According to Frank Eckhardt of the University of Cape Town, the presence of any water in the river valley had become unusual by 2010, and some observers thought the Boteti was a dead river.

据开普敦大学的弗兰克·埃克哈德讲，2010年任何一条河谷内的水都不太正常，更有观察家认为博泰蒂河是一条死河。

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A woman reads a list, which describes the dead for families searching for missing loved ones, posted at a shelter in the earthquake - and tsunami-destroyed town of Minamisanriku, northeastern Japan.

日本东北部，被地震和海啸摧毁后的南三陆町市，一名妇女在查询一张名单。名单张贴在一个避难所里，上面记录着死者的名字，以供人们寻找失散的亲人。

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Everyone who joins the program (and survives for a year) will come out with an almost supernatural ability to take a dead, lifeless site on the internet and make it into the hottest bar in town.

参加并且在一年后坚持下来的人，将会获得将无人问津的垃圾网站改造成城里最潮夜店的能力。

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Fifteen dead in a gun battle in Taxco. Fifty-five more at an abandoned silver mine near that same tourist town.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

People have said that Redcar is gunna become a dead town, with no industry.

BBC: Your comments on Corus closure

The blind man and his guide move away down the narrow streets of the small, dead town.

NEWYORKER: See the Other Side

In the midwestern state of Wisconsin, a policewoman on early morning patrol was found shot dead in the town of Wauwatosa.

BBC: US firefighters shot dead in 'ambush' in New York state