1. one of our deepest longings 其中一個最深的渴望
One of our deepest longings is for safety.
我們其中一個最深的渴望是安全。
2. a sound reputation 良好的信譽
We search for it through money, exercise, a good diet, a sound reputation, insurance and love.
我們在尋找安全中有錢、鍛煉、均衡飲食、良好的信譽、保險和愛
3. be horribly vulnerable 非常的脆弱
And yet we remain always horribly vulnerable.
然而，我們仍然是非常的脆弱。
4. a tiny blood clot 小塊血凝塊
A tiny blood clot and we're gone.
一小塊血凝塊栓塞就離世
5. destroy reputations 名譽掃地
A small slip and our reputations destroyed.
一個失誤讓自己名譽掃地。
6. a moment of inattention 一不留神
A moment of inattention on the road and we're dead.
路上一不留神就死掉。
7. relationships shatter 感情破滅
A few temptations and relationships shatter.
一點點的誘惑就令感情破滅
8. remain subject to sth. 仍然受... 的威脅
9. a constant array of random accidents 一系列隨機發生的意外
We remain subject to a constant array of random accidents.
我們仍然受隨機發生的意外的威脅
10. malignant cells 惡性細胞
Meteorites far above and malignant cells deep within高於天上的隕石及位於深處的惡性細胞
11. win out in the end 將最終勝出
We don't have enough information to make wise choices over a lifetime. We can hold back the chaos for a while but entropy, erosion and destruction will win out in the end.人生之中沒有足夠的資訊能讓我們做出明智的選擇我們可以暫時阻止混亂來臨，但衰退、侵蝕、毀壞將最終勝出。
12. promise lasting safety 保證有長久的安全
The calm of a sunny morning, the money you're saving, the house you feel you own, the friendships you lay claim to, the relationship you think is beyond question. None of these promise lasting safety. 星期天早晨的平靜、你存的錢、你擁有的房子、你所謂的友誼、你認為毫無問題的感情關係，這些全都不保證有長久的安全。
13. be desperately vulnerable 極度脆弱的
We are all always desperately vulnerable.我們永遠都是絕望地脆弱的
14. ready for the worst 做最壞的打算
Our grasp on life, therefore, needs to be loose, grateful, and ready for the worst.
因此我們的生活應該鬆散點，感激、 並準備好最壞的事
15. full range of scenarios 各種可能發生的事
Our imaginations no strangers to the full range of scenarios.運用想像力去想像各種可能發生的事。