人的寿命是否有极限?_BEC初级作文

人的寿命是否有极限?

伊丽莎白二世身体依然很硬朗，但人类最长寿命并不像平均预期寿命一样在不断增长，后者在全球范围内以每年约三个月的幅度在增长，主要是由于对抗过早死亡方面取得的进展。的确，我们或许已经达到了某种最长寿命的极限，这可能是因为严格以繁殖成功为中心的自然选择过程没有必要特别保存能让我们活到150岁的基因。

The oldest woman in the world, Besse Cooper, a retired schoolteacher in Georgia, will be 116 on Aug. 26, according to the Gerontology Research Group, an organization that studies aging issues. That's a great age, but it's a hefty six years short of the record: 122 years and 164 days, set by Jeanne Calment of France in 1997. In other words, if Mrs. Cooper can get there, Mrs. Calment's record will have stood for 21 years; if she can't, maybe longer.

根据研究老龄化问题的老年学研究组织（Gerontology Research Group）的数据，世界最长寿的女性、来自佐治亚州的退休教师贝斯•库珀（Besse Cooper）将在8月26日年满116岁。这是很长寿的年纪了，但是依然比世界纪录小六岁多：122岁零164天，它是由法国的雅娜•卡尔芒（Jeanne Calment）创下的纪录。换句话说，如果库珀能活到这个年纪，那么卡尔芒的纪录就保持了21年，如果活不到，可能保持的时间会更长。

That's a long time, considering that there are now nearly a half million centenarians alive in the world. That number has been going up 7% a year, but the number of those over 115 is not increasing.