First of all, they were dying in such numbers; p was so high that it was expensive.

首先,他们死亡的概率如此之大,以至于保费会非常高

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They are people that you--the community--trusts, that people are willing to let into their home and discuss things like death; that was an innovation that came in then.

他们在社区中享有威望,人们希望他们进入自己家中,并愿意与之讨论一些不快的话题,如死亡,这个创新从那以后就流行了起来

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He's obsessed with grief over Enkidu, and he's obsessed with the whole issue of mortality. He begins a quest for immortality, and that takes up most of the rest of the epic.

他无法从Enkidu之死的悲痛中挣脱出来,他开始了对死亡这个命题的追寻，这部书余下的部分，都是关于这点的描写。

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