Article
The only end of age-Life is too precious to worry about
Useful expression
-skewer the fads that promise eternal youthfulness
skewers 戳穿
fads 一时的风尚
eternal 永恒的，无休止的；非正式的
ecletic 折衷的
scattershot 随意的
seminal 产生重大影响的
bossy 发号施令的
flawed 有缺点的
massacre 大屠杀，非正式的惨败
patrogen 病原菌
capicious 变化无常的
celebrity-endorsed 名人代言
sucessful ageing
clinical symptoms 临床症状
life expanctancy 预期寿命
musing on 思考
grim reaper 死神
The decision to forgo cancer screenings and physical exams has set her apart from her friends, whose calendars are full of doctors' appointments and whose cupboards are crammed with supplements and medicines.
Concomitantly 连接词
Docters have ousted priests as the anointed experts in mortality.
Articulating her "dystopian view of the body", she rejects the concept of it(biology referred to the article) as a well-oiled machine. Instead it is a battleground.
It may be easy for a well-heeled American to feel over-medicalised; less so a single mother without insurance. 可能让一个富有的美国人感到对自己的身体过度调理了很容易，但对一个没有保险的单亲妈妈却不是这样。
Main idea
The writter, Barbara Ehrenreich who has a phD in cellular immunology, wants readers to ditch the "illusion of control" over their body. She refuses to live a "medicalised life". Nowdays, the fads that emphasising "successful ageing" and oversold procedures such as cancer-screening lead to over-controlled health. She holds "dystopian view of the body" that our body is not a well-oiled machine, but a battleground. Although the life expectancy improved due to science and economic growth, disease will still strike everyone eventually. Maybe her idea, which is respective disappointing for many people, does go too far for current conditions. It's profound that real choice in health care must involve the freedom to refuse it.
Structure
the book
Topic Barbara Ehrenreich wants readers to ditch the "illusion of control" over their body.
Why author's current conditions —— suggest "Natural cause"
Social mainstream about health —— altitude towards death and life
Explain "Natural cause" —— although life expentancy is improved，we can still can't avoid death —— emphasis "dystopian view of the body" and support it
Purpose less self_medicate
Viewpoint
towards the book —— support or denial
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