But when he finally gets ill and comes up to the fact of his mortality, that his body is going to sicken and eventually die, the fact of his mortality seems to shock him, seems to surprise him.

但他最终病倒，和死亡面对面，身体每况愈下，最终死亡，这个事实让他震惊不已，他非常惊讶。

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