1. Things owned for a long time are full of associations with the past, perhaps with relatives who are dead,
    东西搁得时间久了，便会充满着与过去岁月的联系，比方说与死去的亲戚有关。

2. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living.
    这个节日是个欢乐的日子，因为在这一天，据说死去的人要回到他们的家里来，活着的人则对他们表示欢迎。

3. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.
    成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向大海，指引着亡灵返回另一个世界。

4. This is why their dead were buried on the west bank of the Nile.
    所以他们就把死者埋葬在尼罗河西岸。

5. The bear thought he was dead and walked away, for bears never touch dead men.
    熊以为他已经死去，便走开了，因为熊从来不碰死人。

6. The African had a passion to keep his African origin alive.
    “老非洲”有一股强烈的感情，要让他的子孙后代记住他们的祖先是非洲人。

7. The streets were filled with the dead and barely living. She kept on running, knowing only that she had to be home.
    街上到处都是死人和奄奄一息的人，她不停地跑着，只知道自己必须回家。

8. Then I got my first call from Teneecia — suicidal(有自杀倾向的) with a recently dead boyfriend.
    不久，我接到了特尼莎打来的第一个电话--她男朋友最近死了，她想自杀。

9. Not one person telephoned the police during the attack; one person called after the woman was dead.
    在整个袭击过程中，没有人报警，在该女子死后才有一个人打了电话。

10. His grandmother fell in a dead faint.
    他的祖母昏倒了。