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At 80, Joe Biden is already the oldest sitting president.
80岁的拜登已经是最年长的现任总统了。
If he wins reelection, he'll be 86 when he finishes his term.
如果他赢得连任，任期结束时他会是86岁。
But Biden is only a few years older than one of his Republican opponents.
但拜登只比他的一位共和党竞争者年长几岁。
Former President Donald Trump, who is 76.
前总统特朗普已经76岁了。
If he wins, Trump would also be over 80 at the end of his presidential term.
如果特朗普获胜，他在总统任期结束时也将超过80岁。
But if you make it to 80 and you're cognitively fit and don't have serious medical problems, the likelihood that you're going to live another 10 or 15 years is very, very high.
但如果活到80岁时，你的认知能力很好，没有严重的健康问题，再活10到15年的可能性是非常非常高的。
Aging experts say cognitive decline exists in many older people, but it's not as significant as most people assume.
老龄化专家表示，许多老年人都存在认知能力下降的问题，但并不像大多数人想象的那么严重。
Someone said to me recently, I saw him stumble when he was walking and, or biking.
最近有人对我说，我看到拜登走路或骑自行车时跌倒了。
And doesn't that mean, you know, he's not fit to be president?
这是不是意味着，他不适合当总统？
Franklin Delano Roosevelt couldn't walk and he was present for a long time, very effectively so that some of these physical limitations that we develop as we age are certainly not disqualifiers from high, holding high office.
富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福不能走路，他也当了很长一段时间的总统，非常有效果，所以随着年龄的增长，身体上的一些限制当然不会让我们失去担任高级职位的资格。
Some leaders may have qualifications that come with age.
一些领导人的资历可能会随着年龄的增长而增长。
They have less emotional liability.
他们有较少的情感负担。
As a person ages, he or she is less likely to get angry, lose their temper.
随着一个人年龄的增长，他或她不太可能生气，发脾气。
That be imprudent.
那是鲁莽的。
Older people have been shown actually to resolve differences between groups better than younger people, which seems like it might be a good trait for somebody in a leadership role.
事实证明，老年人比年轻人更能解决群体之间的差异，这似乎是领导者角色的一个好特质。
