Being a person is something you can go through for a period of time and cease to be.

作为人的存在是可以经历一段时间然后停止的。

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Or being a professor is a phase you can go through and then cease to be.

或者像作为教授是一段时间后会停止的。

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In the same way that being a child is a phase you can go through for a period of time and then cease to be.

就像是作为儿童存在一样也是一个阶段,会经历一段时间而后停止。

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