You sometimes hear people say that they re GREt missed opportunities while their parents were alive and that there were things they wish they had spoken about.

你不时听到别人说，自己有多么后悔没有在父母在世的时候与他们多说说话。

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American hospitals are doing a better job of keeping elderly patients alive while they're in intensive care.

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On the other hand, it doesn't seem so plausible, it doesn't seem intuitively right, to say that they're alive.

另一方面来说，却不太可行，说他们还活着,直观上就不对。

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Well, not up and about; they're presumably lying in their hospital beds, but they're clearly alive.

呃,并不是下床活动,他们大概还躺在病床上,但他们显然活过来了

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But Bertram isn't a people person, not when they're alive and not when they're dead.

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So, it's really complicated, but we're just thankful that they're alive.

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We have had cases where people haven't been paid the correct benefit while they're alive and then die.

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