来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第23集 第23集》

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  If I have children,
  如果我有孩子
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  then literally some of my--in my case,
  那么就会有一些 以我来讲
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  there's a male--one of my cells continues.
  是个男性 我的一些基因流传下去
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  And then their cells continue in their children
  然后他们的基因传给他们的孩子
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  and their cells continue in their children.
  然后他们的基因传给他们的孩子
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  If you think of an amoeba splitting and splitting,
  如果你想象一只变形虫分裂又分裂
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  and splitting and splitting again,
  分裂又分裂
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  part of the original amoeba could be there for
  原始变形虫的某些部分会延续
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  many, many, many generations.
  很多很多代
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  Some people take comfort in the thought that,
  有些人从这种想法中获得安慰
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  literally speaking, a part of them will continue,
  不管怎么说 他们的一部分活了下来
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  if not through cells through my offspring,
  如果不是通过子女遗传