跟讀練習: The Egg - A Short Story - 通過影片學習英語口語

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You were on your way home when you died.
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It was a car accident.
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Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless.
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It was a painless death.
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The medics tried their best to save you, but to no avail.
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Your body was so utterly shattered, you were better off, trust me.
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And that's when you met me.
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What happened?
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Where am I?
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You died, I said, matter-of-factly.
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No point in mincing words.
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There was.. there was a truck, and it was skidding.
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Yes.
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I...
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I died.
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Yes.
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But don't feel bad about it.
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Everyone dies.
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You looked around.
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There was nothingness.
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Just you and me what is this place is this the afterlife more or less are you god yes i'm god
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my kids my wife what about them will they be all right that's what i like to see i said
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You just died and your main concern is for your family.
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That's good stuff right there.
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You looked at me with fascination.
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To you, I didn't look like God.
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I just looked like some man or possibly a woman.
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Some vague authority figure maybe.
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Don't worry, I said.
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They'll be fine.
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Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way.
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They didn't have time to grow contemptuous of you.
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Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved.
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To be fair, your marriage was falling apart.
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If it's any consolation, she'll feel very guilty for feeling relieved.
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Oh, so what happens now?
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Do I go to heaven or hell or something?
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Neither.
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You'll be reincarnated.
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Ah!
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So the Hindus were right.
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All religions are right in their own way.
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Walk with me.
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You followed along as we strode through the void. Where are we going?
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Nowhere in particular.
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It's just nice to walk while we talk.
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So, what's the point then?
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When I get reborn, I'll just be a blank slate, right?
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A baby.
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So, all my experiences and everything, everything I did in this life, won't matter.
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Not so.
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You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives.
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You just don't remember them right now.
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I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders.
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Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful and gigantic than you can possibly imagine.
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A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are.
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It's like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it's hot or cold.
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You put a tiny part of yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you've gained all the experiences it had.
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You've been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven't stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness.
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If we hung out here for long enough, you'd start remembering everything.
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But there's no point to doing that between each life.
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How many times have I been reincarnated then?
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Oh, lots.
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Lots and lots.
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And into lots of different lives.
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This time around you'll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD.
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Wait, what?
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You're sending me back in time?
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Well, I guess technically.
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Time as you know it only exists in your universe.
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Things are different where I come from.
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Where.. where you come from?
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Oh sure, I come from somewhere, somewhere else, and there are others like me.
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I know you'll want to know what it's like there, but honestly, you wouldn't understand.
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Oh, you said, a little let down.
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But wait, if I get reincarnated to other places in time, I could have interacted with myself at some point.
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Sure, happens all the time.
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And with both lives only aware of their own lifespan, you don't even know it's happening.
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So, what's the point of it all?
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I looked you in the eye.
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The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature.
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You mean mankind?
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You want us to mature?
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No, just you.
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I made this whole universe for you.
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With each new life, you grow and mature and become a larger and greater intellect.
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Just me?
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What about everyone else?
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There is no one else.
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In this universe, there's just you and me.
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You stared blankly at me.
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But all the people on Earth?
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All you, different incarnations of you of you.
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Wait, I'm everyone.
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Now you're getting it.
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I'm every human being who ever lived.
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Or who will ever live, yes.
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I'm Abraham Lincoln.
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And you're John Wilkes Booth too.
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I'm Hitler, you said, appalled.
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And you're the millions he killed.
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I'm Jesus.
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And you're everyone who followed him.
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You fell silent.
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Every time you victimized someone, you were victimizing yourself.
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Every act of kindness you've done, you've done to yourself.
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Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was or will be experienced by you.
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You thought for a long time.
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Why?
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Why do all this?
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Because someday you will become like me.
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Because that's what you are.
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You're one of my kind.
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You're my child.
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Wow, you said incredulous.
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You mean, I'm a god?
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No, not yet.
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You're a fetus.
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You're still growing.
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Once you've lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born.
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So the whole universe, it's just...
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an egg, I answered.
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Now it's time for you to move on to your next life.
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And I sent you on your way.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

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