that we don't really believe we're going to die,

我们并非真的相信自己会死
even though we say we believe it.

即便我们声称自己相信
Suppose, for example, that if you really did believe, fundamentally,

假设如果你真的相信从根本上
unconsciously, all the way down

在潜意识里不管在哪个层面上
however we should put it--if you really did believe you were going to die,

如果你真的相信自己会死的话
the horror of that would lead you to start screaming and just keep screaming.

死亡的恐惧将令你尖叫不止
Of course, this example reminds us again of Ivan Ilyich,

这个例子又让我们想起伊万里奇
who screams and screams and screams almost till his death.

一直叫啊叫的直到死掉
Well, suppose this was true.

假设这是真的
Suppose that if you -suppose we believed--we had good reason to believe--

假设我们极有理由相信
if you really took seriously the thought that you were going to die,

如果你认真思考你会死这一事实
you couldn't stop screaming.

你就会一直尖叫