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。

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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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And even if over a period of time the average amount of their regard is lower because they started lower and then got higher than someone who was always high, it's the ones who were first lower who then went up that capture our attention.

即使在一段时间内,他们对我们的评价依然不高,但是因为起点较低,只要是在日益改善，总比一开始就对我们评价好的人更有吸引力，正是开始低而慢慢增加的人,会引起我们的注意。

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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。

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