When people have these near brushes with death, it's easy to believe that the fact of their mortality is more vivid.

当人们拥有这种濒死体验，很容易相信他们对必死的感受会更深刻。

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He says: I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses.

他说：,我曾在黄昏时遇见他们,他们离开柜台或写字台,脸上带着生动的表情,从18世纪灰黑的房屋里走出。

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And the interesting point is many people who have this sort of experience, for whom their mortality has become vivid, they often say,I've got to change my life.

而且有趣的是很多拥有这种经验的人，对必死性的了解更为深刻的人，通常会说，我要改变我的生活。

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