来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡第10集第10集》

It's a car that will exist for more than a few minutes.

一辆能够存在不止几分钟的车
It's a car that will exist for years and years and years,"

一辆将要持续存在好多年的车"
Though at the time I didn't realize

尽管在那时我还没有意识到
it was going to last 16 years or longer.

它将持续存在16年或更久
When I refer to my car--as opposed to

当我提到我的车时
what we could dub the car stage or the car slice--

不是指车的所处阶段或车的某一部分
when I refer to the car in 1990,

当我提到1990年的车时
I mean to be talking about

我指的是
the entire extended-through-time object.

贯穿时间的这整个事物
In 2006, when I point to that sad heap

当我2006年指着那一堆废铁时
and talk about, "I've had that car for 16 years."

说"我拥有这辆车16年了"
Well, I haven't had that car stage for 16 years.

我并不是拥有这辆车的所处阶段16年