These stories, the stories we hear from earliest childhood on, shape us in some very meaningful sense for the rest of our lives.

这些故事，我们从小听到大的故事，形塑了一些我们一生,最有意义的观念。

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And insofar as we care about the overall shape of our lives, we might worry about wanting it to have the right shape overall.

既然我们在乎生命曲线的整体形状，我们可能会想得到正确的整体形状。

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Now, that being the case, we have to worry then that because of the unpredictability of death that our lives may not have the ideal shape.

既然是这样，那么我们会变得担心起来,由于存在死亡的不可预见性,我们的生命线可能不会是理想的形状。

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