1. If he, or someone like him, were alive today, he might be able to tell us what to expect in the next fifty years.
    如果他或是像他的什么人今天还活着的话，他大概可以告诉我们下一个50年后会发生什么事情。

2. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.
    我刚回到厨房，门铃又响了起来，响声足以把死人唤醒。

3. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it.
    一大早，人们便把为死者摆放的食品扔进河中或海里，因为人们认为活着的人吃了这些东西是不吉利的。

4. It was dead silent in the café as Sam walked back to his place behind the counter.
    萨姆回到了柜台后面他的位置，咖啡店里死一般的沉静。

5. It was alive with life.
    丛林中生机一片。

6. In traditional Chinese society, sons were important because they would take positions as head of the family and keep the family name alive.
    在传统的中国社会里，儿子很重要，因为他们将继承家长的位置并把家族的姓氏世世代代地传下去。

7. In a real sense, water keeps Earth alive.
    从真正的意思上说，是水维持着地球的生命。

8. In a time of increasing specialization, a time when 90 percent of all the scientists who have ever lived are currently alive, more than ever, we need to know what is truly important in life.
    在一个日益专业化的时代，在一个本时代所有科学家的90%现在都还健在的时代里，我们比过去任何时候更需了解什么是生活中真正重要的东西。

9. In the evening he built a fire and slept like a dead man.
    到了晚上，他生了堆火，睡得很死。

10. If we had been called when he first attacked, the woman might not be dead now.”
    如果他第一次袭击时我们就接到了电话，那名女子现在可能还活着。"