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“死亡咖啡馆”助你直面死亡

"我们并不想逼迫人们直面死亡，"安德伍德告诉英国《独立报》(The Independent)，"我们只是想创造一种环境，让谈论死亡变成一件自然和舒适的事。"

He got the idea from the Swiss model (cafe mortel) invented by sociologist Bernard Crettaz.

他的灵感来自瑞士社会学家伯納德·克瑞塔茲(Bernard Crettaz)创造的"死亡咖啡馆"(café mortel)。

"I'm certain that Death Café London will be both beneficial for society and a chance for learning and discussion," Underwood explains. "In my experience, when people talk about death and dying, all their pretences disappear,

"我敢肯定，伦敦死亡咖啡馆既有益于社会，也为人们提供了一个学习和讨论的机会，"安德伍德解释道，"就我的经验而言，当人们谈论死亡时，他们所有的伪装都会消失不见，

"You see people's authenticity and honesty among strangers. Although it might sound really weird and wonderful to say you attend a death cafe, it just feels very normal."

"大家互不相识，你却能感觉到他们真诚、诚实。虽然参加死亡咖啡馆的活动听起来既诡异又奇妙，但却感觉很正常。"

Talking of Death Cafe London he says: "The time is right to offer a place where people can come to engage with death.More and more people are expressing support and getting involved.Death Café London is committed to enabling all people – especially individuals with marginalized identities – to buy shares in, work at, use and shape the venture."