I knew some of it, but it has been interesting to do the background on it."

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So, before I get in to that, let me just give you some background.

所以，在那之前，我介绍一下背景。

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So we had some common background and just really enjoyed comparing stories and upbringings

我们有共同的背景，我们经常交流我们的成长故事。

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And the fact that we're always facing some risk of death recedes into the background in the way that most of us don't hear background noise-- that what jumping out of an airplane does for you is it spikes the risk of death.

我们一直面对的某些死亡的风险,这种情况下变成了背景声音,因为我们大部分人都听不到背景的噪声-,而跳下飞机带给你的,是死亡的风险上升。

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This is a story about mechanical objects, -- some of which move-- -- remember those smiling houses in the background-- and some of which are stationary, but they're all mechanical objects.

这是一个关于会活动的，机械的故事-,还记得那些作为背景微笑的房子吗？,它们不会动但也都是机械的东西。

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