来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第9集 第9集》

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  and if there wasn't a sudden excess of death
  如果那年夏天没有死亡率突增的话
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  in the summer, then I would know that I was actually
  我也可以说服自己
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  on the wrong trail entirely and I should abandon my project.
  我误入了歧途 该回头是岸
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  Well, as I was walking through the monumental cemetery-
  大概是个星期三还是星期四
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  I think it was a Wednesday or a Thursday-
  我正走过那片大墓地
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  I suddenly had a car pull up alongside me,
  忽然有辆车开过来
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  and the man inside said, "Get in, get in."
  车里的人招呼我进去
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  I don't know exactly how you would have reacted.
  我不知道在那种情况下你们会怎么做
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  I hesitated; particularly
  我有点犹豫
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  as it was a cemetery in which on a Wednesday
  尤其是考虑到在一个星期三或者星期四
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  and a Thursday I found myself completely alone,
  只有我一个人待在这片墓地里
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  except for this strange request that
  还有这个邀请真是很奇怪