今年元旦前后不到一个月时间里,南京大学接连有5位中青年骨干教授英年早逝,年纪小的熊海堂教授才43岁,最大的也不过64岁。据首都一家报纸披露,中关村地区知识分子的平均年龄已由10年前的58.52岁下降到53.31岁,比72岁的全国人口平均寿命少了近20岁。为什么在人们生活水平普遍提高的今天,知识分子的寿命却在逐年下降?调查得 Less than a month after New Year’s Day this year, Nanjing University, a series of five young and middle-aged backbone professor of premature death, Professor Xiong Haitang was only 43 years old, the largest but also 64 years old. According to a newspaper in the capital, the average age of intellectuals in Zhongguancun District has dropped from 58.52 years old 10 years ago to 53.31 years old, nearly 20 years less than the 72-year-old national average. Why is the life expectancy of intellectuals declining from year to year today when people’s living standard is generally improved?