来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第21集 第21集》
-
the fact that because we don't know--we can't predict--我们不知道 也不能预测 -
how much more time we've got,我们将活多久 -
we may, as it were, pace ourselves incorrectly.我们似乎也无法完全掌控自己的生活 -
You may take on a long-term project and then die你可能壮志未酬 -
before you've been able to complete it;身先死 -
or alternatively, you may peak too soon and then也可能过早的功成名就 -
continue to stick around而后看着自己 -
in an anti-climactic way.慢慢老去 -
These are bads of life这种不幸本可避免 -
that could presumably be avoided if only we knew如果我们知道 -
how much exactly we had--how much longer we had.我们到底可以活多久的话 -
On the other hand, we have to ask ourselves--另一方面 我们必须诘问自己