CNN News: 世界人口寿命在不断延长

Which of these nations gained its independence most recently?

以下那个国家获得独立的时间最晚?

Afghanistan, South Korea, Ethiopia or Paraguay?

阿富汗、韩国、埃塞俄比亚或者巴拉圭?

South Korea gained its independence from Japan in 1945, making it the most recently independent nation of these options.

1945年韩国摆脱日本的统治独立，成为以上选项中独立最晚的国家。

AZUZ: And a new study has projected that South Korea will be the country where people will live the longest in the decades ahead. This was published this week in the medical journal "The Lancet". It looked at life expectancy for 35 industrialized nations. It took into account child mortality rates, obesity rates, health care, diets, cultural lifestyles.

一项新的研究表明，在未来几十年，韩国将会成为世界上人口寿命最长的国家。该研究本周结果发表在《柳叶刀》医学杂志上。该研究参考了35个工业化国家的寿命。同时考虑了儿童死亡率,肥胖率、卫生保健、饮食、文化生活方式

Currently, the World Health Organization says the global life expectancy at birth is jut over 71 years. The Lancet study expects that to increase by the year 2030 with South Korea leading the way. It`s projected life expectancy by 2030 almost 91 years for women and 84 years for men. The researchers say unhealthier lifestyles among men, which may include smoking or drinking alcohol, are reasons why they don`t tend to live as long. The scientists also say the gap between the sexes is shrinking.

近期，世界卫生组织表示，全球出生寿命已经超过71岁。《柳叶刀》研究预测，截止到2030年，以韩国为首，全球的寿命将增加。预计在2030年，男性的寿命为84岁，女性的寿命为91岁。研究人员表示，男性不健康的生活方式，如吸烟、酗酒是其寿命不是特别长的原因。科学家还表示，性别之间的差距在减少。

Other countries in the top five for projected women`s life expectancy are Spain, Portugal, Slovenia and Switzerland. For men, Switzerland, Netherlands, Australia and Denmark.

女性寿命较长的前五个国家是西班牙、葡萄牙、斯洛文尼亚和瑞士。而男性则为瑞士,荷兰,澳大利亚,丹麦。

For the U.S., predicted life expectancy for men would be 79 1/2 by 2030, and for women, more than 83 years.

而美国，截止到2030年，男性的预期寿命是79.5岁，女性则超过了83岁。