来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第16集 第16集》

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  Is it true that nobody can take my part in terms of my death?
  然而真的就没有人能代替我死吗
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  Not so clear it is true.
  似乎不是这样
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  I don't know how many of
  不知道你们当中有多少人
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  you have read Tale of Two Cities.
  读过《双城记》
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  If not, i'm about to spoil the plot for you.
  还没读过的同学 我马上要剧透了
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  Here's at least a strand of the story.
  其中有个情节是这样的
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  The hero of the story is in love with a woman who--alas
  英雄爱上了一个女人 悲剧的是
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  and alack--does not love him. She loves another man.
  这个女人不爱他 她爱着另一个人
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  This other man--alas and alack--has been condemned to
  悲剧的是 这个人在法国革命中
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  death during the French Revolution.
  被宣判死罪
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  Now as it happens--this is a novel--as it happens,
  而碰巧的是 这是小说 碰巧的是
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  our hero looks rather like the other man.
  我们的英雄跟那个男人长得很像