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  TED演讲让我们来谈谈死亡

  Look,Ihadsecondthoughts,really,aboutwhetherIcouldtalkaboutthistosuchavitalandaliveaudienceasyouguys.ThenIrememberedthequotefromGloriaSteinem,whichgoes,"

(Laughter)So--(Laughter)

  Sowiththatinmind,I'

mgoingtosetabouttryingtodothosethingshere,andtalkaboutdyinginthe21stcentury.Nowthefirstthingthatwillpissyouoff,undoubtedly,isthatallofusare,infact,goingtodieinthe21stcentury.Therewillbenoexceptionstothat.Thereare,apparently,aboutoneineightofyouwhothinkyou'

reimmortal,onsurveys,but--(Laughter)Unfortunately,thatisn'

tgoingtohappen.

  TED演讲英语:

让我们来谈谈死亡

  WhileIgivethistalk,inthenext10minutes,ahundredmillionofmycellswilldie,andoverthecourseoftoday,2,000ofmybraincellswilldieandnevercomeback,soyoucouldarguethatthedyingprocessstartsprettyearlyinthepiece.

  Anyway,thesecondthingIwanttosayaboutdyinginthe21stcentury,apartfromit'

sgoingtohappentoeverybody,isit'

sshapinguptobeabitofatrainwreckformostofus,unlesswedosomethingtotryandreclaimthisprocessfromtheratherinexorabletrajectorythatit'

scurrentlyon.

  Sothereyougo.That'

sthetruth.Nodoubtthatwillpissyouoff,andnowlet'

sseewhetherwecansetyoufree.Idon'

tpromiseanything.Now,asyouheardintheintro,Iworkinintensivecare,andIthinkI'

vekindoflivedthroughtheheydayofintensivecare.It'

sbeenaride,man.Thishasbeenfantastic.Wehavemachinesthatgoping.There'

smanyofthemupthere.AndwehavesomewizardtechnologywhichIthinkhasworkedreallywell,andoverthecourseofthetimeI'

veworkedinintensivecare,thedeathrateformalesinAustraliahashalved,andintensivecarehashadsomethingtodowiththat.Certainly,alotofthetechnologiesthatweusehavegotsomethingtodowiththat.

  Sowehavehadtremendoussuccess,andwekindofgotcaughtupinourownsuccessquiteabit,andwestartedusingexpressionslike"

lifesaving."

Ireallyapologizetoeverybodyfordoingthat,becauseobviously,wedon'

t.Whatwedoisprolongpeople'

slives,anddelaydeath,andredirectdeath,butwecan'

t,strictlyspeaking,savelivesonanysortofpermanentbasis.

  Andwhat'

sreallyhappenedovertheperiodoftimethatI'

vebeenworkinginintensivecareisthatthepeoplewhoseliveswestartedsavingbackinthe'

70s,'

80s,and'

90s,arenowcomingtodieinthe21stcenturyofdiseasesthatwenolongerhavetheanswerstoinquitethewaywedidthen.

  Sowhat'

shappeningnowisthere'

sbeenabigshiftinthewaythatpeopledie,andmostofwhatthey'

redyingofnowisn'

tasamenabletowhatwecandoaswhatitusedtobelikewhenIwasdoingthisinthe'

80sand'

90s.

  Sowekindofgotabitcaughtupwiththis,andwehaven'

treallysquaredwithyouguysaboutwhat'

sreallyhappeningnow,andit'

sabouttimewedid.Ikindofwokeuptothisbitinthelate'

90swhenImetthisguy.ThisguyiscalledJim,JimSmith,andhelookedlikethis.Iwascalleddowntothewardtoseehim.Hisisthelittlehand.Iwascalleddowntothewardtoseehimbyarespiratoryphysician.Hesaid,"

Look,there'

saguydownhere.He'

sgotpneumonia,andhelookslikeheneedsintensivecare.Hisdaughter'

shereandshewantseverythingpossibletobedone."

Whichisafamiliarphrasetous.SoIgodowntothewardandseeJim,andhisskinhistranslucentlikethis.Youcanseehisbonesthroughtheskin.He'

svery,verythin,andheis,indeed,verysickwithpneumonia,andhe'

stoosicktotalktome,soItalktohisdaughterKathleen,andIsaytoher,"

DidyouandJimevertalkaboutwhatyouwouldwantdoneifheendedupinthiskindofsituation?

Andshelookedatmeandsaid,

  "

No,ofcoursenot!

Ithought,"

Okay.Takethissteady."

AndIgottalkingtoher,andafterawhile,shesaidtome,"

Youknow,wealwaysthoughtthere'

dbetime."

  Jimwas94.(Laughter)AndIrealizedthatsomethingwasn'

thappeninghere.Therewasn'

tthisdialoguegoingonthatIimaginedwashappening.Soagroupofusstarteddoingsurveywork,andwelookedatfourandahalfthousandnursinghomeresidentsinNewcastle,intheNewcastlearea,anddiscoveredthatonlyoneinahundredofthemhadaplanaboutwhattodowhentheirheartsstoppedbeating.Oneinahundred.Andonlyonein500ofthemhadplanaboutwhattodoiftheybecameseriouslyill.AndIrealized,ofcourse,thisdialogueisdefinitelynotoccurringinthepublicatlarge.

  Now,Iworkinacutecare.ThisisJohnHunterHospital.AndIthought,

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