来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡第21集第21集》

Now, admittedly they've got this little piece of cloth

无可否认当他们跳出机舱的时候
that gives them a decent chance of not killing themselves

他们只靠降落伞这么点布料
when they jump out of airplanes.

来保证他们所谓的生命安全
But these things do fail.

但是事情总有例外
Every now and then you read in the newspaper about somebody

我们不时会看到这样的新闻报导
whose parachute failed to open and so they died.

某人因降落伞无法打开而被摔死
And I ask myself, why?

于是我会问我自己为什么
What could possibly drive somebody to

是什么驱使一个人
jump out of an airplane with

仅带着几块布料除此之外别无长物
nothing but a little piece of cloth between

毅然跳下飞机
them and death?

将生命悬于一线呢
And the answer that strikes me

最可能说服我的答案