Unit 8 Human Nature
人类似乎对于死亡有一种逃避的态度。一些人希望有一天科技的进步可以帮助我们推 迟，甚至摆脱死亡。 然而， 即使我们不再生病， 我们也会按照同现在一样的时间表终结我们 的生命， 因为我们的基因预设了生存的天数。
实际上， 死亡的过程也许并不像我们想象的那
一项研究显示大多
么可怕。 根据一些资料， 人们在死亡的边缘也许会经历阵阵模糊的平静。
数病人似乎都为死亡的到来平静地做了准备。既然死亡是生物机能中最古老的、最基本的， 我们应该将它视为一种正常的事。
Human beings seem to have evasive attitudes about death. Some people hope someday the advance of technology can help us put death off, even to stall it. However, even we became free of disease, we might still terminate on about the same schedules as now because of the predetermined number of days clocked by our genes. In fact the dying process may not be as terrible a process as we imagine. According to some data, people may experience a haze of tranquility at the verge of death. One research showed that most of the patients appeared to prepare themselves with equanimity for death. Since death is the most ancient and fundamental of biologic functions, we should regard it as an all-right thing.
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