来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第21集 第21集》

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  All right, it's a possibility.
  好了 这是一种可能
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  So, it's possible that the very fact that we're going to die
  也许注定的死亡
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  causes an interaction effect with our life
  与生命发生交互作用
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  so there's an upside to it.
  其结果反倒成为我们的优势
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  It makes our life fragile,
  我们的生命脆弱不堪
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  ephemeral, and as a result of that, more precious.
  愈是昙花一现便愈发珍贵
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  But it's also possible--
  但也可能
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  actually compatible with accepting that fact--there are
  存在与上面的情形相调和的
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  two additional possibilities,
  另两种可能
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  that there might be some negative interaction effects.
  也许交互作用会带来负面效应
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  It could be that in thinking about the nature of the combination
  在对生与死结合本质的探究中
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  we're led to see that in certain ways the combination--
  我们可能发现