Until one day the grim promise fails and tension builds as the God fearing townsfolk of Backwater wait for someone to die.

直到有一天失败的严峻和紧张的承诺为基础的神回水乡亲等待有人担心死。

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How can I be reckless with someone who is about to die?

我怎么可能会对将死之人鲁莽行事呢？

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Does that mean that once upon a time someone had to die before the new guy got the job?

这是不是意味着曾经有一段时间，一个新人要得到工作的话要先等前面那个人先去世？

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Someone just needs to give them a little spark." More than 50,000 children die each year in Yemen because of diseases caused by water pollution.

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And if they had done a lottery where everyone consented that someone should die and it's sort of like they're all sacrificing themselves to save the rest.

但如果他们每人都同意抽签决定,谁应该牺牲,就像是所有的人都同意牺牲自己来救其他人。

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Usually someone has to die in those totalitarian scenarios, and in reality things works out bad for everyone.

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