来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第7集 第7集》

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  reminding us of what it is to remember something.
  提醒我们什么是记起一件事情
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  Or perhaps a better word
  更恰当一点的说法是
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  would be what is it to be reminded of something
  你是如何因为另一个类似的事物
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  by something else that resembles it
  而不是这个事物本身
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  but is not the thing it reminds you of.
  联想到这个事物的
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  I might have a photograph of my friend Ruth.
  我有一张我朋友露丝的照片
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  And looking at the photograph reminds me of Ruth.
  我看到照片就想到她
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  It brings Ruth to mind. I start thinking about Ruth.
  她在我脑海中浮现 我开始想起露丝
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  I remember various things I know about Ruth.
  我记起了很多关于露丝的事情
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  The photograph is able to do that,
  照片可以达到这个效果
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  is able to trigger these thoughts.
  可以引起这些回忆
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  But of course, the photograph is not Ruth.
  但是照片不是露丝