It's very deep within the brain and if it gets damaged you could— you are likely to die.

延脑位于大脑深处,如果它受到损伤的话,你可能会,你很可能会死掉

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A patient who had damage to part of his brain and can only say one word, "Tan," and the person would say, "Tan, tan, tan, tan," and everything else was gone.

一位大脑遭受部分损伤的病人,这位病人只会说一个字,"叹",说起话来这样的,"叹,叹,叹,叹",其他的词全都无法说出

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And this is again an extraordinary example of how the brain can give rise to the mind, and how things that go wrong with the brain can affect you in a serious way.

这又是一个说明大脑如何引起心理的,非常典型的例子,并且说明了大脑的损伤,将会严重影响我们的日常行为

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