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让我们来谈谈死亡英语演讲稿
让我们来谈谈死亡英语演讲稿
look,ihadsecondthoughts,really,aboutwhethericouldtalkaboutthistosuchavitalandaliveaudienceasyouguys.thenirememberedthequotefromgloriasteinem,whichgoes,"thetruthwillsetyoufree,butfirstitwillpissyouoff."(laughter)so--(laughter)
sowiththatinmind,i'mgoingtosetabouttryingtodothosethingshere,andtalkaboutdyinginthe21stcentury.nowthefirstthingthatwillpissyouoff,undoubtedly,isthatallofusare,infact,goingtodieinthe21stcentury.therewillbenoexceptionstothat.thereare,apparently,aboutoneineightofyouwhothinkyou'reimmortal,onsurveys,but--(laughter)unfortunately,thatisn'tgoingtohappen.
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,surely,wedobetterthanthat.soacolleagueofminefromnursingcalledlisashawandiwentthroughhundredsandhundredsofsetsofnotesinthemedicalrecordsdepartmentlookingatwhethertherewasanysignatalltha