WHY do living things die?

活着的生物为什么会死？

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In this would where all other things die and pass away , gold, and sometimes also silver, remain.

在这个万物都会死亡或消失的世界上，惟有金子，有时还有银子，能长久存在。

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All things sprout, bloom, reach completeness, become brittle and die, then rest. Then the cycle begins anew.

一切事物都在萌芽，开花，达到完美，变成脆弱和凋零，然后静止下来再开始新的循环。

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If somebody says, "You know, nobody really believes they're going to die," they could mean one of two things.

如果有人说，没人真正相信他们会死“,这可能是两种意思。

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And then when you are out in nature, you can be really like I could die, you know, look at Katrina, look at all these things.

一旦你来到了自然中，你真的会想,“我会死在这儿吧“，想想卡特里娜飓风，想想所有的自然灾害。

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So despite the fact that the claim we all die alone is one of these things that one hears, I think it's just nonsense.

所以虽然有说法不绝于耳,说我们都将孤独而死，我觉得这完全不值一提。

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In time, things can die, break off, or cause us to carry an extra burden around.

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But these biological things eventually die.

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This makes sense: in those areas with a high level of radiation, living things would tend to die or sicken and fail to reproduce.

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