纪录片《长生不老》 38已经不想活着了

I saw with my grandmother who died at the start of the summer,

我患有老人痴呆症的祖母

she developed Alzheimer's,

在初夏去世了

I think for the last six years of her life,

我觉得她在世的最后六年里

she didn't want to be alive.

她已经不想活着了

She'd recognise you when you walked in, she'd go...

当你走进去时她能认得

and your heart jumped.

你的心就提了起来

You thought "Oh, she knows,"

你想"她认得我"

And then she'd just sort of glaze¹ over and...

但她只是盯着你看了会儿 然后

Yeah, that's heartbreaking.

你就心碎了

And for Alan,

而艾伦

he'd lost his companion and that was the saddest thing.

最悲伤的是失去了老伴

I think that aged² him an awful lot.

我觉得那使他衰老了很多

Just how much do our emotions affect the way we age?

我们年老后感情的波动影响有多深

Should we really see frailty³ and dependence⁴ as inevitable⁵?

难道脆弱和依赖不可避免吗

What if what we expect to happen as we age, will happen?

如果我们预测的在年纪大以后都发生了怎么办

What if our thoughts really impact on our bodies?

如果我们的思想真能影响身体呢

This was the basis of a most extraordinary experiment

这是1979年进行的

that took place in 1979.

一项很特别的实验

1 glaze   

v.因疲倦、疲劳等指眼睛变得呆滞，毫无表情

参考例句：

• Brush the glaze over the top and sides of the hot cake.在热蛋糕的顶上和周围刷上一层蛋浆。
• Tang three-color glaze horses are famous for their perfect design and realism.唐三彩上釉马以其造型精美和形态生动而著名。

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 frailty   

n.脆弱；意志薄弱

参考例句：

• Despite increasing physical frailty,he continued to write stories.尽管身体越来越虛弱，他仍然继续写小说。
• He paused and suddenly all the frailty and fatigue showed.他顿住了，虚弱与疲惫一下子显露出来。

4 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

5 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。