And so as the other man is being carted off to the guillotine to be killed, our hero takes his place.

所以当另一个人被装在车里押到断头台行刑时，我们的主角就代替了他。

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Just like somebody could take my place in the string quartet, it seems that somebody could take my place at the guillotine.

就像别人代替我在弦乐四重奏团演出一样，看上去有人可以代替我上断头台。

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Of course, you can imagine the thoughts of Louis XVI as they were cutting back his hair to await the fall of the guillotine on the 21st of January, 1793.

你可以想象下在1793年1月21日这天,当人们拽住路易十六的头发,等待断头台下落时他会想些什么

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Well,easy to imagine the fan of this view coming back yet again and saying, Although it's true that our hero takes the place of the other man on the guillotine, what ends up happening,of course,is that our hero dies his own death.

很容易想象这种观点的支持者会反驳说，虽然的确我们的主角是代替了别人上断头台，但结果还是他独自经历死亡。

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