Suppose we don't know what economic circumstances we'd be born into and what kind of contingencies we'd have in life.

假设我们不知道,将会在怎样的经济环境中生存,而生命中又会有怎样的意外发生。

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We developed buddy systems so that people would have people to go with them on the trains, if they are taking buses, no one would go around by themselves there is just kind of anxiety to what might happen.

我们形成了结伴制度,让人们结伴搭乘火车，如果他们乘坐公车的话，没有人会单独出行,对可能发生意外的焦虑在空中弥漫。

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They would tell these women, you know, if you buy life insurance on your husband, then should anything happen your husband can love and protect you from beyond the grave.

他们会告诉这些女人,如果你为你的丈夫购买了寿险,那么万一有意外发生,你丈夫的在天之灵仍会保佑你渡过难关

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You think that you're terrific and because you're terrific the good things that happen to you are due to your terrific-ness; the bad things are due to accident and misfortune.

你觉得自己很棒,因为你很棒，所以发现在你身上的好事,都是因为你很棒才会发生的;,而坏事都是因为意外或倒霉。

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