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Maybe there is something to this reincarnation thing.

也许真有投胎这回事。 　　

You’re supposed to come back.

你有能力一次次地。 　　

Again and again, learn and learn.

转世投胎，不断学习。 　　

And somehow, john, you just managed.

不知为何，John 你成功地。 　　

To bypass all the other bodies.

穿越了另外所有的躯壳。

Well, what’s the point?

重点是什么？ 　　

What about oceans?

海洋是什么样的？ 　　

Didn’t see them till much later.

我自那之后很久才见到。 　　

So how would you know an ocean from a lake?

你怎么分辨海与湖？ 　　

Big waves Something else.

大浪和其他特征。 　　

I can only surmise in retrospect.

我只能从记忆中推测。　　

Were you curious about where it all came from?

你那时候好奇它从哪儿来吗？ 　　

We would look up at the sky and wonder.

我们会抬头望天同时惊叹。 　　

There’s gotta be some big guys up there."

上面应该住着一些大人物。

What else made all this down here?

不然下面的一切从何而来？　　

At first I thought.

一开始我在想。 　　

There was something wrong with me.

是不是我有什么问题。　　

Maybe I was a bad guy for not dying.

也许我是个坏人，因为我不会死。 　　

Then I began to wonder if I was cursed.

后来我开始怀疑我是否被诅咒了。 　　

Or perhaps blessed.

或者被保佑了。

Then I thought maybe I had a mission.

又后来我想也许我身负重任。 　

妙语佳句

1.reincarnation

再生；化身

Villagers at Bossou do not eat chimpanzees because they think of chimps as the reincarnation of their ancestors.

虽然博苏的村民几乎不吃黑猩猩，因为他们认为黑猩猩是自己祖先的化身。

2.bypass

vt. 绕开；忽视；设旁路；迂回

n. 旁路；[公路] 支路

You want to bypass them because otherwise you may not be able to, say, open windows.

您需要绕过这些特性，否则就不能执行一些操作，例如打开窗口。

3.retrospect

n. 回顾，追溯

vi. 回顾，追溯；回想

vt. 回顾；追忆

It describes financial bubbles in the 1600s to 1800s, most of which look ridiculous in retrospect but were very serious at the time.

它描述了1600年代到1800年代的经济泡沫，其中多数在回顾之下显得荒诞无稽，在当时却煞有介事。

4.curious about

好奇；想知道

Your teen is likely curious about sex and contraception, whether or not you bring up the topic.

即使你没有与他们谈到过这个问题，孩子们对性与避孕的问题都是好奇的。

5.mission

n. 使命，任务；代表团；布道

vt. 派遣；向……传教

Their mission was to crack into the computer system of a major corporation.

他们的任务是侵入一家大公司的计算机系统。

考考你 (请翻译)

1.也许真有投胎这回事。

2.又后来我想也许我身负重任。 　

上期参考答案

1.How can I have knowledgeable recall?

2.You’re not saying that you remember.