来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第1集 第1集》

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  you hope that there's a soul so
  你希望它是存在的
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  so that there'll be this serious possibility of surviving your death
  如果灵魂存在 你就能幸免于死
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  because death is not only bad, but so horrible
  因为死亡不仅糟糕而且极为恐怖
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  that what we would like to have happen is,
  我们所希望的是
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  we would like to live forever.
  我们能够永远活着
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  And so, armed with a soul, as it were,
  因此 拥有一个灵魂
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  there's at least the possibility of immortality.
  至少可以拥有永生的可能性
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  Immortality would be wonderful.
  永生是一件很棒的事
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  That's what we hope is the case,
  我们希望能够永生
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  whether or not we know that it's the case.
  无论这是否能够实现
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  Immortality would be wonderful.
  但永生无疑很棒
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  That's why death's so bad.
  这就是为什么死亡是件坏事