细胞是生命物质最基本的单位。

Cells are the most basic units of living matter.

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在成熟葡萄的里头，水分比其他生命物质保持结冰时间更长。

Water stays frozen longer than other vital components within well-ripened grapes.

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不需要闪电，活力的精华，或者是神，就可以让非生命物质活过来。

Non-living matter can be brought to life with no need for lightning, a vital essence or a god.

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So physical life, physical matter, for the mature Milton is never lifeless or dead.

因此生命是具体的，物质是具体的，成熟后的弥尔顿没有失去活力，也没有死亡。

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And we ask ourselves, "Could it possibly be that life could be explained in material terms?"

我们问自己,从物质的角度来解释生命呢

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He impregnates it with spirit, and he gives it a potency of life.

他用灵魂孕育物质，并给它生命的潜质。

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