You are old. You live alone. You suffer a heart attack. You cannot raise the alarm. You die. That, unfortunately, is the way that many people in the rich world shuffle off this mortal coil.
当你年纪大了，独自生活，而又心脏病突发时，你会仅仅因为不能按响警报而死亡。很不幸，发达国家的许多人都以这种方式走完了终有一死的人生旅途。
Nature, it is true, still seesto it that we are mortal, but with the progress in medicine it will become more and more common for people to live until they have had their fill of life.
诚然，以自然的眼光来看，我们仍难逃一死，但随着医药上的进步，人们能活到寿终正寝之日的情况将变得越来越常见。
So in the light of their principles, one's pursuit of an ideal should be so persistent that it is in vain to make him live the life of the mortal.
故此，按照他们的准则，一个人对理想的追求应坚持不懈，直至使其不食人间烟火。
应用推荐