by asking, which of them are so valuable you'd be prepared to do them even if they would introduce what isn't otherwise there, ? namely, the risk of death?

通过问自己，什么事如此有价值,以至于你准备好要去做,即便它们会带来如果不去做就不会有的，也就是，死亡的风险？

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The faculty members who were teaching his classes that semester then all faced the question posed to them by the administration, based on the work he's done so far this semester, ? has he--what kind of grade are you prepared to give him?

那个学期给他上课的老师们,都面临这个由学校,摆在他们面前的问题，基于他这个学期至今的表现，他能否，你们打算给他什么样的分数？

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