One difficulty: Monkeys live almost 30 years on average, meaning any study to measure a difference in death rates would need to wait a long time.

但此类研究面临着一个困难：猴子平均可以活将近30年，这意味着任何衡量寿命差别的研究都需要等待很长时间。

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Some would say I have a fear of death. Heck, I just want to live a long time.

有人会说我怕死。见他的鬼去吧。我只是想长寿。

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One of the strangest phenomena of live life is to engage in a work that will last long after death.

人生最奇异的现象之一就是，从事一份在你死后仍将长久存在的事业。

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It is a case that will live in the public's memory long after the death of Harold Shipman.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Shipman taking control of his own death

But excited researchers say that apo E is rapidly emerging as the first-found of a set of mysterious genes that roughly determine how long a person will live, provided he or she escapes an "unnatural" death from bacteria and viruses, war, accidents, unhealthy diet, smoking or other environmental happenstance.

WSJ: A Gene Gives a Hint Of How Long a Person Might Hope to Live