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There are more people alive now,
现在全世界活着的人
than have died in all of human history.
比史上所有死去的人还要多
But the number of dead people is increasing.
而人们还在不断死去
One day, there isn't going to be any room to bury anyone anymore.
总有一天 再没有土地可以用来埋葬死人
So, what about skyscrapers for dead people that were built down?
那么在地底建起摩天坟墓 怎么样呢
They could be underneath the skyscrapers,
把坟墓建在摩天大楼底下
for living people that are built up.
建在活人脚下
You could bury people 100 floors down,
把人葬在一百层的地下
and a whole dead world could be underneath the living one.
在活人脚下 筑起死者的世界

Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
主耶稣的父神
who has blessed us all with the gift of.
赋予我们...
Doesn't anybody know there isn't anybody in the coffin?
难道大家都不知道棺材里没人吗
We should've filled it with his shoes or something.
该把他的鞋或其他什么东西放进去的
It's like a pretend funeral.
这葬礼简直像在演戏
For a goldfish or something.
家里小动物死了 大人就这么哄我们
This is just what it is, Oskar.
葬礼就是葬礼 奥斯卡
It doesn't make sense.
根本没意义
What if you could ride an elevator,
如果能乘电梯降到地底
down to visit your dead relatives,
去探望死去的亲人
just like you take the bridge,
就像坐车过大桥
to see your friends in Brooklyn,
去布鲁克林见朋友
or the ferry to Staten Island?
或者像搭渡轮去斯塔腾岛一样
Dad once told me that New York used to have a Sixth Borough.
爸爸曾告诉我 纽约以前还有第六个区
right next to Manhattan.
紧邻着曼哈顿
But you can't visit that anymore,
但现在去不了了
because it floated away and no one knows where it is.
因为它已经漂走 不知所踪

重点讲解

一.They could be underneath the skyscrapers,for living people that are built up.
Build：v. 建造，开发，创建，逐渐增强 n. 体格，身材
【词义辨析】
build, construct, found, erect, establish, set up,
build: 普通用词，含义广泛，可指一切具体或抽象的建造或建立。
construct: 较正式用词，强调根据一定计划进行的规模较大，结构较复杂，要求较高技术的建造。
found: 侧重打下基础或创办，具体或抽象事物均可用。
erect: 侧重指对高而垂直物的建造。使用不如build广泛。
establish: 着重稳固地建成，可具体指国家、政府、学校或商店等的建立，也可指信仰、信用、名誉、法律、制度、规则等的建立。
set up: 作建立用时，侧重于开始。可指具体或抽象的建立。
【例句用法】
1.A consortium of construction companies will build the power-station.
由建筑公司组成的集团将建造该发电站。
2.We are of the same build.
我们的身材一样。
3.That house is built of bricks.
那座房子是砖造的。
二.It doesn't make sense.
sense：n. 感官，感觉，意识，鉴赏力，意义，理智，道理，见识 v. 感觉，意识到，理解，检测
【词语用法】
sense作名词，词组come to one's senses可根据语境解释为恢复理智或恢复知觉。
She has been behaving very foolishly.I hope she'll soon come to her senses.
她近来常做蠢事，我希望她赶紧恢复理智。
She has been struck on the head by a rock and has lost consciousness.I hope she'll soon come to her senses.
由于她的头撞在石头上，失去了知觉。我希望她赶快恢复知觉。
common sense指常识，与common knowledge和general knowledge不同。
common sense指大多数人从经验中得来的常识，不需研究。
common knowledge指在某个范围内大家都知道的事，受范围限制，不指所有人。
general knowledge和common knowledge有时意思一样，但通常指从研究或注意得来的关于许多事物的基本知识，与 specialized knowledge意义相反；
common sense只有在作形容词时才写成common-sense；
sense of humour指幽默感，没有幽默感可以说have no sense of humour或lack humour。
【词义辨析】
judgement, discrimination, sense,
judgement: 指经过训练或磨练或凭经历而得到辨别或判断事物的能力或品质。
discrimination: 指辨别精微事物的能力，甚至平时观察不到的也可识别出来。
sense: 指不带幻想、感情或偏见地观察事物，并能作出明智、公平的选择与决定。
meaning, implication, sense,
meaning: 普通用词，使用广泛，既可指语言表达的意思，又可指手势、符号、表情或艺术品或抽象概念所含的意义。
implication: 指暗含的意思。
sense: 特指词、短语或句子的某种特定意思，也常指多种解释的一种。
【例句用法】
1.I hope she soon sees sense and stops fighting a battle she cannot win.
我希望她能很快明白过来，别再打这场打不赢的仗了。
2.It would make sense to leave early.
早点离开是明智的。
3.No one in their right senses would let a small child go out alone.
凡是有理智的人，谁都不会让那麽小的孩子独自出门。
4.I'm afraid I haven't got a very good sense of directions, so I easily get lost.
恐怕我的方位感很差，因此我容易迷路。
5.You should have had enough sense to turn off the electricity supply before disconnecting the wires.
你本来应该有足够的常识，在拆开电线之前先把电源切断。
6.I lost my sense of taste.
我丧失了味觉。
7.The horse sensed danger and stopped.
马感觉到了危险，于是停了下来。