Only about one Martian in a thousand dies of sickness or disease (только примерно один марсианин из тысячи умирает от недомогания или болезни), and possibly about twenty take the voluntary pilgrimage (и, возможно, около двадцати добровольно отправляются в странствие: «предпринимают добровольное странствие»). The other nine hundred and seventy-nine die violent deaths in duels (остальные девятьсот семьдесят девять умирают насильственной смертью на дуэлях), in hunting, in aviation and in war (на охоте, при авиационных перелетах и на войне); but perhaps by far the greatest death loss comes during the age of childhood (но, возможно, самая большая смертность случается в детском возрасте;
appreciable [q'prJSqbl], pilgrimage ['pIlgrImIG], embarking [Im'bRkIN], disease [dI'zJz], perhaps [pq'hxps]
I saw no signs of extreme age among them, nor is there any appreciable difference in their appearance from the age of maturity, about forty, until, at about the age of one thousand years, they go voluntarily upon their last strange pilgrimage down the river Iss, which leads no living Martian knows whither and from whose bosom no Martian has ever returned, or would be allowed to live did he return after once embarking upon its cold, dark waters.
Only about one Martian in a thousand dies of sickness or disease, and possibly about twenty take the voluntary pilgrimage. The other nine hundred and seventy-nine die violent deaths in duels, in hunting, in aviation and in war; but perhaps by far the greatest death loss comes during the age of childhood, when vast numbers of the little Martians fall victims to the great white apes of Mars.
The average life expectancy of a Martian (средняя продолжительность жизни марсианина;
aviation ["eIvI'eIS(q)n], longevity [lOn'GevItI], therapeutic ["Terq'pjHtIk]