It is an odd and unnatural view and I don't actually expect people to believe it at first.

这是个古怪又反常的观点,我并不奢望大家在一开始,就能接受这个观点

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He had these odd kind of facial ticks that he couldn't really help at all.

他的脸部会不自觉地抽搐,完全无法控制

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So it's a bit odd to suggest, as it nonetheless does get suggested, that no, no, at some level, people don't really believe they're going to die.

所以说人们某种程度上，不相信自己的死亡这种说法，是有些怪异的。

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