解密人类对长生不老的痴迷_BEC初级作文

解密人类对长生不老的痴迷

If anything, readers might want more of Mr Cave's crisp conversational prose. There could be more on living longer; Mr Cave barely has time to give even the briefest overview of the emerging science of life extension, which has allowed researchers to lengthen the lifespans of mice by a third or more in the lab.

卡夫先生的文体清新，像对话式的散文。但读者可能会觉得他应当涉及更多的话题。比如怎样能够更长寿。卡夫先生甚至没有对新兴的抗老医学做简单的介绍，抗老医学的研究者们已经可以在实验室里把老鼠的寿命延长三分之一甚至更多。

There are a few quibbles. Mr Cave's repeated claim that the quest for immortality drives every human activity feels overdone. Others might dispute his definition of immortality itself. Mr Cave's chief argument against the desirability of living for ever (even assuming it is possible) is the familiar one of boredom. As the uncountable billions of years tick away, the argument runs, even the most vivacious will come to realise that they have done everything there is to do, hundreds of times. With yet more billions of years looming ahead they will be struck down with a debilitating ennui.

对卡夫先生的书，我有几点吹毛求疵的意见。例如，他反复强调，对永生的追求是人类所有行为的推动力，这一点似乎言过其实了。另外，他对永生的定义本身可能也会引起争议。再者，卡夫先生不赞成追求永生（假定能够实现）的主要论点，仍然是常见的“永生会造成厌倦”的见解。这种见解认为：在活过了算不清的数百万年之后，即便是最生动活泼的人也终会意识到，世上所有能做的事都被做了几百次了；如果再活数百万年的话，只会越来越无聊了。

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