Or should we think the fundamental thing is the car extended through time ? and sliced up to make car stages?

还是说,根本的部分是贯穿时间的物体,切分成不同的阶段？

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Let's say that one of your classmates puts make up on all the time.

假设你有一个同学总是带妆出门。

remind me of 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

So I would help myself to this language of space-time worm object that extends not only over space but also over time, and distinguish the entire worm from the various slices or stages that either make up the worm or we could slice the worm into.

然后我借助时间虫这个词,这是描写物体,贯穿时间和空间的词语，并区分出整条虫,和不同的部分,这些部分是组成虫，或者虫可以切分成的。

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And so, what we'd like to know is what does it take for two person stages to make up or be part of the very same extended-through-time person?

所以我们要知道,两个人生阶段,要成为同一个贯穿空间的人的,一部分，需要什么条件？

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