When I came to America, I thought he was dead, and then one day I was walking down East Broadway and I heard his voice.

后来我来到了美国，我认为他已经死了。然而凑巧有一天，我走在百老汇东街时，听到了他的听音。

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The man was huffing and puffing and gasping so that I thought, if I continued to force him to run at that speed, my tormenter would drop dead right then and there.

那个男的呼吸开始变得急促、气喘不断，所以，我想，如果我继续迫使他以那种速度追跑的话，这个折磨我的人就会倒地而亡。

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My family in Sudan thought I was dead and I feared they were dead, but 20 years later we were reunited.

苏丹的家人还曾以为我死了，我也曾担心他们都死了，可就在20年后，我们终于得以团聚。

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"I thought he was dead, " she said.

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