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When I was little, my mum had a penchant for Chinese antiquities.小时候，我妈妈已经喜欢中国文物。 Along with a glossy rosewood coffee table, my favourite was a painted statue of Shou Lao, the god of longevity.随着光红木茶几，我最喜欢的是一个画雕像守老挝，长寿之神。 He held a long twisted staff of many twining branches in one hand, and a peach (of unlikely proportions) in the other.他进行了长时间的扭曲的工作人员许多特威宁分行一方面，和桃子（不大可能比例的）其他。

Although he looked at least 200 years old, he smiled as if mid-chuckle, and his cheeks had a crimson glow like the peach.虽然他看上去至少有200岁，他微微一笑，仿佛中笑，他的脸颊有深红辉光像桃子。 We were told that the peach came from a tree that bore fruit every 3 millennia, and anyone who took a bite from it could live as long as they wanted.我们被告知，桃子来自树，取得了成果，每3千年，人咬谁了从它可能生活，只要他们想要的。

Researchers say that by 2060 people living in the country with the highest life expectancy will live to an average age of 100.研究人员表示，由2060年的人居住在该国最高的预期寿命将活到平均年龄为100 。 The average lifespan globally is double that of 200 years ago.全球的平均寿命的两倍，是200多年前。 But, say researchers Jim Oeppen and Dr James Vaupel “This is far from eternity: modest annual increments in life expectancy will never lead to immortality.” (Source: BBC )但研究人员说：吉姆Oeppen和詹姆斯沃佩尔博士说： “这是远远永恒：适度每年增加预期寿命的延长不会导致永生。 ” （消息来源： BBC ）

Physical immortality is yet further off in some countries.体育永生是进一步关闭一些国家。 There is a gap of more than 30 years between the life expectancy of the world’s poorest and richest countries, and the gap is widening.有差距超过30年之间的预期寿命是世界上最贫穷和最富有的国家，而且差距正在扩大。 (Source: The Independent ) （来源：独立 ）

But maybe help is at hand, as Steve Connor reports in an Independent article: Who Wants to Live Forever (sorry if you get that Queen song in your head all day, I know, it happened to me too.)但也许有助于在另一方面，作为史蒂夫康纳报告在一个独立的文章： 谁想永生 （抱歉如果你是英国女王的歌曲在你的头一天，我知道，它发生在我身上了。 ）

“A genetically engineered organism that lives 10 times longer than normal has been created by scientists in California. “基因工程生物体的生命长10倍高于正常已创建的科学家在加利福尼亚州。 It is the greatest extension of longevity yet achieved by researchers investigating the scientific nature of ageing.这是最大的延长寿命的研究人员尚未实现调查的科学性老化。

If this work could ever be translated into humans, it would mean that we might one day see people living for 800 years.如果这个工作任何时候都可以转化为人类，这意味着，我们有一天可能会看到人们的生活800年。 But is this ever going to be a realistic possibility?”但是，这是以往任何时候都将是一个现实的可能性？ “

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“There is, of course, a huge difference between yeast cells and people, but that hasn’t stopped Longo and his colleagues suggesting that the work is directly relevant to human ageing and longevity. “有，当然是一个巨大的差异酵母细胞和人民，但这不能阻止朗哥和他的同事们建议，这项工作直接关系到人的老龄化和长寿。 “We’re setting the foundation for reprogramming healthy life. “我们正在建立的基础，重新健康的生活。 If we can find out how the longevity mechanism works, it can be applied to every cell in every living organism,” Longo says.如果我们能够了解如何长寿机制工程，它可以适用于每一个细胞在每一个生物体， “隆哥说。

“We’re very, very far from making a person live to 800 years of age. “我们非常，非常遥远的一个人活到800岁。 I don’t think it’s going to be very complicated to get to 120 and remain healthy, but at a certain point I think it will be possible to get people to live to 800.我不认为这将是非常复杂的去120和保持健康，但在某一点我认为这将有可能让人们活到800人。 I don’t think there is an upper limit to the life of any organism.” ”我不认为有一个上限的生命的任何有机体“ 。 ”

Of course I believed the story of Shou Lao, and at six years old asked myself how many more years I’d choose, if that peach on the dresser was not just ceramic.当然，我相信了这个故事的守老挝，并在6岁问自己多少年我会选择，如果桃子的梳妆台不仅是陶瓷。 I’d say my answers have changed a lot throughout life, but now I’d definitely answer: as long as possible.我想说，我的回答已经发生了很大的变化整个生命，但现在我想肯定的答案：在尽可能长的时间。

That’s not just because I believe in reincarnation, and want to delay my return to embarrassing teenage haircuts as long as I can.这不仅是因为我相信轮回，并想拖延我回到尴尬的十几岁的发型，只要我可以。 It’s because I’ve found what I’m looking for in life, I’m happy, and I want to hold onto that as long as I can.这是因为我发现我要在生活中，我很高兴，我要守住，只要我可以。 Believing in re-incarnation means believing in immortality at the soul’s level, but along with a new birth comes a new state of amnesia, and we are challenged with finding our long-lost happiness again.相信在重新化身手段相信不朽的灵魂的水平，但随着新的出生是一个新国家的失忆症，而我们的挑战是找到我们的长期失去了幸福的一次。

On immortality, my spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy says:论永生，我的精神教师斯里兰卡清说：

“In the world of consciousness each individual is immortal. “世界的每一个人的意识是不朽的。 An individual identifies himself either with the soul or with the body.一个人自称要么与灵魂或机构。 If he identifies himself with the body, which is far from perfection, then naturally he feels he cannot live forever.如果他确定了自己的身体，这是远远完美，那么自然，他觉得自己不能永远生活。 But if he identifies himself with the soul, then he knows that he is immortal.但如果他确定了自己的灵魂，然后他知道，他是不朽的。 The body will die, but when it is a matter of consciousness—which every man has and which he inwardly is—man is eternal, man is immortal.”身体会死，但如果这是一个意识，每个男子和他内心的人是永恒的，人是不朽的。 “
—Sri Chinmoy: How Can Man Live Forever ，斯里兰卡清： 如何曼永生

He goes on to say that age can be a matter of mental perception rather than just a physical inevitability:他接着说，年龄可能是一个问题的心理感受，而不仅仅是一个物理的必然性：

“If the mind is used, then you are finished. “如果考虑到使用，那么您完成。 When you are ten years old, the mind will make you feel that you are as old as ninety years!当你10岁，头脑会使你觉得你一样古老九十年！ Only think that at this particular stage of life you are supposed to do something.只有认为，在这个特定阶段的生活你要做些什么。 Then after ten or fifteen years you are supposed to do something else.然后经过十年或十五年你要做些别的事情。 Continuously a new game is starting, a new part you have to play.不断新的游戏已经开始，一个新的部分你有发挥。 Each time you are given a new role, you have to play it well.每一次您会得到一个新的角色，你必须发挥好。 When you become a huge tree, at that time more responsibility comes.当你成为一个巨大的树，在那个时候更多的责任来。 A tree has to give so much, so much.树已给这么多，这么多。 Under the tree at first only one pilgrim can stay.树下首先只有一个朝圣者可以留下来。 Later many individuals can come and stay.后来许多人可以和住宿。 Finally, the tree has to feel the responsibility of giving shade, protection and shelter to all.最后，树已经感到有责任让阴影，保护和庇护的。 The higher you go, the more shelter, protection and illumination you have to give to others.你去了更高，更住房，保护和照明您给他人。 In terms of human age, you may be only sixty or seventy, but in terms of divine light and divine wisdom you will become hundreds and hundreds of years old.”在人类的年龄，您可能只有60或70 ，但在圣光和神圣智慧你将成为数以百计和几百年的历史。 “
—Sri Chinmoy: Sri Chinmoy Answers 21 ，斯里兰卡清： 斯里兰卡清回答21

Maybe Shou Lao’s happiness is part of his secret then, and not the peach alone.也许守老挝的幸福是他的秘密然后，而不是单独的桃子。 Sri Chinmoy’s life of happiness and meditation allowed him to continue transcending his own astonishing achievements in weightlifting well into his eighth decade, until his passing last year at the age of 76:斯里兰卡清的生活幸福和冥想允许他继续超越自己的惊人成就，以及他的举重第八届十年，直到他的去世是在去年76岁：

“I am trying to inspire people who are not praying and meditating. “我想激励人们谁没有祈祷，默想。 I am telling them that everybody has a vital, everybody has a mind everybody has a heart, everybody has a soul.我告诉他们，每个人都具有极为重要的，每个人都有到每个人都有心，每个人都有一个灵魂。 But they are not utilising these members of their inner family the way I do.但它们不是利用这些成员的内心家庭就是我的事。 Otherwise, if I had to depend entirely on the physical, I could do next to nothing.否则，如果我不得不完全取决于身体，我可以做什么也不是。 My biceps are not even 14 inches, whereas the biceps of other weightlifters are 21 or 22 inches.我的二头肌甚至没有14英寸，而其他举重二头肌是21或22英寸。 My calves are not even 13 1/2 inches, and theirs are 20 inches.我的小腿甚至没有13 1 / 2英寸，和他们的20英寸。 Their muscles are gigantic compared to mine.肌肉相比是巨大的地雷。 I can lift as much as I do because I am taking help from the strength within me.”我可以取消了我，因为我的帮助，在我的力量。 “
—Sri Chinmoy on SriChinmoy.tv ，斯里兰卡清对SriChinmoy.tv

In 2003 Sri Chinmoy met Fauja Singh , the UK’s sporting legend who rediscovered running age 81, completing marathons and competing for world records well into his nineties.在2003年斯里兰卡清会见Fauja辛格 ，英国的体育传奇谁发现运行81岁，完成了马拉松和竞争的世界纪录以及他的90年代。 In 2004 Singh signed a major advertising deal with Adidas called “Impossible is Nothing”.辛格在2004年签订了一项重要的广告处理阿迪达斯所谓的“没有什么不可能” 。

So forget about retirement, if you want to live long and prosper , look busy.所以忘记退休，如果你想长寿和繁荣 ，看看忙碌。 Take Shigechiyo Izumi as another example:采取Shigechiyo泉由于另一个例子：

“As well as holding the title of the oldest man to have lived, Izumi, from the Japanese island of Tokunoshima, holds the record for the longest career. “除了持有的标题最古老的人类居住，泉，来自日本的岛的德之岛，拥有创纪录的最长的职业生涯。 A farmer, he worked from childhood until the age of 105, in a career that spanned 98 years.农民，他从童年到105岁，在职业生涯横跨九八年。 In spite of a weakness for sho-chu (a barley whisky) and taking up smoking at 70, he lived to 120.尽管有一个弱点的郑硕珠（一大麦威士忌） ，并开始吸烟， 70 ，他活到120 。 He died in 1986.”他死于1986年。 “
(Source: The Independent) （来源：独立）

I will end with a quote for my teacher Sri Chinmoy, whose outer loss from the world is still great for those who had the joy of knowing him, although his example of self-transcendence will live on:我将在结尾加上一个报价我的老师斯里兰卡清，其外部损失世界仍然非常适合那些有喜悦谁知道他，但他的榜样的自我超越将居住在：

“Unable are the loved to die for love is immortality” “无法是死去的亲人的爱是永生”
— Emily Dickinson - 艾米莉狄金森

FURTHER READING:进一步阅读：

• Tribute to Sri Chinmoy 赞扬斯里兰卡清
• The Oldest People in the World 最古老的世界人民

“With thee conversing I forget all time, “跟你交谈我忘记了所有的时间，
All seasons and thir change, all please alike.全季和thir变化，所有请一样的。
Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet,甜蜜的是呼吸的早晨，她的上升甜，
With charm of earliest Birds; pleasant the Sun与魅力的最早的鸟类;愉快的太阳
When first on this delightful Land he spreads当第一次对这个愉快的土地，他差
His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flour,他的东方梁，对药草，树，水果，面粉，
Glistring with dew; fragrant the fertil earth Glistring与露水;香的fertil地球
After soft showers; and sweet the coming on在软阵雨;和今后的甜
Of grateful Eevning milde, then silent Night感激Eevning米尔德，然后沉默之夜
With this her solemn Bird and this fair Moon,这一庄严的伯德和她的这次博览会月球，
And these the Gemms of Heav’n, her starrie train:和这些的Gemms的Heav'n ，她starrie火车：
But neither breath of Morn when she ascends但无论是呼吸晨当她升天
With charm of earliest Birds, nor rising Sun与魅力的最早的鸟类，也没有升起的太阳
On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, floure,在这个愉快的土地，也没有草，水果， floure ，
Glistring with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Glistring的露水，也没有香味后，淋浴，
Nor grateful Evening mild, nor silent Night也感谢晚报温和，也无声的夜
With this her solemn Bird, nor walk by Moon,她与这个庄严的鸟，也不走了月球，
Or glittering Starr-light without thee is sweet.或金光闪闪斯塔尔光没有你是甜的。
But wherfore all night long shine these, for whom但是wherfore通夜服务这些，对他们来说，
This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes?”这一光荣的视线，当睡眠上帝关闭所有的目光？ “

—John Milton, Paradise Lost Book IV -约翰米尔顿， 失乐园第四篇

This is my favourite passage from the man who is considered the second greatest English poet.这是我最喜欢的通道从该名男子谁是第二个最大的英国诗人。 If John Milton was ever irked at having to play second fiddle to Shakespeare in the poetic hall of fame, it may have comforted him to remember that his poetic works were not his greatest feat.如果约翰米尔顿是以往任何时候都不满，已发挥的副手莎士比亚的诗意名人堂，可能安慰他记得，他的诗歌作品，并不是他最伟大的壮举。 Indeed, he invented Space.事实上，他发明了空间。

Without him, NASA would be NA?A, there would be no “final frontier” into which Captain Kirk could boldly go, and no number 1 hit across 23 countries for Babylon Zoo (arguably a mixed blessing).没有他， 美国宇航局将不适用？答，就不会有“最后的边疆”到这柯克船长可以大胆地去，并没有击中1号各地23个国家的巴比伦动物园（大概喜忧参半） 。

Four hundred years ago, “ Space ,” in the Outer Space sense of the word, was the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies.四百年前， “ 空间 ” ，在外层空间的含义来看，是相对空白区域以外的宇宙天体的大气。 Thanks to Milton it is now in a handy 5-letter package, to which we can more readily append words such as man, ship, shuttle, hopper, and cadet.由于米尔顿现在是在一个方便的5个字母包，我们可以更容易附加词，如人，船，接送，料斗，和少年。

Milton was not always so beneficent, as he also created “pandemonium” and “gloom”.米尔顿并非总是如此善行，因为他还创造了“混乱”和“悲观” 。 But we are indebted to him for the words terrific, jubilant and sensuous.但是，我们感激他的话了，喜庆和感性。 Without him we would never “trip the light fantastic,” or be moon-struck.没有他，我们永远不会“行根据太棒了， ”或者是月球击中。

This week visitors to Cambridge University Library will have a chance to inspect the workings of Milton’s great mind, as some of his rare manuscripts are put on display.本周访问剑桥大学图书馆将有机会检查工作的弥尔顿的伟大精神，他的一些稀有手稿展出。

Milton’s influence on the modern world cannot be underestimated, says Dr Gavin Alexander, fellow of Christ’s College: “His writing took epic realms like fantasy, romance and science fiction and combined them with ideas about politics, morality and human nature on a huge cosmic scale nobody had really seen before… Without him, it is possible we would never have heard of The Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, or The Matrix.”弥尔顿的影响，当今世界不可低估，文亚历山大博士说，研究员基督学院： “他的写作境界了史诗一样幻想，浪漫和科幻小说，并结合他们的思想政治，道德和人性的一个巨大的宇宙规模没有人真正见过的...如果没有他，很可能我们永远不会听到的魔戒，星际旅行，或矩阵。 “

“He is among the world’s great poets,” says Professor Christopher Ricks in the preface to the exhibition. “他是世界上最伟大的诗人教授说， ”克里斯托弗里克斯在展览前言。 “Living at this Hour: John Milton 1608-2008″ opens at the Cambridge University Library on Tuesday. “生活在这个时候：约翰米尔顿1608至2008年”打开在剑桥大学图书馆星期二。

—Read more from John Milton: the poet who gave us ‘Star Trek’ and ‘The Matrix’ in the Independent On Sunday读更多约翰米尔顿：诗人谁给了我们'星际旅行'和'矩阵 '中的独立日

• Budding etymologists can find more surprising word origins at www.etymonline.com or www.wordorigins.org , such as the following (tangentially related as it was coined by another Milton):青苗etymologists可以找到更多令人惊讶的词起源于www.etymonline.com或www.wordorigins.org ，如以下（切相关，因为它是由另一米尔顿） ：

Rarely do we know the exact circumstances surrounding the coining of a brand new word.很少，我们知道确切的情况下，周围的冲制的一个全新的词。 But in the case of googol, a mathematical term for the number represented by a one followed by 100 zeroes or 10100, we know exactly who coined it and when, Milton Sirotta, the nephew of mathematician Edward Kasner, and the year was 1938.但在涉及天文，数学名词所代表的人数一个后面跟着100个零或10100 ，我们确切地知道谁发明它时，米尔顿Sirotta ，侄子的数学家Edward Kasner ，和1938年全年。 From Kasner and Newman’s Mathematics and the Imagination (1940):从Kasner和纽曼数学和想象（ 1940年） ：

The name “googol” was invented by a child (Dr. Kasner’s nine-year-old nephew) who was asked to think up a name for a very big number, namely, 1 with a hundred zeros after it…At the same time that he suggested “googol” he gave a name for a still larger number: “Googolplex.”的名称是“天文数字”发明了一个孩子（博士Kasner的9岁的侄子）谁想到有人问了一个名称为一个非常大的数目，即1 100个零后， ...在同当时，他建议“天文数字”他给了一个名称仍然较多： “ Googolplex 。 ”

Later in the book:后来在这本书：

A googol is 10 ¹⁰⁰ ; a googolplex is 10 to the googol power.阿天文数字是10 ¹⁰⁰ ; 1 googolplex是10到天文权力。

The name of the search engine and software company, Google, is a deliberate variant of the mathematical term.的名称，搜索引擎和软件公司，谷歌，是一种蓄意的变体的数学术语。 The company’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, came up with the name in 1998.公司的创始人， Larry Page和Sergey Brin ，想出的名字于1998年。 They altered the spelling for trademark purposes.他们改变了拼写为商标的目的。

— www.wordorigins.org - www.wordorigins.org