That basically says, how close are you the guts of the machine?

那基本上是说，你能有多靠近机器的核心呢？

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Chances are you had to pay something for them; they are like a machine.

有时候你还得为他们花钱,他们就如同一台台机器

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Hooked up to the machine, you believe you are climbing Mount Everest.

被连接在机器上后，你相信,自己正在攀登珠穆朗玛峰。

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So that when you are hooked up to the machine, it seems to you exactly the same on the inside as it would seem to you if you really were-- and now fill in the blank.

当你被连接到机器上时，你的内心感受,看似就是你真正的体验-,哪一种体验都可以。

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Last time, I invited you to think about life on the experience machine, where the scientists are busy stimulating your brain in such a way as to give you an exact replica, from the insides of what it would be like having identical experiences to the ones you would have if you were really doing-- well, whatever it is that's worth doing.

上节课，我要你们思考,体验机里的生活，科学家们用它刺激你的大脑,给你一份完美的体验复制品，从体验相同的经历,到体验在现实生活中-,值得做的事情。

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