大家一起来学习The Economist January 13th 2024 Science & technology “The science of Ageing --- Slippers in the Oval Office---Heart attacks, strokes and mental decline-can Joe Biden and Donald Trump beat the odds?”这篇文章的首、二段。

The Economist January 13th 2024 Science & technology

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1. decrepitude

decrepitude n. 衰老，老朽，破旧

2. gruelling

gruelling adj. 使人精疲力尽的，艰辛的，让人受不了的

同义词：exhausting, demanding, difficult, tiring

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Junior doctors often have to work a gruelling 100-hour week.

资历较浅的医生经常必须承受艰巨的工作量，一周工作100小时。

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Age, they say, brings wisdom. But it also brings decrepitude. When the latter begins to outweigh the former, perhaps it is time for even the most ambitious to consider retiring into slippered ease.

据说，年龄给人类带来智慧，但也伴随衰老。当后者开始超过前者时，也许是时候考虑退隐舒适的生活了，即使是最有雄心壮志的人也不例外。

If either Joe Biden or Donald Trump has contemplated such retirement, though, they have clearly rejected the idea. Instead, both are proposing themselves as candidates for second stints doing one of the most gruelling jobs on the planet. Mr Trump is now 77 and will be 78 come the general election. Mr Biden is 81, and would be 86 at the end of his term, if he won.

虽然乔·拜登或唐纳德·特朗普两人考虑过这样的退休生活，但他们显然已经放弃了这一想法。相反，两人都提名自己作为第二任总统候选人，从事地球上最艰辛的工作。特朗普现年77岁，大选时将年满78岁。拜登现年81岁，如果竞选获胜，其任期结束时将年满86岁。

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