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1、阅读理解WhoWanttoLiveForever?Ifyourdoctorcouldgiveyouadrugthatwouldletyouliveahealthylifefortwiceaslong,wouldyoutakeit?Thegoodnewsisthatwemaybedrawingneartothatdate,Scientistshavealreadyextendedthelivesofflies,wormsandmiceinlaboratories.Manynowthinkthatusinggenetictreatm
2、entswewillsoonbeabletoextendhumanlifetoatleast140years.Thisseemsagreatidea.Thinkofhowmuchmoretimewecouldspendchasingourdreams,spendingtimewithourlovedones,watchingourfamiliesgrowandhavefamiliesoftheirown."Longerlifewouldgiveusachancetorecoverfromourmistakesandpromote
3、longtermthinking,"saysDrGregoryStockoftheUniversityOfCaliforniaSchoolOfPublicHealth."Itwouldalsoraiseproductivitybyaddingtotheyearwecanwork."Longerlivesdon'tjustaffectthepeoplewholivethem.Theyalsoaffectsocietyasawhole."Wehavewar,poverty,allsortsofissuesaround,andIdon
4、'tthinkanyofthemwouldbeatallhelpedbyhavingpeoplelivelonger,"saysUSbioethicistDanielCallahan."Thequestionis'Whatwillwegetasasociety?'Isuspectitwon'tbeabettersociety."Itwouldcertainlybeaverydifferentsociety.Peoplearealreadyfindingitmoredifficulttostaymarried.Divorcerat
5、esarerising.Whatwouldhappentomarriageinasocietywherepeoplelivedfor140years?Andwhatwouldhappentofamilylifeifnineor10generationsofthesamefamilywereallaliveatthesametime?Researchintoageingmayenablewomentoremainfertileforlonger.Andthatraisestheprospectofhaving100-year-ol
6、dparents,orbrothersandsistersborn50yearsapart.Wethinkofaneldersiblingassomeonewhocanprotectusandofferhelpandadvice.Thatwouldbehardtodoifthatsiblingcamefromacompletelydifferentgeneration.Workinglifewouldalsobeaffected,especiallyiftheretirementagewaslifted.Morepeoplewo
7、uldstayinworkforlonger.Thatwouldgiveusthebenefitsofage-skill,wisdomandgoodjudgment.Ontheotherhand,morepeopleworkingforlongerwouldcreategreatercompetitionforjobs.Itwouldmakeitmoredifficultforyoungerpeopletofindajob.Toppostswouldbedominatedbythesamefewindividuals,makin
8、gcareerprogressmoredifficult.Andhoweasilywoulda25-year-oldemployeebeabletocommunicatewitha125-year-oldboss?Youngpeoplewouldbeasmall
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