Well, first of all, you may not survive for long, if you truly don't accept the fact that things, people being no exception fall when left in mid-air.

首先，你可能活不长，如果你不接受，人会从半空中掉下来的事实。

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But in fact, in his own way, he's talking about his inability ; to keep his child alive there; in a kind of metaphorical way, speaking of his failure to build a fence to last.

但事实上，以他自己的方式，他在诉说自己的无能,不能让孩子活下来;,以一种象征性的方式，谈论自己不能制作出一个一直在那的栅栏。

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Someone has to make the sacrifice and people can survive.

有了他的牺牲，其他人才能活下来。

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Death is bad for the survivors.

而是对活下来的人不好。

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And furthermore from that, let's say they survive and then they become productive members of society who go home and start like a million charity organizations and this and that and this and that.

此外，假定他们活了下来,回家以后成为对社会更加有益的公民,比如创建了无数的慈善机构,或者诸如此类的。

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