来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第1集 第1集》

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  and how we tend to try to keep the dying hidden from the rest of us.
  以及我们如何试着去避免面对死亡
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  These are all perfectly important topics,
  这些都是十分重要的话题
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  but they're not, as I say,
  但是 如我所讲 它们不是
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  topics that we're going to be talking about in this class.
  我们在这堂课上要讨论的话题
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  So what will we talk about?
  那么 我们要讨论什么呢
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  Well, the things we'll talk about are philosophical questions
  我们要讨论的是当我们思考
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  that arise as we begin to think about the nature of death,
  死亡本质或诸如此类的问题时 所产生的
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  like this.
  哲学疑问
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  In broad scope,
  大致说来
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  the first half of the class is going to be metaphysics,
  这门课首先会讲到形而上学
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  for those of you who are familiar with
  你们当中 熟悉哲学术语的人
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  the philosophical piece of jargon.
  一定知道这个词