He realized that by now every one of those flowers was dead.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

So, the barber is speaking about his son in such a way that he seems alive, but, in fact, he's dead. So here is one dead child playing baseball, or the memory of him playing baseball is alive with his father.

这个老理发师在用一种谈论,活人的口吻谈论他的儿子，但实际上他已经死了，那么，这里是一个打篮球的孩子的死，也许对他父亲而言，关于他打篮球的记忆将长存。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Burying the dead makes one ritually impure, but God commands proper care of the dead.

埋葬死者导致仪式上的不洁，尽管上帝要求我们合理地照看死者。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Some estimates are as high as one hundred thousand dead.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

It's a wonderful clarinet solo by someone named Johnny Dodds long dead of course- but it's one of the most beautiful, incredible clarinet solos you'll ever want to hear.

这是一段由强尼·多兹演奏的单簧管独奏,当然他去世很久了,但这是一段最美妙且无与伦比的,单簧管独奏,你非听不可

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

One day Murlock was found in his cabin,dead.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

More importantly, the Homeric heroes are said to be bad role models for those who follow them, they are shown to be intemperate in sex, into these vices Socrates adds cruelty and disregard for the dead bodies of one's opponents.

最重要的是，荷马英雄们被说成是坏榜样,对他们的追随者而言，他们都太过纵欲、,还有被苏格拉底冠以残忍,与漠视对手尸体的恶行。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"He's dead," said one of them.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

About one quarter of the presumed dead are still considered missing persons, never to be heard from again.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18