来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第21集 第21集》

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  There's something
  无论应对死亡的正确策略究竟为何
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  wrong about lives, something inauthentic about lives
  无法正视生命的尽头
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  that are lived without facing the facts of our mortality and living accordingly,
  生命终将
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  whatever the appropriate responses might be.
  显得飘渺虚无
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  Here are two stories not having to do with death per se
  再来讲两个与死亡无关
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  that may help us get a feel for the oddity
  但可以帮助我们体察到
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  of trying to disregard these facts.
  摈弃死亡的异样
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  Suppose that you're on a hot date,
  假设你有一个重要约会
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  or about to go out on a hot date, with Peggy Sue
  或是即将赴约 约会对象是佩姬·苏
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  or, depending on your preferences, Billy Bob.
  或谁谁谁 比如比利·鲍勃
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  And your roommate holds up an envelope
  室友手里拿着一个信封
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  and says,
  告诉你说