揭秘女人為何比男人壽命更長(zhǎng)

資料圖：女性通常比男性長(zhǎng)壽

　　It is the ultimate battle of the sexes - and women usually win.

　　這是兩性之間的終極較量——而且通常女性獲勝。

　　Now scientists have come up with a new theory for why woman live, on average, longer than men: men are more biologically ‘disposable’.

　　如今，關(guān)于女性為何通常比男性長(zhǎng)壽，科學(xué)家們提出了一種新的說(shuō)法：從生理上來(lái)講，男性的身體更“不耐用”。

　　The controversial theory, developed by Professor Tom Kirkwood of the University of Newcastle, suggests that the female body is better at carrying out routine maintenance and keeping the body’s cells alive.

　　這一頗具爭(zhēng)議的理論是由紐卡斯?fàn)柎髮W(xué)的湯姆 柯克伍德教授提出來(lái)的。他認(rèn)為，女性的身體更易于進(jìn)行日常保養(yǎng)，使身體細(xì)胞存活。