拿紫色斑疹热作为例子，也就是我们所说的麻疹，和鼠疫一样，是导致死亡的重要原因，谢天谢地，现在已经没有鼠疫了。

Spotted fever in purples for example, which we call measles, was a significant cause of death as was the plague, which we don't have anymore, thank goodness.

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在澳洲，吸烟是可避免的单一致死致病原因。

Smoking is the largest single preventable cause of death and disease in Australia.

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转移是癌症致死的主要原因。

Metastases are the major cause of death from cancer.

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So one of the reasons there is a huge increase in life span is because people aren't dying of things that they would have in prior years.

寿命范围显著增长的一个原因是,人们不再死于,以前那些致死的东西

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