来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第14集 第14集》

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  I say "It's me, but so what?
  我会说"就算他是我 又怎样呢
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  It doesn't give me what I want.
  这没给我想要的东西
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  It doesn't give me what matters."
  这对我并没什么意义"
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  When I think about what I want,
  我想要的
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  it's not just that there be somebody
  并不是有个人
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  at the tail end of an evolving personality.
  最终拥有我不断演变的人格
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  I want that person to be like me,
  我希望那个人要像我
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  not just be me.
  而并不仅仅是我
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  I want that person to be like me.
  我希望那个人像我
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  And in the Methuselah case, i've stipulated,
  在玛士撒拉一例中
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  it ends up not being very much like me at all.
  最后那个人和我一点都不像
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  So it doesn't give me what I want.
  所以我没得到自己想要的东西