Magazine Offers a Prize to Die For

　　A leading science magazine is offering readers a prize to die for ? cryonics treatment. The lucky winner of the prize promoting the revamp of New Scientist magazine won't be able to collect the award until death when he or she will be cooled to a temperature at which decay of the body stops and then suspended in liquid nitrogen in a state known as cryonic preservation. "We think that the cryonics promotion is a way of making science interesting to everyone, not just scientists, which is exactly the same message we are trying to communicate about the magazine itself," editor Alun Anderson said in a statement. If and when the medical technology allows, the winner, preserved at The Cryonics Institute of Michigan in the United States, will be revived to continue their life. If the winner is not eager to be preserved, the magazine is offering an alternative prize--a week in Hawaii and a visit to the Mauna Kea* observatory. 


　　*Mauna Kea：莫纳基亚山，是夏威夷岛上的一座海拔4205米的休眠火山。山顶上有美国、英国、加拿大和智利等国家的多座天文台和大型天文望远镜。


　　一本权威科学杂志为读者提供了一份值得为之去死的奖品--人体冷冻处理。《新科学家》杂志设立的这一奖项旨在为杂志的改版作宣传，幸运的获奖者要到死时才能领奖。届时获奖者的身体将被冷却到足以停止身体腐坏过程的低温，然后被悬浮在液氮中，进入冷冻保存状态。《新科学家》编辑埃伦-安德森在声明中说："我们认为，宣传人体冷冻法能让所有人而不仅仅是科学家对科学产生兴趣。这也正是我们想传达给人们的关于杂志自身的讯息。"到医疗技术条件允许的时候，被保存在美国密歇根人体冷冻学院的获奖者将被复苏过来继续生活。如果获奖者对被冷藏兴趣不大，杂志也准备了替代奖品--到夏威夷旅游1周并访问莫纳基亚天文台。


　　Remarks：人是社会性很强的生物，隔世再生的滋味并不一定好受，还是去夏威夷吧。

来源：《英语学习》