来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第21集 第21集》

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  about having gone from king to waiter.
  这的确比较悲惨
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  How the mighty have fallen.
  权柄轰然倒塌 形势由盛及衰
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  And that fate is waiting for all of us.
  而那将是我们所有人都无法摆脱的宿命
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  It's a fact about the human condition that the amazing
  人类境况的优越
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  things we are don't stay amazing.
  荡然无存
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  We turn into pieces of rotting flesh, decaying.
  我们变成一群尸骨 消失殆尽
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  So two possible negative effects--
  综上所述 可能存在的两个消极结果
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  the taste is just a tease,
  玩笑体验
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  the how the noble have fallen--on the one hand.
  以及贵族落寞
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  One possible positive effect, the extra preciousness of life.
  而积极的结局便是 生命变得格外珍贵
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  I'm not quite sure where, on balance, we should say
  总的说来 我并不确定
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  how these things play out.
  这三种可能到底孰对孰错