纪录片《长生不老》 35治疗和预防老年病的方法

But what's more surprising is that he believes

但最惊讶的是

it's possible for us all to benefit from what he's discovered.

他相信我们都会从他的发现中获益

The advantages of finding a gene¹ that is involving longevity²

发现导致长寿的基因的好处是

is that many times we can just develop a drug

我们可以研发出一种

that will imitate exactly what this gene is doing.

功能和长寿基因相同的药物

He predicts that the first drugs would be available for testing

他预测第一批药物可以在3年内测试

in three years, and has a personal interest in their development.

而且他对这批药物的发展很感兴趣

This research has become quite difficult for me.

研究对于我来说异常艰难

My mother died several months ago,

我母亲几个月前去世了

and my father has been sick for a while.

我父亲也卧于病榻很久了

I don't have longevity in my family,

我们家族没有长寿的历史

I don't have longevity genes³,

我也没有长寿的基因

I know that and looking at those people,

我很清楚这点 看着那些人

I see how my end can be different than theirs

我预见我的结局将不相同

unless I really rush and get something going,

除非我真的迅速地开始研究

and...really...

并切实地

find a way to treat and protect us

找到治疗和预防

against those age-related diseases.

老年病的方法

1 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

2 longevity   

n.长命；长寿

参考例句：

• Good habits promote longevity.良好的习惯能增长寿命。
• Human longevity runs in families.人类的长寿具有家族遗传性。

3 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪