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Lesson 37-3 The process of ageing 衰老过程
We are so familiar with the fact that man ages, that people have for years assumed that the process of losing vigour with time, of becoming more likely to die the older we get, was something self-evident, like the cooling of a hot kettle or the wearing-out of a pair of shoes. They have also assumed that all animals, and probably other organisms such as trees, or even the universe itself, must in the nature of things ‘wear out’. Most animals we commonly observe do in fact age as we do, if given the chance to live long enough; and mechanical systems like a wound watch, or the sun, do in fact run out of energy in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics (whether the whole universe does so is a moot point at present).
/ˈlɛsən/ 37-3 /ðə/ /ˈprɑˌsɛs/ /əv/ /ˈeɪˈʤiɪŋ/ 衰老过程
/wi/ /ər/ /soʊ/ /fəˈmɪljər/ /wɪð/ /ðə/ /fækt/ /ðət/ /mæn/ /ˈeɪʤəz/, /ðæt/ /ˈpipəl/ /həv/ /fər/ /jɪrz/ /əˈsumd/ /ðət/ /ðə/ /ˈprɑˌsɛs/ /əv/ /ˈluzɪŋ/ vigour /wɪð/ /taɪm/, /əv/ /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/ /mɔr/ /ˈlaɪkli/ /tə/ /daɪ/ /ði/ /ˈoʊldər/ /wi/ /gɛt/, /wəz/ /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ /sɛlf/-/ˈɛvədənt/, /laɪk/ /ðə/ /ˈkulɪŋ/ /əv/ /ə/ /hɑt/ /ˈkɛtəl/ /ɔr/ /ðə/ /ˈwɛrɪŋ/-/aʊt/ /əv/ /ə/ /pɛr/ /əv/ /ʃuz/. /ðeɪ/ /həv/ /ˈɔlsoʊ/ /əˈsumd/ /ðət/ /ɔl/ /ˈænəməlz/, /ənd/ /ˈprɑbəbli/ /ˈʌðər/ /ˈɔrgəˌnɪzəmz/ /sʌʧ/ /əz/ /triz/, /ɔr/ /ˈivɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈjunəˌvɜrs/ /ɪtˈsɛlf/, /məst/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈneɪʧər/ /əv/ /θɪŋz/ /wɛr/ /aʊt/. /moʊst/ /ˈænəməlz/ /wi/ /ˈkɑmənli/ /əbˈzɜrv/ /dʊ/ /ɪn/ /fækt/ /eɪʤ/ /əz/ /wi/ /du/, /ɪf/ /ˈgɪvən/ /ðə/ /ʧæns/ /tə/ /lɪv/ /lɔŋ/ /ɪˈnʌf/; /ənd/ /məˈkænɪkəl/ /ˈsɪstəmz/ /laɪk/ /ə/ /wund/ /wɑʧ/, /ɔr/ /ðə/ /sʌn/, /dʊ/ /ɪn/ /fækt/ /rʌn/ /aʊt/ /əv/ /ˈɛnərʤi/ /ɪn/ /əˈkɔrdəns/ /wɪð/ /ðə/ /ˈsɛkənd/ /lɔ/ /əv/ thermodynamics (/ˈwɛðər/ /ðə/ /hoʊl/ /ˈjunəˌvɜrs/ /dəz/ /soʊ/ /əz/ /ə/ /mut/ /pɔɪnt/ /ət/ /ˈprɛzənt/).
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