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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