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Our next story, it takes us to a country with one of the highest suicide rates in the world -- South Korea.
我們的下一則報導，要帶我們到名列全球自殺率最高的國家之一——南韓。

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The statistics are alarming; in the past 10 years the annual tally of suicides more than doubled.
統計數字令人震驚：過去十年間，南韓每年的自殺案例總計已經成長超過一倍。

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Now, Paula Hancocks looks at the work of a group in Seoul that is helping Koreans keep death at bay by experiencing it.
寶拉．漢考克斯要來報導首爾的一個團體，協助南韓人藉由體驗死亡將自殺拒於門外。

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A slow walk through the snow to their final resting place.
緩緩地走過雪地，到達他們最後的安息地。

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A man in black leads these South Koreans to their coffins laid out in the woods.
一名身穿黑衣的男子帶領這群南韓人來到他們放置在樹林中的棺材旁。

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A radical technique using the concept that only by dying can you truly appreciate life,
這是種激進的手法，採用的概念是「唯有經歷死亡，你才會真正珍惜生命」。

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the work of Kim Ji-Ho and his help group Beautiful Life.
這是金基河（音譯）和他的輔導團體「美麗人生」的工作內容。

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He says, "You can't understand death simply by talking about it.
他說：「光是談論死亡，你是不會瞭解死亡的。

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People truly experience death by participating in it and being reborn with a pure state of mind."
人們經由參與死亡，才能真正體驗死亡，然後帶著一顆純淨的心靈獲得重生。」

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Kim Byoung-Su runs a busy dental clinic in the expensive part of Seoul.
金炳叔（音譯）在首爾的高級地段經營一家生意興隆的牙醫診所。

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Treating 30 patients a day, he is well respected, but there's one thing his patients and his family do not know.
他每天為三十名病患看診，相當受人敬重，但有件事他的病人和他的家人都不知道。

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He tells me, "Every day I want to turn a gun on myself.
他告訴我：「我每天都想拿槍對著自己。

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Every moment I'm awake, I think about suicide daily, but I can't do it because I have too many responsibilities."
我醒著的時候，無時無刻，我每天都在想自殺這件事，但我不能這麼做，因為我有太多責任了。」

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Kim says the seminar with Beautiful Life, is his last chance to beat his suicidal thoughts.
金先生說，參加「美麗人生」的研討會是讓他打消自殺念頭的最後機會。

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By dealing with death head-on with this group, Kim Ji-Ho is trying to demystify it.
和這個團體一起直接面對死亡，金基河試圖藉此揭開死亡的神秘面紗。

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As part of the treatment, the dentist has to write his suicide letter, his final word to his wife and children.
治療過程中，這位牙醫必須寫下他的自殺遺書，和他要留給妻小的遺言，

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He is then dressed in burial clothes and walks out into the night and into the woods.
然後他穿上壽衣，走進夜色中的樹林。

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Kim kneels beside his coffin as a final prayer is given signifying his funeral.
金炳叔跪在他的棺材旁，有人則唸誦象徵他葬禮的結束禱詞。

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Then, in silence, he gets in and lies down.
接著，在一片靜默中，他進入棺材躺下。

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His hands and feet are tied before the coffin is closed. And then they wait.
他的雙手和雙腳會被先綁起來再闔棺，然後他們開始等待。

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Mr. Kim will stay inside his coffin for around 20 minutes.
金先生會在他的棺材裡待上大約二十分鐘，

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Now, it is usually longer, but it is well below freezing here tonight.
通常時間會更久，但今晚這裡冷到零下好幾度。

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He can't see anything, and he can't hear anything.
他伸手不見五指，也聽不見任何聲音。

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And I'm told that it's this sensation of being buried alive that can have an amazing impact on a suicidal mind.
他們告訴我，就是這種活埋的感覺會對尋死的念頭產生巨大衝擊。

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The coffin is opened. Kim Byoung-Su rises. The burial process is over.
棺材打開了，金炳叔起身，埋葬過程結束了。

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Back inside, he rereads his suicide letter.
回到屋裡，他重讀一遍他的自殺遺書，

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Then he tells the group, "I want to put on a tuxedo and take my wife on a cruise.
然後他告訴團體裡的人：「我想要穿上燕尾服，帶我太太去乘船旅行。

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She's gone through a lot because of me and has always tried to help.
她因為我吃了很多苦，而且一直努力幫助我。

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Whatever she wants, I will do for her."
不管她要什麼，我都會為她做到。」

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Three hours ago, Kim wanted to die. After being buried, he's now making plans for the future.
三個小時前，金先生想死。被埋葬之後，現在他在為將來訂定計畫了。