，

how are you most likely to die?

你最有可能怎么死去？

In 1901,

1901年，

the average life expectancy of humans was 31 years old,

人类的平均预期寿命是31岁，

and in just over 100 years,

而仅仅过了一百多年，

that average has gone up to 71. 短語動詞

这一平均值就升到了71岁。

If you live in a developed nation like France or Canada,

如果你生活在法国或加拿大这样的发达国家，

you'll likely live closer to 82,

你很可能会活到接近82岁，

while developing or majority world countries like Rwanda 用詞

而卢旺达这类发展中国家，或者说“多数世界”国家的人们

age to 64 on average.

平均能活到64岁。

And many of these people die in weird ways,

而且，其中许多人死得很离奇，

including 27 people from selfie-related accidents in 2015.

比如2015年就有27人死于自拍相关事故。

One man died of heart failure and exhaustion

一名男子因心力衰竭和精疲力竭而丧命，

after playing StarCraft for 50 hours on end, 習語

原因是他连续玩了50个小时的《星际争霸》，

and annually 100 people die in Russia

而在俄罗斯，每年有100人

from falling ice,

因坠落的冰块而死，

not to mention about 70 children will choke to death 講解

更别提每年大约有70名儿童

on hot dogs every year.

会被热狗噎死。

But if we use the United States as an example of the Western World,

不过，如果用美国来代表西方世界，

we had over 318 million people living in 2014,

2014年，美国生活着超过3.18亿人，

of which more than 2.6 million died. 語法

其中超过260万人去世。

Almost half of these people died of heart disease or cancer, 短語搭配

这些死者中，近一半死于心脏病或癌症，

which is much different than 100 years ago

这和100年前大不相同，

when most people died from tuberculosis and influenza.

当时大多数人死于肺结核和流感。

Scientific advancements such as antibiotics and vaccines

抗生素和疫苗等科学进步

have allowed us to die less often of the flu or TB, 語法

让我们不再那么容易死于流感或肺结核，

and even decreased how often we die of cancer. 語法

甚至也降低了我们死于癌症的概率。

In the 1970s,

20世纪70年代，

the survival rate from cancer was only 50%. 用詞

癌症患者的生存率仅为50%。

Today, that has increased to 68%

如今，这一比例已升至68%，

with 15.5 million cancer survivors

目前有1550万名癌症幸存者

alive in the US today.

生活在美国。

Thanks, science. 語氣意圖

谢谢你，科学。

Unfortunately, both heart disease and cancer aren't sudden killers

遗憾的是，心脏病和癌症通常都不会让人骤然死亡，

and involve mostly long-drawn-out deaths. 用詞

它们带来的大多是漫长而煎熬的死亡过程。

In fact,

事实上，

60% of deaths in a hospital are attributed to one of these,

医院里的死亡病例中，有60%归因于这两种疾病之一，

with one in 10 of those individuals 語法

而这些患者中，每10人就有1人

being in a hospital for a month or more.

会在医院住上一个月或更久。

Of course,

当然，

sudden deaths do happen 語法

突然死亡也确实会发生，

with over 136,000 people dying of unintentional injuries or accidents

有超过13.6万人死于非故意伤害或事故，

in 2014 in the US.

这是2014年美国的数据。

The media can also affect our fear and anxiety

媒体也会影响我们心中的恐惧和焦虑，

of death from strange causes.

让我们害怕因离奇原因而死。

After all, 表達脈絡

毕竟，

not one person died of a shark attack

没有一个人死于鲨鱼袭击，

in the US during 2014,

至少2014年的美国是如此，

but 38 people were killed by dogs that year.

但那一年却有38人被狗袭击致死。

Many fear biking within a city,

很多人害怕在城市里骑自行车，

but you're more likely to die walking as a pedestrian 語法

但作为行人步行时，你其实更可能丧命：

with 6,200 pedestrians killed

有6200名行人死亡，

and only 900 killed in bike accidents.

而死于自行车事故的只有900人。

For every one person that dies in a terrorist attack, 語法

每有1人死于恐怖袭击，

80 will die from alcoholism.

就有80人死于酗酒。

In fact,

事实上，

a majority of terrorist activity in the West

西方的大多数恐怖活动

is caused by lone wolf attackers, 文化背景

都是由“独狼”式袭击者实施的，

of which 80% were not Islamic fundamentalists, 表達脈絡

其中80%并非伊斯兰原教旨主义者，

but instead political extremists,

而是政治极端分子、

nationalists, racial, and religious supremacists.

民族主义者，以及种族和宗教至上主义者。

On a worldwide scale in 2015, 表達脈絡

从全球范围来看，2015年

78% of all terrorist deaths occurred in just five countries:

所有恐怖主义相关死亡中，有78%仅发生在五个国家：

Afghanistan,

阿富汗、

Iraq,

伊拉克、

Nigeria,

尼日利亚、

Pakistan,

巴基斯坦

and Syria.

和叙利亚。

Where you live has a big impact on how you're likely to die, 講解

你住在哪里，会极大影响你最可能如何死去，

too.

这也是一个重要因素。

In the 34 poorest countries,

在最贫穷的34个国家，

you're most likely to die of respiratory problems,

你最可能死于呼吸系统疾病，

not from cigarettes,

这不是因为香烟，

but from ingesting smoke while cooking.

而是因为做饭时吸入了烟雾。

Females in Japan are less likely to die of heart disease

日本女性死于心脏病的概率较低，

and live to 87 years old on average

平均寿命可达87岁，

compared to 80 years old for American females.

而美国女性为80岁。

This is often attributed to the Japanese diet. 短語搭配

这通常被归因于日本人的饮食习惯。

In the future,

未来，

we'll likely not only live longer, 語法

我们可能不仅会活得更久，

but potentially know exactly how and when we'll die.

甚至可能确切知道自己会在何时、以何种方式死去。

In fact,

事实上，

a recent computer software has been developed

最近有人开发出了一款计算机软件，

that has been shown to estimate how and when you'll die 語法

据证明，它能预测你会在何时、以何种方式死去，

with 96% accuracy 短語搭配

准确率高达96%，

based on medical history, 短語搭配

依据包括病史、

lifestyle,

生活方式

and many other factors.

以及许多其他因素。

The question is, 表達脈絡

问题是，

do you want to know how and when you'll die?

你想知道自己会在何时、以何种方式死去吗？

Let us know in the comments below.

欢迎在下方评论区告诉我们。

You can also find out the top five regrets people have before dying

你还可以了解人们临终前最常有的五大遗憾，

in our AsapTHOUGHT video.

内容就在我们的AsapTHOUGHT视频中。

Link in the description for that video.

该视频的链接在简介中。

And subscribe for more weekly science videos.

订阅我们的频道，每周观看更多科学视频。