In other words, my experience I think predisposed me to being interested in the kind of phenomena that people in these extreme and unusual environments encounter. With Shackletons experience in mind, John Geiger started to investigate whether other people facing death or extreme fear had faced similar situations.

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God and humans lock in an eternal struggle, neither prevailing, yet both forever changed by their encounter with one another.

上帝与人类陷入一场永恒的战争，谁也不占上峰，但是他们相遇时却一直会引起改变。

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I don't have time here to discuss this section right now, but you've already had some encounter with the incredibly impressive level of ingenuity and grotesquery in this remarkable passage.

现在我们没有时间来讨论这一部分了，但你们已经领略到了这一段中,给人深刻印象的,独创性和其中的怪诞。

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In the process, farmers share a glimpse of their lives with those whose closest encounter with agriculture is usually the dairy counter at the supermarket.

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The tour ends with its highlight, an encounter with England at Twickenham on Sunday 1 June.

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Because she is uncomfortable with the encounter she comes across as strident, even belligerent.

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