"Everyone is half-dead. It does not matter if you shell them because you are shelling a dead body."

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

She's a flower, she's perishable, she's half hidden, - and she's ultimately dead and in the ground-- whereas a star would seem to be something that she just can't be mapped onto if she is this half-hidden thing.

她是一朵花，是易腐烂的，有一半深埋在土里，最终凋谢回归土地-,如果她一般在土里,她就不可能是星星。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

If no candidate receives more than half of the total votes a run-off between the two top contenders is to be held in early October.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23