英国最新一项研究成果显示,人类预期寿命将延长到100岁,女性平均仍比男性长寿,但男性预期寿命正在向女性看齐。《星期日泰晤士报》报道说,这项研究表明,现在20多岁的职业妇女很可能将活到90多岁。如果未来几十年里人的健康情况继续得到改善,20年后出生的妇女可能将活到近100岁。这项研究的主持者之一史蒂芬·理查兹指出,人类预期寿命的增长,比以前人们估计的快。他说:“40多年来,人类预期寿命一直在增加,没有明显迹象显示这一增长势头会减缓下来。” According to a recent study in the United Kingdom, human life expectancy will be extended to 100 years, and women will still live longer than men on average, but men’s life expectancy is now being approached by women. The Sunday Times reported that the study shows that professional women in their 20s are likely to live in their 90s. If people’s health continues to improve in the coming decades, women born 20 years later may live to nearly 100 years of age. Stephen Richards, one of the sponsors of the study, pointed out that human life expectancy has grown faster than previously estimated. He said: “For more than 40 years, human life expectancy has been increasing. There is no clear indication that this growth will slow down.”