評(píng)論
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In spite of the title，this article will really be on how not to grow old，which，at my time of life，is a much more important subject.
盡管有這樣一個(gè)題目，這篇文章其實(shí)將主要討論怎樣才能不老。這，在我這個(gè)年齡段，是一個(gè)更為重要的話題。
My first advice would be to choose your ancestors carefully.
我的第一個(gè)建議是—仔細(xì)選擇自己的先人。
Although both my parents died young，I have done well in this respect as regards my other ancestors.
盡管我的父母都較早辭世，但考慮到我的其他前輩，在這方面我還是做得不錯(cuò)的。
My maternal grandfather，it is true，was cut off in the flower of his youth at the age of sixty-seven，but my other three grandparents all lived to be over eighty.
的確，我的外祖父在他六十七歲那樣的如花盛年就丟了腦袋，然而我的另外三位祖輩卻都活過(guò)了八十歲。
Of remote ancestors I can only discover one who did not live to a great age，and he died of a disease which is now rare，namely，having his head cut off.
在我的祖先中，我只發(fā)現(xiàn)一位未能得享高齡，而且他死于一種今天已極為罕見(jiàn)的病癥—他讓自己被砍了腦袋。
A great-grandmother of mine，who was a friend of Gibbon，lived to the age of ninety-two，and to her last day remained a terror to all her descendants.
我的一位曾祖母，她是吉布的朋友，她活到九十二歲，直到最后一天，她一直是她所有子孫們害怕的人。
My maternal grandmother，after having nine children who survived，one who died in infancy，and many miscarriages，as soon as she became a widow devoted herself to women's higher education.
我的外祖母，有九個(gè)孩子長(zhǎng)大成人，一個(gè)幼年夭折，曾經(jīng)多次流產(chǎn)，在成為寡婦后立即獻(xiàn)身于女子高等教育。
She was one of the founders of Girton College，and worked hard at opening the medical profession to women.
她作為格騰學(xué)院的創(chuàng)始人之一，為開(kāi)設(shè)女子醫(yī)學(xué)專(zhuān)業(yè)付出過(guò)艱苦卓絕的努力。
She used to relate how she met in Italy an elderly gentleman who was looking very sad.
她曾給我們講述她在意大利遇見(jiàn)一位神情悲哀的老年紳士的情形。
She inquired the cause of his melancholy and he said that he had just parted from his two grandchildren.
她詢(xún)問(wèn)憂郁的原因，他說(shuō)他剛與他的兩個(gè)孫兒訣別。
Good gracious，she exclaimed，I have seventy-two grandchildren，and if I were sad each time I parted from one of them，I should have a dismal existence！Madre snaturale，he replied.
感謝恩典吧，她大聲說(shuō)，我有七十二個(gè)孫輩，如果我每送走一個(gè)就悲哀一次，我將活得多么凄涼？多自然的一位老媽媽?zhuān)∷鸬馈?/div>
But speaking as one of the seventy-two，I prefer her recipe.
然而作為她的七十二個(gè)孫輩之一，我更喜歡她的處方。
