2014届高考英语考前突破阅读理解能力：《英国公司推在线推算年龄服务》.docVIP

英国公司推在线推算年龄服务 英国Centre of Ageing Better公司推出一项在线服务，利用较为科学的算法，通过你的生活习惯、饮食习惯来推算出你的生命年龄。 ? The life-limiting risks of poor diet, excessive alcohol and smoking are widely known. ? But a new service is to be launched to more accurately predict their impact as we reach old age. ? The new website will use a mathematical formula to calculate how the lives of users will turn out and what steps they can take to alter their future. ?Lord Geoffrey Filkin, chairman of the Centre of Ageing Better is overseeing the new site, which he believes will provide a gold standard of evidence to help maintain health and happiness. ? He said: We will not be telling people what they should do, but we will be providing them with a gold standard of scientific and research evidence if they want to improve their wellbeing in later life. ? The website, which will use data from Public Health England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the office of National Statistics, will be able to answer questions concerning life expectancy and the benefits of improved diet. ?Users will also be able to ask questions concerning their expected income, how to increase pension size and whether they have enough friends to stave off（避开，延缓） loneliness in old age. ? The Centre of Ageing Better is a new trust launched with a ￡50million grant from the Big Lottery Fund. ? The website, set to be in service by 2015, will be one of the centres first projects and will receive full support from the Government, of which it will remain independent of.? ? It will offer life predictions for those aged 30 and above by creating a personalised plan. ? In an interview with the Sunday Times, Lord Filkin said the websites aim was to inspire people to improve their lives. ? He said: Everybody is going to live much longer than we have experienced in the past, so it is really important to work out how we can ensure that we make this as enjoyable and meaningful as we can. ?If you are 30, the thought of being 65 is so h