當這個數字變成5200時——你就會死：英語精讀講義

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

想要理清自己的人生很難，因為你早已深陷其中。

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

就像在學習游泳時試圖理解海洋一樣。

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

大多數時候，你光是為了不被淹死就已忙得不可開交。

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

所以，弄清楚人生該做些什麼、時間該怎麼花，並不是件容易的事。

There are a million distractions,

身邊有無數讓你分心的事情，

your family, friends, and romantic partners,

你的家人、朋友和伴侶，

boring work, and exciting projects,

無聊的工作和令人興奮的專案，

video games to play, and books to read.

要玩的遊戲，要讀的書。

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

甚至還有你那張總得有人躺一躺的沙發。

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，讓我們退後一步，從旁觀者的角度來看看你的人生。

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

Kurzgesagt 的觀眾平均年齡在25歲左右，這對大多數人來說是個相當不錯的人生階段。

The insecurities of the teenage years have begun to recede.

青少年時期的不安感已經開始消退。

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

也許你已經有了一份工作或一段長期的感情。

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

也許你已經組建了家庭，或者正在攻讀高階學位。

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

也許你什麼都沒做，但依然想享受生活——不管那對你意味著什麼。

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

或者，也許你感到停滯不前，還不知道該往哪兒走。

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

在看這部影片的人中，大約有二十分之一能活到100歲。

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

假設你是其中的幸運兒，

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

這意味著你出生時，總共有5200週的生命可供支配。

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

你人生最初的600週是在孩童時期度過的，

and 400 being a teenager.

之後的400週是青少年時期。

During this time, you were pretty useless for society

在這段時間裡，你對社會來說基本沒什麼貢獻，

and also not very free to make your own decisions.

在自己做決定方面也不是很自由。

As a payoff,

作為補償，

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

你或多或少免受了成年人世界後果和責任的困擾。

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

主要是因為善意的成年人透過替你收拾爛攤子來保護你，

and giving you time to find yourself. 慣用語

並給你時間去尋找自我。

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

這段時間對於塑造你——至少在理論上——

a functioning human.

成為一個功能健全的人是必要的。

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

儘管大多數人在青春期後可能並不這麼覺得。

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

無論如何，到了20歲的時候，

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

你5200週的人生裡已經過去了1000多週。

Depending on what you aspire to,

根據你的追求，

at this point you're either working already

在這個階段，你要麼已經開始工作，

or have entered further education.

要麼已經進入更高階段的教育。

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

在這個人生階段你能享受到的樂趣因人而異。

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

如果你學習一門手藝，或者需要工作來養活自己或他人，

the serious side of life begins earlier.

人生嚴肅的一面就會更早開始。

If you go to university,

如果你上了大學，

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

你可以把工作生活往後推遲一點。

In any case,

無論如何，

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

大多數人最遲也會在20多歲時開始真正的工作。

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

這標誌著你人生中富有成效、但也可能枯燥乏味或令人崩潰的時期開始了。

People tend to work until the age of 65,

人們通常會工作到65歲，

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

這意味著你將花費至少2000週的時間從事嚴肅的成年人工作，

hopefully in a job that makes you feel good and appreciated

希望你能擁有一份讓你感到愉快和被重視的工作，

or that makes the world better.

或者是一份能讓世界變得更好的工作。

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

這件事情如此重要，所以我們會在另一部影片裡探討工作，

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

以及你如何去尋找一份令人滿意的職業。

This is the main block of life for most people,

對大多數人來說，這是人生的主要部分，

the time when you might have kids and travel a bit

在這段時間裡，你可能會生兒育女、去旅行、

and climb the career ladder and build a house, 慣用語

在職場上攀登、建一所房子，

may get divorced and fall in love again.

可能會離婚，又可能會再次墜入愛河。

In this phase,

在這個階段，

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

你從青年過渡到了中年，再到老年。

Not old old, 用詞

不是那種老態龍鍾，

but the young old of your 60s.

而是60多歲的初老期。

At 65,

到了65歲，

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

你5200週的人生裡已經用掉了3400週。

The last phase of your life begins.

人生的最後階段開始了。

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

如果你設法累積了足夠的財富來退休，

in theory,

從理論上講，

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

你現在有最多1800週的時間自由地做你喜歡的事情。

But of course,

但當然，

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

對於看這部影片的大多數人來說，現實並非如此。

19 out of 20 people will not live to 100.

每20個人裡有19個活不到100歲。

The average lifespan in the US is 79.

美國的平均壽命是79歲。

In Germany,

在德國，

it's 81.

是81歲。

In Japan,

在日本，

84.

84歲。

In Brazil,

在巴西，

it's 75.

是75歲。

If you die at age 80,

如果你活到80歲去世，

which is still not bad,

這其實也不算差，

you only have 780 weeks of freedom after you retire.

但在你退休後，你只有780週的自由時間。

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

這意味著，你年老時能自由支配的週數，大致和整個童年度過的週數一樣多。

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

不幸的是，疾病和衰老帶來的疲憊往往會在此時絆倒你，

because with old age,

因為隨著年齡的增長，

the human body begins to decline sharply.

人體的機能開始急劇下降。

For example,

例如，

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

絕大多數與癌症相關的死亡發生在70歲以上的人群中。

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

如果你把所有享樂的籌碼都押在退休後自由快樂的生活上，

you might be bitterly disappointed.

你可能會大失所望。

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

而所有這一切都還建立在一切順利、

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,

你可能會在7歲時在游泳池溺水，

get cancer at age 32,

在32歲時患上癌症，

die in a car crash at age 48.

在48歲時死於車禍。

You can fall from a ladder at age 60.

你可能會在60歲時從梯子上摔下來。

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

每一天，宇宙都會為全人類擲一把骰子，

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

每一天，這個星球上總有某個人擲出了致命的厄運，

and their life ends that day.

他們的生命在那一天就結束了。

The older you get, 文法

你年紀越大，

the more dice are rolled for you.

為你擲出的骰子就越多。

Usually,

通常情況下，

when you swim through the ocean that is your life,

當你在人生的海洋中遨遊時，

you don't think about all of this too much

你不會對這些想得太多，

and that's fine.

這沒關係。

Life is engaging enough by itself

生活本身就足夠引人入勝了，

and the future is this undefined weird thing.

而未來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

但不時地想一想，有助於你重新聚焦於你想做的事，

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

並盡可能減少你在回顧過去時的遺憾。

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

它提醒你，如果你今天不把握時間，

you might not get a chance to use it tomorrow.

明天你可能就沒有機會了。

Life is complicated

生活是複雜的，

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

在所有對你重要的人和事之間做決定很難。

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

在冠狀病毒大流行期間，數十億人對此有了痛苦而深刻的體會。

If you respected social distancing,

如果你遵守了保持社交距離的規定，

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

很多我們習以為常的事情都不復存在了。

Traveling and public places

去旅行和公共場所、

and eating out and seeing friends

外出就餐和見朋友、

and meeting new people.

以及結識新朋友。

Spending time together became limited

在一起共度的時光變得有限，

and precious.

並且彌足珍貴。

But actually,

但事實上，

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

你和你愛的人在一起的時間本就已經很寶貴了。

Think of your parents.

想想你的父母。

As a child,

作為一個孩子，

you spend basically every day with them.

你幾乎每天都和他們在一起。

Your time spent together begins to decline as you transition

隨著你逐漸轉變，與他們共度的時間開始減少，

and become a teenager

你成了青少年，

and fight to develop your own identity.

並為了發展自我認同而抗爭。

But as teenagers,

但在青少年時期，

you probably still see them regularly,

你可能仍會定期看到他們，

which changes as you enter your 20s,

而當你進入20多歲時，情況就變了，

when most people move out for university,

大多數人為了上大學、

for work,

工作、

or just to be on their own.

或者只是為了獨立生活而搬了出去。

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

如果你努力在父母餘生的每一年裡和他們待滿整整兩週，

which covers the main holidays,

這涵蓋了主要節假日、

birthdays,

生日、

and a bit extra,

以及一些額外的時間，

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

你一生中將與他們共度的總時光，超過90%已經用光了，

even if they grow pretty old.

即便他們能活得很長壽。

If they die earlier

如果他們過早離世，

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

或者你每年只能見他們幾天，

this number shrinks even more.

這個數字會縮水得更多。

So, in all likelihood, 表達脈絡

所以，極有可能的是，

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

你人生中與父母共度的絕大部分時間已經成為了過去。

The same holds true for your siblings 表達脈絡

對於你的兄弟姐妹，

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

或是搬到了國家另一端的老朋友來說，同樣如此。

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

你與生命中一些最重要的人共度的時光已接近尾聲。

One day,

總有一天，

you will see them for the last time.

你會見他們最後一面。

And it's actually the same with everything else.

其實其他任何事情也是一樣。

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

「最後一次做某事」這個概念讓人感到不寒而慄，

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裡、

or extremely old

或者極度衰老時、

or something like that.

或諸如此類的情況下才會體驗到的事。

But it happens all the time.

但它其實無時無刻不在發生。

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

有沒有什麼愛好你已經懈怠很久了？

Maybe you still have those Warhammer minis

也許你還留著那些戰錘微縮模型

that you wanted to paint.

一直想著要塗色。

Did you always want to revisit that place

你是不是一直想重新探訪那個地方，

where you had an amazing time a decade ago?

也就是十年前你曾度過美好時光的地方？

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

有沒有那麼一個人，你很早就想聯絡，

but haven't yet? 文法

卻至今沒有去聯絡？

Or pick up that sport again 片語動詞

或者重新撿起那項運動，

to meet new friends?

去結識新朋友？

Maybe you will never do any of these things again

也許你再也不會做這些事了，

because life gets in the way 慣用語

因為生活瑣事總是礙手礙腳，

and at some point it's too late.

而到了某個時候，就太遲了。

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

隨著全球大流行病開始平息，

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

我們很快就能再次相聚，

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

不管什麼時候去聯絡一位老朋友，

or a potential friend

或一位潛在的新朋友，

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

告訴他們你很期待一起聚聚，都不會太晚。

But no matter when you're watching this, 文法

但無論你在什麼時候看這部影片，

our life is an incredible gift.

我們的生命都是一份不可思議的禮物。

And there are so many fun, engaging,

有那麼多有趣、吸引人、

and fulfilling things to do.

且充滿成就感的事情可以去做。

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

你可以決定什麼人和什麼事對你來說才是重要的。

But what matters the most 文法

但最重要的是，

is that you actually make decisions from time to time.

你要時不時地做出這些決定。

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

本影片是基於並受啟發於我們朋友 Tim Urban 的一篇文章，

of Wait But Why,

他來自Wait But Why，

the best blog on the internet.

網際網路上最棒的部落格。

Be sure to check it out

一定要去看看，

to get more new perspectives on things.

去獲得看待事物的新視角。

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還有哪些想做的事，

with Tim's permission,

在 Tim 的允許下，

we created a Kurzgesagt version of the Calendar of Your Life

我們製作了一份 Kurzgesagt 版本的「人生日曆」，

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

讓你可以追蹤自己已經度過了多少週的人生，

and how many you have left.

還有多少週剩餘。

You can also color in the weeks

你也可以給這些星期填色，

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

以準確記錄你是如何度過它們的。

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

如果你只是想要一個視覺化的提醒來客觀看待事物，

we've made a timeline of your life.

我們為你製作了一份生命時間線。

It's printed in vibrant neon colors

它用鮮豔的霓虹色印製，

on high-quality paper

採用高品質紙張，

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

掛在牆上會是一件絕美的藝術品。

Like all of our products,

和我們所有的產品一樣，

these posters were designed with love

這些海報是由我們 Kurzgesagt 團隊傾注愛心設計，

and produced with care by us here at Kurzgesagt.

並精心製作的。

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

從我們的商店購買商品是支持我們頻道的最好方式，

while getting something beautiful in return.

同時你也能得到一件漂亮的物品作為回報。

Because of you,

因為有你們，

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

我們才能繼續製作像大家剛剛看到的這樣精美的影片，

and release them for free for everyone.

並免費向所有人發布。

Thank you so much for your support.

非常感謝大家的支持。