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 纳西姆塔勒布的语言太有趣了!
读起来像一首诗,名字可以叫“盒子人生”。
翻译后,传递不出原词汇韵律和感觉,果然还是要学好英语

They are born, then put in a box; 
他们出生,然后被放进一个盒子;

they go home to live in a box; 
他们回家住在一个盒子里;

they study by ticking boxes; 
他们通过勾选框框来学习;

they go to what is called “work” in a box, where they sit in their cubicle box; 
他们去所谓的“工作场所”,坐在他们的小隔间里,一个盒子里;

they drive to the grocery store in a box to buy food in a box; 
他们开车去超市,一个盒子里,买装在盒子里的食物;

they go to the gym in a box to sit in a box; 
他们去健身房,一个盒子里,坐在一个盒子里;

they talk about thinking “outside the box”; 
他们谈论着“跳出框框思考”;

and when they die they are put in a box. 
当他们死去时,又被放进一个盒子里。

All boxes, Euclidian,geometrically smooth boxes.
所有的盒子,欧几里得式的,几何上平滑的盒子。