And the key is to be true to reality, which is also one of the main themes in the course.

重要的是要真实面对现实，这也是本门课的重要主题之一。

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Offering a realistic scenario, a realistic description of such a person--Ivan Ilyich-- doesn't give us any reason to think that most of us or many of us are in his situation.

提供一个比较真实的场景，给出一个对Ivan，Ilyich这种人比较现实的描述-,并不足够给我们理由来认为,我们中大部分就会和他的情况相同。

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