来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第18集 第18集》

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  and you wake up and you ask yourself,
  你醒来后问自己
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  "Huh, have I had the operation yet or not?"
  "我做过手术了吗"
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  Don't know, right? Because of course,
  你不可能知道 对吧 因为
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  if I haven't had it, no wonder I don't remember it,
  如果我还没做 我当然没印象
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  but if I have had it,
  但如果我做了
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  I would have been given that temporary sort of localized amnesia.
  我就已经吃了那种短期定时失忆的药物
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  So of course I wouldn't know whether or not I've had it.
  所以我同样没印象
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  So you ask the nurse,
  于是你问护士
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  "Have I had the operation yet or not?" She says,
  "我做过手术了吗" 她说
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  "I don't know, we have a couple on the hall today who are,
  "我不知道 今天有些人要做手术
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  some of whom have had it
  一些已经做了
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  and some of whom are scheduled to have it later today.
  一些要在今天晚些时候才做