One sort of opens up the beginning of life here and the other closes it down through a referencing of death.

前者讲的是生命的开始,后者通过诠释死亡,讲述了生命的终结

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The lowest possible temperature in the Celsius scale is minus 273.15 degrees Celsius. So that begs the notion of re-referencing our reference point, of changing our reference points.

在摄氏温标中,绝对零度是-273。15摄氏度5,这样，我们需要重新定义参考点,将零度的参考点取在绝对零度处，而不是0摄氏度处。

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