来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第14集 第14集》

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  He's the oldest person.
  他是最长寿的人
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  So okay, here I am, 969 years old.
  好啦 我现在也969岁了
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  I'm like Methuselah.
  就像玛士撒拉一样
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  Call this the Methuselah case.
  我们把这个例子称为玛士撒拉案例
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  And the crucial point about the case is that
  这例子中的关键一点就是
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  we stipulate that at no point was there a dramatic change.
  我们规定其间没有发生过任何突变
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  It was all gradual, slow, evolving.
  一切都是渐进地 缓慢地演变
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  in just the way it happens in real life.
  就像在现实生活中发生的那样
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  It's just that as Methuselah,
  只不过 像玛士撒拉一样
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  I live a very, very, very long time.
  我活得非常非常久
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  And by the end of it, and indeed,
  到了最后
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  let's say somewhere around 600 or 700,
  比方说到了六七百岁的时候