She says the stories did contain some truth,though, which is that Brown went West to follow a dream and that dream came true.

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Well,that does seem to be true and it seems to be a necessary truth.

这似乎是真的，而且似乎是个必要的真理。

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And in fact that's certainly true. He tells her the truth.

事实上，蛇对夏娃所讲的都是事实。

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The trick--The question we're going to ask is, can we find some interpretation of that claim under which, first of all it ends up being true, secondly,it ends up being a necessary truth about death?

关键我们要问的问题是，我们能否能对这说法找到一个诠释，首先，这个诠释必须是真实的，第二，这是对死亡来说必要的真实？

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If,when we interpret the claim everyone dies alone, that just ends up being a slightly pretentious way of saying everyone dies, we might say,oh yeah,that is true and it is a necessary truth, but it's not especially surprising.

如果我们对每个人都孤独而死的诠释，只是装模作样地说明人终有一死，那我们会说，这是真理，也是必要的，但并没有什么好惊奇的。

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Now, since of course, I believe the views I believe... and I hope at the end of the semester you'll agree with me, because I think they're true and I hope you'll end up believing the truth.

现在，从这节课开始，我相信这个观点，我相信。,也希望在这个学期末你们能赞同我，因为我相信那是真实的,我希望你们最后能停止相信,你们所以为的真实。

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