You might wonder how such treasures survived the hurricanes,fires, and recessions that have surely battered the area and indeed they have.

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They're still alive. When there's a car accident, you ask, so-and-so died, so-and-so survived.

他们仍然活着,当发生车祸的时候,你说,谁死了,谁幸存了

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So, "Can I survive my death?" Is like asking, "Could I not have yet died after died " The answer is, of course, you have to have died if you died and you haven't survived if you've died.

所以,我能从死亡中幸存下来么,就成了,我死了之后还能活着吗,答案很明显,既然你死了那就是死了,没能幸存下来就是死了

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