I'll ask her if the bird is alive or dead.

我会问她那只鸟是活的还是死的。

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We don't know whether he's alive or dead.

我们不知道他是死是活。

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But thinking about suspended animation suggests that we may actually need a third category, suspended-- neither alive nor dead.

但是说到假死状态,我们就需要第三种可能了-,既不是死亡也不是生存。

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If there are three possibilities--dead, alive, or suspended-- to be dead, we could still say you've got to be broken, incapable of P-functioning.

如果有三种可能，生存，死亡或者假死-,要死亡的话，你必须是被破坏的状态，无法拥有人格功能性。

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It's as though we need--Normally, we think that look, either you're alive or you're dead.

通常我们都认为,人不是死就是活着。

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