每日口說挑戰我們能活多久？我們可能終於知道答案了(How Long Can We Live? We May Finally Know the Answer)

★My Thoughts★
英文有句話:
Jonathan Swift 強納生‧斯威夫特
"Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old."
人人都希望活得久，卻沒人希望變老。

中文有句話:
「年紀小的時候，沒想過分別，總覺得時間很慢，很慢，總在發愁，何時才能長大。」「當你感受到了生活的重量，那一瞬間，你就一個人悄悄長大了⋯」
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Biological age describes the accumulated damage to your cells caused by genetics and factors like pollution, disease, and chronic lack of sleep, as well as the natural decline of cells over time.
生理年齡能顯示你的細胞因遺傳、汙染、疾病和長期缺乏睡眠等因素而累積的損害，以及隨著時間的推移，細胞的自然衰退。

“Live long and prosper” - Leonard Nimoy


Hey everyone! In case you forgot, this is Hubert with the Pronunciation Challenge. Today, I have a very interesting video. What’s the average age of where you listeners are located? I know that in Taiwan, as of Feb. 23, 2021, the life expectancy is 80.94 years. This would be something called chronological age which is the age according to the calendar. However, I’m sure we all know somebody who may be older but they look and are as healthy as someone 10 years their junior! (Means 10 years younger). The same goes for the opposite whereas someone may be young in chronological age but their bodies function (the way something works) like someone a lot older. That is because there is also something called biological age which takes into consideration other factors like your diet, pollution, disease, etc.! All these factors change the way our cells are damaged and repaired. What if we could change how our cells are repaired? That could change everything! Watch the video to find out more and stay tuned so I can share some tips on how I fight off father time!



Today’s featured sentence:

“Biological age describes the accumulated damage to your cells caused by genetics and factors like pollution, disease, and chronic lack of sleep, as well as the natural decline of cells over time.”

生理年齡能顯示你的細胞因遺傳、汙染、疾病和長期缺乏睡眠等因素而累積的損害，以及隨著時間的推移，細胞的自然衰退。


I’ll say that again.



“Biological age describes the accumulated damage to your cells caused by genetics and factors like pollution, disease, and chronic lack of sleep, as well as the natural decline of cells over time.”



Ok, now time for the Pronunciation Tips.




For the first word, we have

Accumulate

Four syllables.

“A” sounds like “uh” when you don’t know what to say. “CCU” sounds like the letter “Q”. “Muh” has the short “U” sound with an “M” in front and “LATE” is exactly how it sounds. “LATE” like when you’re late for a meeting.


Next word.

Genetics

Three syllables

“Ge” has the short “U” sound with a “J” sound in front. “Ne” has the short “E” sound and “Tics” sounds like the insect, “Tick”.


And our last one would be,

Chronic

Two syllables.

“Chr” sounds like “K R A, KRA” and “Nic” sounds like the name “Nick”. Easy peezy. Just the spelling can throw you off with this one.





Moving onto Vocabulary!



The first word is:

1. Accumulate

Definition

to collect a large number of things over a long period of time 積累；積聚；積攢

Used in a sentence you could say,

“Procrastinators usually let tasks accumulate over time and then try and finish it all at the very last moment.”

拖延症的人通常讓該做的事情隨著時間的推移而累積，然後在最後一刻嘗試完成所有項目。

Next word,

2. Genetics

Definition

the study of how, in all living things, the characteristics and qualities of parents are given to their children by their genes 遺傳學

Used in a sentence you could say,

“I am going to medical school to study genetics.”

我要去醫學院學習遺傳學。

And lastly,

3. Chronic

Definition:

(especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time （尤指疾病或不好的事物）慢性的，長期的

Used in a sentence you can say:

“I had to bring my mother to the doctors for her chronic knee issue.”

“我必須帶我媽媽去看醫生，因為她有長期的膝蓋問題。”

We’ve come a long way with modern technology. During the Roman Empire, life expectancy was only 25 years! Can you imagine a society where the life expectancy is 100 or even 150?! That would change everything. Have you guys ever heard of the show Love Death + Robots? There’s an episode about the consequences of immortal life. It’s a good episode and I think you should check it out after watching today’s video.

Alright, so as promised, what are my tips for beating father time? It’s nothing that you haven’t heard already. Eat well, sleep well, and be happy! Happy doesn’t mean indulging in vices which means immoral or wicked (bad) behaviour. It could be doing something you enjoy that happens to help other people like being a carpenter! There are many definitions of happiness and I wouldn’t know how to tell you to be happy but I’m sure you’ll figure it out! Stress does a number on your body as well so I took up meditation. I’m no doctor but in my opinion, I’d say stress is a big factor in aging someone both physically and mentally (not in a good way).


Ok, that about does it for my newest episode on the Pronunciation Challenge. I recently made a username change on instagram so if you want to follow me, my new tag is hughtran_. Again, that’s hughtran_. Thanks for listening and see you again on my next episode! Bye!

☺Biological age describes the accumulated damage to your cells caused by genetics and factors like pollution, disease, and chronic lack of sleep, as well as the natural decline of cells over time.
生理年齡能顯示你的細胞因為基因及汙染、疾病、長期缺乏睡眠與細胞隨著時間自然地退化等因素，經年累月所積累的損害。
【心得】人類也是大自然的一部份，如果人都不會死，地球上的人口只增不減，這樣生態會不會失衡啊?!
■accumulate [əˋkjumjə͵let ] (vi.&vt.) 積累、積聚、累積
(vi.)逐漸增加、逐漸升高
■genetics [dʒəˋnɛtɪks] (n.U) 遺傳學
■chronic [ˋkrɑnɪk](adj.) (尤指疾病或不好的事物)慢性的、長期的；(人)久病的；慣常的、習慣性的；{英式口語}很糟的、很不好的

Biological age describes the accumulated damage to your cells caused by genetics and factors like pollution, disease, and chronic lack of sleep, as well as the natural decline of cells over time.

有次學生說：老師你今天看起來有點…老
老師我心碎之餘
只好在編故事時讓他踩到狗屎了（？

千萬不要隨便說一個女生老
哪怕你才四年級
(￣∇￣)

#心理年齡能逆轉生理年齡嗎？
Biological(/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/生物的) age describes(/dɪˈskraɪb/描述v.) the accumulated(/əˈkjuː.mjə.leɪt/累積的) damage(/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/損害n.) to your cells caused by genetics(/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪks/遺傳學n.) and factors(/ˈfæk.tɚ/因素n.) like pollution(/pəˈluː.ʃən/污染n.), disease, and chronic(/ˈkrɑː.nɪk/長期的) lack of sleep, as well as the natural decline(/dɪˈklaɪn/衰弱n.) of cells *over time(隨著時間).
生理年齡顯示了你的細胞因為基因遺傳、環境污染、疾病、長期睡眠不足，以及細胞隨著時間而自然衰老所累積的損害。

Biological age describes the accumulated damage to your cells caused by genetic and factors like pollution, disease, and chronic lack *of sleep, as well as the *natural decline of cells over time.

Biological age describes the accumulated damage to your cells* caused by genetics and factors like pollution,disease, and chronic lack of sleep, as well as the natural decline of cells over time. 錯1