When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said,"Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes?

埃及地和迦南地的银子都花尽了，埃及众人都来见约瑟，说：“我们的银子都用尽了，求你给我们粮食，我们为什么死在你面前呢？”

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AFTER the nagging question of why we are here at all, the one about why we age and die comes a pretty close second.

我们究竟为何来到这世界是个恼人的问题，我们为何变老死亡是紧跟而来的问题。

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The question of why we grow old and die still divides evolutionary biologists.

进化生物学家对人类为什么会变老及死亡仍存在分歧。

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In response, Professor Richard Dawkins, a high profile atheist, was asked to broadcast an alternative Thought for the Day , but his thought - that "we have been born and we are going to die, but before we die we have time to understand why we were born" - was broadcast in a different slot on the programme.

BBC: Today - Should Thought stay sacred?