it's a pity that I'm going to die or die too soon, but at least I'm getting more than the average.

我死得太早是很遗憾，但至少我活得比平均寿命长。

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Or, more generally, we'll worry about how should the fact that I'm going to die affect the way I live?

或者，更通俗的说，我们会担心我将死去这个事实,如何影响我的生活方式？

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On the one hand you say, it's bad that I'm going to die, but I'm not a monster.

一方面你会说，我会死去这点很糟糕，但我不是妖怪。

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Still, when these people were asked what would happen when they would die, most of them answered, "I'm going to go to Heaven."

当被问到,他们死后会发生些什么时,大部分人都回答说,"我将会步入天堂"

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What about the fact that not only is it inevitable that I'm going to die, it's inevitable that we're all going to die.

以下这个事实,即不但是我会死不可避免，我们都会死这也是不可避免的。

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How do we get from there to the conclusion that I can't believe that I'm going to die, I'm going to cease to exist as a person?

怎样从中得到一个结论,说明我不相信我会死，我会停止作为人而存在？

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The central bad thing about the fact that I'm going to die is the fact that because I'll be dead I'll be deprived of the good things in life.

我即将死去的主要坏处,就是因为我会死掉,我生活中美好的事物都会被剥夺。

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Should I despair at the fact that I'm going to die?

我应该对于我会死去这个事实感到绝望吗？

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And I remember quite clearly thinking to myself as that happened-- the whole thing lasted only a few moments-- but I remember thinking quite clearly, " "I'm going to die."

我十分清楚地记得当时自己是怎么想的-,整件事就持续了几秒钟-,但我非常清楚地记得，“我要死了“

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It's bad enough that I'm going to die too soon.

我死得太早已经够糟糕了。

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It's bad enough that I'm going to die.

我死得太早已经够糟糕了。

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Well, if that's right, and if we then realize that there's nothing I can do about the fact that I'm going to die, then perhaps some of the sting, some of the bite, is eliminated.

如果那是对的话，如果我们意识到,我们无法改变我们会死去的事实，那么也许有些刺痛，有些痛苦便消除了。

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If I'm right in thinking immortality would be undesirable, then the fact that we're going to die is good, because it guarantees that we won't be immortal, which would be a nightmare, an unending nightmare.

如果永生不值得期许的观点是对的，那么我们终将一死的事实是好的，因为它保证我们不得永生，那是恶梦，一场永无止尽的恶梦。

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I'm going to die.

我就要死了。

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On the one hand, you can imagine somebody who says, " "Look, it's bad enough that I'm going to die, " but the fact that " there's nothing I could do about it just makes it worse.

一方面，可以想象有些人会说，“我会死去这已经够糟糕了，“但是对此我无可奈何,“却让它变得更糟糕。

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