Ivan Ilyich The astonishing thing is that Ivan Ilyich is shocked to discover that he's mortal.

令人惊讶的是,发现自己会死时非常受震撼。

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you could maybe be speaking with a friend who talks about his long work hours and you are very surprised,

在你跟一个朋友聊天时，他谈起自己很长的工作时间，而你感到非常惊讶，

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But at another level,at some deeper level, it comes as a surprise to him.

而在另一个更深的程度上，他非常的惊讶。

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But when he finally gets ill and comes up to the fact of his mortality, that his body is going to sicken and eventually die, the fact of his mortality seems to shock him, seems to surprise him.

但他最终病倒，和死亡面对面，身体每况愈下，最终死亡，这个事实让他震惊不已，他非常惊讶。

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