来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第25集 第25集》

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  Suppose you've got some disease
  假设你得了某种疾病
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  that causes you a great deal of incapacity
  给你造成了诸多不便
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  and a great deal of pain.
  和巨大痛苦
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  But as it happens, there's a cure,
  但它确实可以治愈
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  or at least there's a surgical procedure that can be done,
  或者至少可以通过手术治愈
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  and the surgical procedure is almost always successful.
  而且这个手术几乎总是成功的
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  So, what are the choices?
  那么 你有些什么选择呢
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  Choice number one, continue in your current state.
  选择一 这是你的现状
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  You've got some horrible, painful disease
  你得了可怕的 痛苦的疾病
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  and it won't get better unless you have the surgery.
  而且你不做手术就好不了
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  If you do have the surgery,
  如果你做了手术
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  it's very, very likely that it will get better,
  病情非常非常可能会好转