Or, if you want, you could say maybe they died, but since they obviously didn't die permanently-- after all they were brought back to life-- how could they possibly tell us what it's like to be permanently dead?

或者,如果你想的话,你可以说或许他们死过,但既然他们没有永久地死去,毕竟他们被救活了,那么他们怎么可能告诉我们,永久死亡是什么样子的呢

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We didn't have a clue back then how to explain life in material terms.

在那个年代,我们还不知道如何从物质的角度去解释生命

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

They just got back from World War II, they didn't want another war, they wanted to live a normal life, they wanted to have kids, and then this terrible war was coming, they thought.

人们刚从二战战场返回祖国,无心恋战,只想享受平凡生活,养儿育女,结果又来了一场恶战

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