1. She told me how the Chinese civil war kept him away from his mother for fifty years, so neither of them even knew that the other was alive.
    她告诉我中国的内战是怎样把他和他的母亲分开了50年，母子俩甚至都不知道另一方是否还活着。

2. She answered in words I will never forget, "Hope has kept me alive.
    我永远不会忘记她所回答我的话："是希望让我活了下来。

3. Many came to do the dead homage.
    许多人前来向死者致敬。

4. Cutting up dead animals to find out how they are made was thought a disgusting thing to do, and to cut up a dead human body was thought wicked.
    当时，解剖死动物了解体内结构被看作令人厌恶之事，而解剖死人的尸体则被认为是邪恶。

5. Rivers, land, and forests are so contaminated that many are now biologically dead.
    河流、土地及森林的污染是如此严重，以至现在其中的许多在生物学上来讲已经死亡。

6. Out of 143 operations in the past decade, 59 patients are still alive.
    在过去十年里接受手术治疗的143位患者中，有59位仍然健在。

7. Our engine roared to life, the powerful jet turbines making enough noise to waken the dead.
    引擎轰鸣着发动起来，强大的涡轮机发出的声音可以把死人吵醒。

8. I ascertained that he was dead.
    我确定他已经死亡。

9. Whether it be plant or animal, dead or alive,
    不管这种东西是植物还是动物，死的还是活的，

10. If she were alive today she would not be able to air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domestic servants.
    如果她活到今天，她将不能就她热衷的话题"佣人"发表意见了。