来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第11集 第11集》

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  But of course as we know in thinking about familiar objects,
  但是对于那些为我们所熟悉的物体
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  we don't need to have every single piece of an object,
  我们不必苛求要整体的每一部分
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  of an entity, stay the same to have the same thing.
  都相同时它们才相同
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  So I think I previously talked about
  就像我之前说的那个
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  the steering wheel in my car.
  汽车方向盘的例子
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  Every time I drive the steering wheel in my car,
  每当我转动方向盘时
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  I rub off some atoms. But that's okay.
  会磨损掉一些原子 但这无关紧要
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  It's still the very same physical object.
  它仍然是同一物体
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  The steering wheel is--
  在此例中
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  having the same steering wheel
  转动前后是否为同一个方向盘
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  is compatible with
  与其中某些部分改变
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  changing of a few pieces.
  并不矛盾