Because what we want to know is what is like to be permanently dead, and these people were never permanently dead.

因为我们想知道的是,永久死去是什么样的,而这些人并没有永久地死去

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RAM You probably know your computer has something called RAM which is where documents and programs live just temporarily while you're running them 'cause RAM tends to be pretty fast and whereas your hard disk is where programs and files live permanently.

也许你知道电脑有一个,正在使用的程序和文件都暂时存放在那里,而且会加快电脑速度,而硬盘是程序和文件,永久存储的地方。

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And somebody says, "You know, you never really moved to France permanently.

别人就会说,你也清楚,你从没有永久地搬到法国

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If smallpox occurred in your community, about 30 percent of the people that acquire the disease would die from it; the other 70 percent could be disabled or permanently disfigured as a result of the disease.

如果你周围有人得了天花的话,那么百分之三十的天花病人,会因此死亡,剩下的百分之七十会成为残疾或永久毁容,这都是天花造成的

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This is different from the hard disk, which is where files and stuff are permanently stored.

这个和硬盘是不一样的，那是存储,文件之类的东西的。

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Right? "It's true that, of course, I didn't move to France permanently.

不是吗,的确如此,我没有永久地搬到法国

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Or strictly speaking they didn't die, certainly at least, permanently.

或者严格说来 至少他们没有,永久地死去

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So your experiences in France, whatever they are-- interesting as they may be-- can't really cast any light on what it would be like to permanently move to France.

所以你在法国的经验,不管怎么样,即使很有趣,那也不能让人了解,永久地搬到法国是什么样的

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Or, if you want, you could say maybe they died, but since they obviously didn't die permanently-- after all they were brought back to life-- how could they possibly tell us what it's like to be permanently dead?

或者,如果你想的话,你可以说或许他们死过,但既然他们没有永久地死去,毕竟他们被救活了,那么他们怎么可能告诉我们,永久死亡是什么样子的呢

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