来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第1集 第1集》

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  All right, so this is Philosophy 176.
  这里是哲学176课
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  The class is on death.
  这门课的内容是关于死亡
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  My name is Shelly Kagan.
  我的名字是雪莱·卡根
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  The very first thing
  首先
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  I want to do is to invite you to call me Shelly.
  我要说的就是 希望你们称呼我雪莱
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  That is, if we meet on the street,
  也就是说 如果我们在街上碰见了
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  you come talk to me during office hours,
  或是你来办公室找我谈话
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  you ask some question;
  请教我问题
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  Shelly's the name that I respond to.
  我会回应雪莱这个名字
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  I will, eventually, respond to Professor Kagan,
  当然 我也会回应卡根教授这个称呼
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  but the synapses take a bit longer for that.
  不过我会反应慢一些
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  It's not the name I immediately recognize.
  因为对于这个称呼我并不敏感