And it's certainly true that the atoms that make up my body existed long before my body existed.

可以肯定的说,那些组成我身体的,原子在我存在之前就存在

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I would say if you make out of my bodies molecules or a category like that then that's not my body, but if you put them together in a right way, that seems to be like--should be my body.

如果你将我的肉体,将我原来的分子重组的话,那并不是我的肉体，只有当你以原来的次序重组时，那个才会是我的肉体。

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