虽然死亡夺走了他们当中一个成员的生命，但留下来的人却由于能活着而庆幸，因而乐队演奏起欢乐的乐曲，即兴演奏与在葬礼上演奏的和声与旋律融为一体。

Death had removed one of their number, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played happy music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes presented at the funeral.

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马文·哈里斯的理论是，如果某一动物活着比死了更有价值，那么它就被保留下来。

Marvin Harris' theory is that if an animal is much more valuable alive than dead, it will remain.

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