来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第17集 第17集》

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  Could there be some things
  是否存在这种
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  that are true that we can't put a date on?
  真实的但我们无法确定时间的事情呢
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  Well, here's one I think, maybe.
  我想这可能是一个例子
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  Suppose that on Monday I shoot John.
  假设我周一向约翰开枪
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  I wound him with the bullet that comes out of my gun.
  从我枪里射出的子弹伤了他
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  But it's not a wound directly into his heart.
  但并没有射中心脏
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  He simply starts bleeding.
  他只是开始流血
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  And he bleeds slowly.
  缓慢地流血
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  So he doesn't die on Monday.
  所以他周一没有死
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  He's wounded and he's dying,
  他受了伤 奄奄一息
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  but he doesn't die on Monday.
  但他周一的时候并没死
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  On Tuesday,
  在周二