TED演讲：能让你多出10年额外寿命的游戏(11)

 　　So, the average life expectancy¹ in the U.S. and the U.K. is 78.1 years, 美国和英国的平均年龄是78.1岁，

　　but we know from more than 1,000 peer-reviewed scientific studies that you can add 10 years of life by boosting³ your four types of resilience. 但我们从1000个同龄人的研究中看出，你可以通过增强这4种意志力来延寿10年。

　　So every single year that you are boosting your four types of resilience, 所以，在强化这四种适应力的每一天当中，

　　you're actually earning .128 more years of life or 46 more days of life, or 67,298 more minutes of life, 你确实多增加了0.128年的寿命，或者说46天的寿命，或是67298分钟的寿命，

　　which means every single day, you are earning 184 minutes of life, 这意味着每一天，你正在增加184分钟的寿命，

　　or every single hour that you are boosting your four types of resilience, 或者说，在强化这四种适应力的每一小时当中，

　　like we just did together, you are earning 7.68245837 more minutes of life. 就像是我们刚刚一起做的，你将多增加7.68245837分钟的寿命。

　　Congratulations, those seven and a half minutes are all yours. You totally earned them. Yeah! 恭喜你，你已经多增加七分半的寿命。你完全可以获得它。耶!

　　Awesome⁴. Wait, wait, wait. You still have your special mission, your secret mission.  太惊奇了。等等，等等，等等。你仍然有特别的任务在身，你的秘密任务。

　　How are you going to spend these minutes of bonus life? 你如何利用那多增加出来的七分半的寿命?

　　Well, here's my suggestion. These seven and a half bonus minutes are kind of like genie's wishes. 恩，我这里有个建议。这七分半的寿命有点像是向神许愿得来的。

　　You can use your first wish to wish for a million more wishes. Pretty clever, right? 你可以用第一个愿望在去许数百万个愿望。相当聪明，对吧?

　　So, if you spend these seven and a half minutes today doing something that makes you happy, 所以，今天如果你用这七分半的寿命作些让你快乐的事，

　　or that gets you physically⁵ active, or puts you in touch with someone you care about, or even just tackling⁶ a tiny challenge, 或锻炼你的身体，或联系你所爱的人，或甚至迎接小小的挑战，

　　you're going to boost² your resilience, so you're going to earn more minutes. 你将会强化你的适应力，所以你将会多增加几分钟的寿命。

　　And the good news is, you can keep going like that. 而且好消息是，你能够一直像那样进行下去。

　　Every hour of the day, every day of your life, all the way to your deathbed, 一天当中的每一小时，生命的每一天，一直到你临终的每一天，

　　which will now be 10 years later than it would have otherwise. 这将比本来的应该有的寿命多十年。

　　And when you get there, more than likely, you will not have any of those top five regrets, 而且当你到那时，很有可能的，你将不会任何常见的遗憾，

　　because you will have built up the strength and resilience to lead a life truer to your dreams. 因为你已经建立起这些力量和适应力，引领你的生命迈向梦想。

　　And with 10 extra years, you might even have enough time to play a few more games. Thank you. 而且由于有额外的十年寿命，你也许甚至有足够的时间玩一些游戏。谢谢。

1 expectancy   

n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额

参考例句：

• Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
• The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。

2 boost   

n.鼓励，激励，提高；v.鼓励，使增强信心

参考例句：

• This will be a great boost to the economy.这对于经济发展将是一个巨大的促进。
• These changes will help to boost share prices.这些变化将有助于提高股票价格。

3 boosting   

n.增[升]压；加大推力[功率]，加速（发动机）；助推v.促进( boost的现在分词 )；增加；吹捧；向上推起

参考例句：

• The company needs boosting up, if it is not to be defeated by its competitors. 该公司如要在竞争中不被对手挤垮，就须加强实力。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The firm is boosting the new product. 公司正在大事宣传 [推销] 新产品。 来自辞典例句

4 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

5 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

6 tackling   

n. 扭住, 抱住, 卷起

参考例句：

• a bottom-up approach to tackling the problem 处理这个问题的自下而上的方法
• There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem. 解决这个问题有三种根本不同的方法。