It was a dangerous thing to do. Some experts said he was lucky to survive.

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If the really crucial question is not Do I survive, but Do I have what I wanted when I wanted to survive?

如果关键的问题不是我是否存活，而是我存活时是否有我需要的东西？

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Thank you. I just feel like in the situation that desperate, you have to do what you have to do to survive.

谢谢，我只是认为,在那样的绝境下，为了生存，你不得不那样做。

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It seems plausible to think that before we could answer the question, "Do I survive?"

在回答"我是否能够幸存",这个问题之前,我们需仔细思考

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But even if you do survive-- let's the ground floor-- even if you do survive, you would lead a life of constant frustration-- refusing to accept something that is there whether you like it or not.

即使你幸存下来-,比如你在一楼-,就算你真得幸存下来，你的生活将是处处受挫-,拒绝接受现实事物,不论你喜欢与否。

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So if you were starving and you really needed energy, that is your body needed calories, it needed usable energy in order to survive, the broccoli's not going to do you much good and the brownie would be terrific.

假如你快饿死了,实在需要能量,那是你的身体需要卡路里,身体需要可利用的能量去支撑,花椰菜这时就没多大帮助了,布朗尼蛋糕才是首选

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Like, in a situation that desperate, you have to do what you have to do to survive.

在那样的绝境之下，为了生存，你不得不那样做。

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Next question is going to have to be: If there are, do we have any good reason to think that they survive the death of the body?

下一个问题将是,如果存在,我们有没有很好的理由去相信,肉体死亡后灵魂依旧存活

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So, as I say, at first glance you might think to get clear on the answer, "Do I or might I or could I survive my death?"

正如我所说,起初,你只是想弄清楚这个答案,我究竟能否幸免一死

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