If you didn't really believe that your body was going to die, why would you ever bother writing a will?

如果人们不相信自己的肉体会消亡，为什么要花功夫写遗嘱？

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He provided in his will that his body be preserved, embalmed, and displayed in the University of London, where he still presides in a glass case with a wax head, dressed in his actual clothing.

他在遗嘱里将自己的遗体捐献给伦敦大学，进行防腐处理，保存，并陈列，他现在还在一个玻璃柜子里,装着用蜡做的头，穿着他自己的衣服。

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Since many people write wills, many people take out life insurance, it seems as though the natural thing to suggest is that many, or at least perhaps most, at least many people believe they're going to die.

既然有很多人写遗嘱，很多人上生命保险，似乎很自然地可以得出，至少大部分人，至少有很多人是相信自己会死的。

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People write wills.

人们写遗嘱说。

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Now, for all that, notice, I presume that Ivan Ilyich had a will.

即便如此，请注意我假设Ivan，Ilyich设有遗嘱。

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