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　　Lesson 45 The Process of Ageing老化的过程

　　At the age of twelve years, the human body is at its most vigorous. It has yet to reach its full size

　　and strength, and its owner his or her full intelligence; but at this age the likelihood of death is least.

　　Earlier we were infants and young children, and consequently more vulnerable; later, we shall

　　undergo a progressive loss of our vigour and resistance which, though imperceptible at first, will

　　finally become so steep that we can live no longer, however well we look after ourselves, and

　　however well society, and our doctors, look after us. This decline in vigour with the passing of

　　time is called ageing. It is one of the most unpleasant discoveries which we all make that we must

　　decline in this way, that if we escape wars, accidents and diseases we shall eventually die of old

　　age, and that this happens at a rate which differs little from person to person, so that there are

　　heavy odds in favour of our dying between the ages of sixty-five and eighty. Some of us will die

　　sooner, a few will live longer-- on into a ninth or tenth decade. But the chances are against it, and

　　there is a virtual limit on how long we can hope to remain alive, however lucky and robust we are.

　　Normal people tend to forget this process unless and until they are reminded of it. We are so

　　familiar with the fact that man ages, that people have for years assumed that the process of losing

　　vigour with time, of becoming more likely to die the older we get, was something self-evident, like

　　the cooling of a hot kettle or the wearing-out of a pair of shoes. They have also assumed that all

　　animals, and probably other organisms such as trees, or even the universe itself, must in the nature

　　of things 'wear out'. Most animals we commonly observe do in fact age as we do if given the

　　chance to live long enough; and mechanical systems like a wound watch or the sun, do in fact run

　　out of energy in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics (whether the whole universe

　　does so is a moot point at present). But these are not analogous to what happens when man ages A

　　run-down watch is still a watch and can be rewound. An old watch, by contrast, becomes so worn

　　and unreliable that it eventually is not worth mending But a watch could never repair itself it does

　　not consist of living parts, only of metal, which wears away by friction. We could,at one time,

　　repair ourselves well enough, at least, to overcome all but the most instantly fatal illnesses an

　　accidents. Between twelve and eighty years we gradually lose this power; an illness which at

　　twelve would knock us over, at eighty can knock us out, and into

　　our grave. If we could stay as vigorous as we are at twelve, it would take about 700 years for half

　　of us to die, and another 700 for the survivors to be reduce by half again.

　　New words and expressions 生词短语

　　infant 婴儿(会说点话)

　　baby 婴儿(不会说话)

　　the infant industry 新兴产业

　　in its infancy 在初始阶段

　　vulnerable 脆弱的

　　be vulnerable to 受不了

　　fragile 脆弱

　　barefaced 厚颜无耻的

　　defenceless 脆弱的(不设防的,无保护的)

　　imperceptible 感觉不到的

　　(大多数 p 开头的形容词，反义词加 im)

　　invisible 看不到的

　　indiscernible 观察不到的

　　minute 微小的

　　subtle 细微的

　　steep 急转直下的(陡峭的)

　　steep demand 苛刻的要求

　　ageing 老化

　　aged wine 陈酿

　　odds 可能性

　　likelihood 可能性

　　It’s odds that…

　　The odds are…

　　There are odds… 都是 ……有可能

　　Odd 怪异的

　　virtual 实际的

　　robust 强健的 (乐百氏)

　　muscular 强壮的

　　athletic 壮的

　　kettle 水壶

　　wearing-ou t 穿破

　　thermodynamics 热力学

　　moot point 有争议的

　　run-down 破旧的

　　decrepit 衰老

　　dilapidated 破旧的

　　shabby 破旧的(房子)

　　Notes on the text 课文注释

　　1.vigorous 后省略 stage同义词:livelyrobust dynamic

　　2.yet=however yet 可在句中,不用标点however 用在句中要用逗号

　　3.stealthy slide out of room 溜出房间 play truant 逃学

　　4.injection

　　cry one’s eyes out 嚎啕大哭

　　5.undergo 经历 up and down/ lows and highs 沉浮

　　6.the passing of time 时光流逝

　　7.heavy odds 极大可能

　　8.virtual:physical

　　9.寿命 life-span life expectancy longevity

　　10.tend to 倾向，不由自主

　　11.spoil oneself 糟蹋自己

　　12.the …the …并列比较

　　13.organism 有机体

　　14.wind 上发条wound 上了发条的run-down 发条不紧的

　　15.but=except

　　16.fatul=deadly 致命的

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