it's a pity that I'm going to die or die too soon, but at least I'm getting more than the average.
我死得太早是很遗憾,但至少我活得比平均寿命长。
It just so happened that they're living more fortunate than we are, you know.
只是碰巧他们活得比我们更幸福,你懂的。
But what's even worse is I'm going to get even less than the average amount of life.
但更糟糕的是,我活得比平均寿命还要短。
Why are people living longer than they did just a few hundred years ago?
为什么现在的人,比仅仅是几百年前的人活得更久
For every person who has less than the median amount of life, there's another person who has more than the median amount of life.
对于活得比平均寿命短的人来说,有一个人,活得比平均寿命长。
Well, we might say, let's look at it from two basic perspectives, those who get less than the average lifespan and those who get more than the average lifespan.
我们可能会说,我们从两个基本角度来看,即那些活得比平均寿命短的,还有那些活得比平均寿命长的。
But we might then wonder, for every person who gets less than the average amount of life-- suppose we take the median, take the amount of life that's exactly, 50 percent of the people get more, 50 percent of the people get less.
但是接着我们可能会想,对于所有活得比平均寿命要短的人-,假设我们取中间数,相对于平均寿命,刚好五成的人活得更长,五成的人活得更短。
Not only is it inevitable that you're going to die; not only do some people live longer than others, you don't know how much more time you've got.
你会死去这不仅是不可避免;,不仅有些人活得比另一些人久,你也不知道自己还剩下多少时间。
There are people who are basically screwed by the fact that they get less than the average amount and people who are benefited by getting more than the average amount.
有些人为此而感到痛苦,因为他们活得比平均寿命短,有些人则得到了额外好处,因为他们活得比平均寿命长。
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