How To Talk About Ageing In English! 👴 · Learn English with Bob the Canadian
本课讲解英语中与年龄和变老相关的词汇和短语，适合练习日常对话和表达。
Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson about age and aging.
您好！欢迎来到这节关于年龄与衰老的英语课程。
And if you're wondering why I'm doing an English lesson about age and ageing, yes, it's because I just recently celebrated a birthday.
如果你想知道为什么我要上一节关于年龄与衰老的英语课，那么答案很简单：因为我最近刚过生日。
And I'm not going to say exactly how old I am, but I will say that I'm in my mid-50s.
我不会具体说出自己的年龄，但可以告诉大家，我已经在 50 岁出头了。
So I've been thinking a little bit lately about age, that's the number of years you have lived,
最近我一直在思考“年龄”这个概念。年龄其实就是你活过的年数。
and aging, the process of getting older or the process of becoming older.
衰老是指人体逐渐变老的过程。
And I'm certainly in the process of becoming older.
我当然也在逐渐变老的过程中。
And I was thinking about what words could I teach you, on the topic of aging?
我在思考：关于衰老这个话题，我能教你们哪些词汇呢？
And the first one I thought of was lifespan.
我首先想到的是产品的使用寿命（即其能够正常使用的时长）。
So lifespan is the length of time a person, animal or thing lives.
寿命是指一个人、动物或某物生存的时间长度。
So I think the average global lifespan of humans is about 74 years.
因此，我认为全球人类的平均寿命约为74岁。
I think on average, people live about 74 years.
我认为，平均而言，人们的寿命约为74年。
So that's the average lifespan.
这就是平均寿命。
The other word I wanted to teach you is the word longevity.
我想教给你的另一个单词是“longevity”（长寿）。
And this is a little more challenging, a little harder to describe, because longevity means living for a long time.
这有点更具挑战性，也更难以描述——因为“长寿”意味着能够活得很久。
And to use it in a sentence, you might say something like, doctors were surprised by her longevity.
要把它用在句子中，你可以这样说：“医生们对她的长寿感到非常惊讶。
Maybe someone lived to be 110, and they would say, wow, we were really surprised at her longevity.
也许有人活到了 110 岁，他们会说：“哇，她的长寿真的让我们感到非常惊讶。
We're surprised at the fact that she lived for such a long time.
她竟然活了这么久，这让我们感到非常惊讶。
And then similar to lifespan is the phrase or the, term life expectancy.
与“寿命”类似的概念是“预期寿命”（life expectancy）。
So life expectancy would mean the average number of years a person is expected to live.
因此，“预期寿命”指的是一个人平均可以活到的年数。
So as you can see, very similar to lifespan.
正如您所见，这与寿命的情况非常相似。
I think life expectancy in Canada is actually a bit higher than the rest of the world.
我认为加拿大的预期寿命实际上比世界其他地区要高一些。
I think in Canada, life expectancy is about 80 years, 81 years, something like that.
我认为在加拿大，人均预期寿命大约是80岁或81岁左右。
So hopefully that's in my future.
希望这能成为我未来的一部分。
We'll see.
我们拭目以待吧。
So how old am I?
那么，我到底多大了呢？
Well, I said I was in my mid-50s.
嗯，我之前说过自己大概五十多岁。
You might also say that I'm middle age.
你也可以说，我已经到了中年。
So when you're middle age, it means the period between being really young and being really old.
因此，当你处于中年时，这意味着你既不是非常年轻，也不是非常老的那个阶段。
There's no set date for middle age, but I'm definitely middle age.
中年并没有一个固定的定义或起始时间，但我显然已经步入中年了。
So when you're in your mid-50s, mid-40s, I would say you are middle age.
因此，当你到了 50 多岁或 40 多岁的时候，我认为你就已经进入了中年阶段。
But I'm nowhere near retirement age.
但我离退休年龄还早得很呢。
So retirement age in Canada is 65.
在加拿大，退休年龄是65岁。
Some people take early retirement.
有些人选择提前退休。
At their job they might be allowed to take early retirement, which means they can retire at 60 or 62.
在他们的工作岗位上，他们可能被允许提前退休，也就是说他们可以在 60 岁或 62 岁时退休。
But generally retirement age in Canada is 65.
但一般来说，加拿大的退休年龄是65岁。
So I'm in my mid-50s.
我今年五十多岁了。
It looks like I got about 10 years to go before I can retire.
看起来我还需要大约10年的时间才能退休。
And then I was thinking a lot lately about how to age.
最近我一直在思考如何优雅地面对衰老的过程。
Like, what am I going to do so that I can have what's called healthy aging, which would be maintaining good physical
那么，我该做些什么才能实现所谓的“健康老龄化”呢？健康老龄化其实就是保持良好的身体状况。
and mental health as I get older.
随着年龄的增长，我的身体健康和心理健康状况也在发生变化。