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Vedio: The Egg - A Short Story from YouTube
Below is the table of the words and expressions that I don’t know or I am not familiar with. I hereby record them for future review.
| # | Expression | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter of factly | 实事求是地 |
| 2 | utterly shattered | 彻底崩溃 |
| 3 | the medics | 医务人员 |
| 4 | no point in mincing words | 没有必要绕弯子 |
| 5 | it was skidding | 它在打滑 |
| 6 | the car was upside down | 车翻了 |
| 7 | don't feel bad about it, everyone dies | 你不要为此感到难过，每个人都会死的 |
| 8 | look around | 望望四周 |
| 9 | nothingness | 虚无 |
| 10 | more or less | 或多或少 |
| 11 | your main concern is for your family | 你最关心的是你的家人 |
| 12 | you looked at me with fascination | 你着迷的看着我 |
| 13 | some vague authority figure maybe | 一些模糊的权威人物 |
| 14 | remember you as perfect in every way | 记得你在各个方面都是完美的 |
| 15 | grow contemptuous of you | 越来越蔑视 |
| 16 | will be secretly relieved | 暗自松了口气 |
| 17 | to be fair | 公平地来说 |
| 18 | your marriage was falling apart | 你的婚姻正在破裂 |
| 19 | if it's any consolation | 如果说有什么安慰的话 |
| 20 | reincarnated | 转世 |
| 21 | feel guilty for feeling relieved | 为自己松了口气而感到内疚 |
| 22 | go to heaven or hell or something | 去天堂或地狱或其他什么地方 |
| 23 | you'll be reincarnated | 你会转世 |
| 24 | hindus | 印度教徒 |
| 25 | all religions are right in their own way | 所有的宗教都是对的 |
| 26 | walk with me | 与我同行 |
| 27 | you followed along as we strolled through the void | 你跟着我们漫步穿过虚空 |
| 28 | you were in a human body for the first time | 你第一次有了人类的身体 |
| 29 | no where in paticular | 没有特定的地方 |
| 30 | get reborn | 重生 |
| 31 | a blank slate | 一张白纸 | 石板 |
| 32 | not so | 不是这样的 |
| 33 | you have within you | 你内心深处 |
| 34 | all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives | 所有你过去生命的知识和经验 |
| 34 | take you by the shoulders | 抓住你的肩膀 |
| 35 | your soul is more magnificent, beautfiul, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine | 你的灵魂比你想象的更加宏伟、美丽和巨大 |
| 36 | a human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are | 人脑只能包含你的一小部分 |
| 37 | stick your finger in a glass of water | 把手指放进水杯里 |
| 38 | put something into the vessel | 把东西放进容器里 |
| 39 | bring it back out | 把它拿出来 |
| 40 | you've been in a human for the last 48 years | 你在过去的48年里一直是人类 |
| 41 | strecth out | 伸展 |
| 42 | feel the rest of the immense consciousness | 感受到巨大意识的其余部分 |
| 43 | hung out here for long enough | 在这里待得够久 |
| 44 | no point to doing that | 这样做没有意义 |
| 45 | between each life | 每个生命之间 |
| 46 | lots and lots | 很多很多 |
| 47 | into different lives | 进入不同的生活 |
| 48 | this time around | 这一次 |
| 49 | a Chinese peasant girl | 一个中国农村女孩 |
| 50 | in A.D. (Anno Domini) | 公元 |
| 51 | time as you know it | 你所知道的时间 |
| 52 | a little let down | 有点失望 |
| 53 | happens all the time | 这种事情经常发生 |
| 54 | with both lives only aware of their own lifespans | 两种生活都只知道自己的寿命 |
| 55 | you don't even know what's happening | 你甚至不知道发生了什么 |
| 56 | what's the point of it all | 这一切的意义何在 |
| 57 | I looked you in the eye | 我看着你的眼睛 |
| 58 | the reason I made this whole universe | 我创造这个宇宙的原因 |
| 59 | to share it with you | 与你分享 |
| 60 | mankind | 人类 |
| 61 | you want us to mature | 你希望我们成熟 |
| 62 | ywith each new life you grow and mature | 每一次新的生命，你都会成长和成熟 |
| 63 | become a larger and greater intellect | 成为一个更大、更伟大的智慧 |
| 64 | there is no one else | 没有其他人 |
| 65 | you stared blankly at me | 你茫然地看着我 |
| 66 | the people on Earth | 地球上的人 |
| 67 | different incarnations of you | 你的不同化身 |
| 68 | I'm every human being who ever lived | 我是每一个曾经生活过的每一个人 |
| 69 | who will ever live | 将来永远活着的人 |
| 70 | you said, appalled | 你惊恐万分地说道 |
| 71 | every time you victimized someone | 每次你使某人成为受害者 |
| 72 | you fell silent | 你沉默了 |
| 73 | victimize someone | 加害某人 |
| 74 | every act of kindness you've done | 你所做的每一件善事 |
| 75 | why do all this | 为什么要做这一切 |
| 76 | you will become like me | 你会变成像我一样 |
| 77 | one of my kind | 我的一种 |
| 78 | incredulous | 难以置信的 |
| 79 | fetus | 胎儿 |
| 80 | send you on your way | 送你上路 |
It is a sort of a philosophica short story, I would recommend people to read it to be less afraid of death. It is a good story to read when you are feeling down.
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